• Where Potential
    Meets Possibility     Because our focus is on the long game, we take extreme care in our hiring. We look for individuals who will not only make excellent lawyers but also great colleagues. Invest In You
  • Personal Growth,
    Professional Excellence     Contrary to popular belief, it’s not all about your marks. Of course we are looking for thoughtful students with strong academic backgrounds. But life experience and life skills are important, too. Why You
  • Challenging Work, Collaborative Culture Sophisticated clients, diverse and complex legal work. These are table stakes at any leading law firm -- and we have them in spades. So what makes a firm special? Its people, its culture. Within the high performance environment of Bay Street, we have built a culture based on collaboration and respect. We value our people, we give them responsibility, autonomy and the tools to succeed. We recognize and appreciate our people - we never take their hard work for granted. We help them build their brand and advance to partnership. So we’ve earned a reputation as one of the best places on Bay Street to build a career. And it all starts with our students, the future leaders of our firm. Check Us Out

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Who We Are

Aird & Berlis is a leading Canadian law firm with offices in Toronto and Vancouver, serving clients across Canada and globally. The firm’s practice encompasses all principal areas of law, such as capital markets, corporate/commercial, financial services, real estate, Aboriginal law, infrastructure/P3, insolvency and restructuring, intellectual property, litigation, municipal and land use planning, tax, technology and workplace law. The firm’s diverse client base ranges from entrepreneurs to multinational corporations.

Why Aird & Berlis?

  • What We Want

    Because our focus is on the long game, we take extreme care in our hiring. We look for individuals who will not only make excellent lawyers but also great colleagues. We aren’t just recruiting students – we’re recruiting future partners.

    We Want You

  • Summer

    There are two separate recruitment rounds for summer students – one for first-year summer students and one for second-year summer students. Each of these recruitment rounds is governed by Law Society of Ontario recruitment procedures and timing, which you can learn more about here.

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  • Articling

    For the articling program, we do not recruit externally as our second-year summer students typically return to the firm to article.

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Aaron Bains - Student Testimonial

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"Articling has a steep learning curve, however with a firm like Aird & Berlis and its amazing resources the jump into becoming a young lawyer is made much easier. Aird & Berlis is a large firm with the friendly environment and exposure to work that you may only find at smaller firms. During my time at Aird & Berlis, I conducted research, helped draft transactional documents, met and interacted with clients on an almost daily basis, and was responsible for executing a closing alone. Throughout all of these experiences any questions I had, whether in relation to a legal topic or working the fax machine, the lawyers and staff were always available to help. My articling principal, mentor and certain lawyers I worked closely with became invaluable learning resources for both substantive law and life skills. I am certain that the skills and relationships I have developed at Aird & Berlis will remain valuable to me far into my legal career." 

Aaron Bains (Queen's University)
Partner (Capital Markets) and former summer and articling student.
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