The Vancouver Bar Association has established voluntary guidelines with respect to interviews by employers in downtown Vancouver for regular and summer articling positions (“Articling Interview Guidelines”). A link to the Articling Interview Guidelines can be found in the Quick Nav menu.

For those employers who choose to comply with the Articling Interview Guidelines, the key recruitment dates for the 2024/2025 articling student recruitment cycle and 2024 summer student recruitment cycle are set out below. Please note that employers to which Law Society Rules 2-58 and 2-70 apply, must abide by those Rules.

2024/2025 Hiring Intentions Chart

Each year, the Vancouver Bar Association solicits responses from legal employers in downtown Vancouver regarding their intentions to hire articling and/or summer articling students in the upcoming recruitment cycles. Responses are collected and organized in the Hiring Intentions Chart, posted below, which is intended as a tool for law student applicants. The responses in the Hiring Intentions Chart reflect those that have been received at the time of publishing. Firms who have not responded may still be hiring articling and/or summer articling students. It is not uncommon for the VBA to continue to receive responses from employers after the Hiring Intentions Chart has been published for the first time. Please check back periodically, as the Hiring Intentions Chart will be updated without notice to incorporate any additional responses.

This Hiring Intentions Chart was posted on September 5, 2023.

We encourage all employers who wish to participate in the Hiring Intentions Survey, but who have not been contacted, to reach out to the VBA. Please send those requests and any inquiries about the Hiring Intentions Chart or the VBA’s role in the student recruitment process to info@vancouverbar.ca.

2024/2025 ARTICLING STUDENT RECRUITMENT CYCLE

• Application Deadline: Friday, June 30, 2023 at 11:59 PM PT
• Intention to Call Emails: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 8:00 AM PT – Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 8:00 PM PT
• Interview Call Day: Friday, July 14, 2023 at 8:00 AM PT
• Blackout Period: Monday, July 31, 2023 – Sunday, August 13, 2023
• Interview Period: Monday, August 14, 2023 – Wednesday, August 16, 2023
• Job Offer Date: Begins Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 8:00 AM PT and, pursuant to Law Society Rule 2-58, must remain open until at least Friday, August 18, 2023 at 8:00 AM PT

2024 SUMMER STUDENT RECRUITMENT CYCLE

• Application Deadline: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 at 11:59 PM PT
• Blackout Period: Monday, October 2, 2023 – Sunday, October 22, 2023
• Intention to Call Emails: Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 8:00 AM PT – Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 8:00 PM PT
• Interview Call Day: Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 8:00 AM PT
• Interview Week: Monday, October 23, 2023 – Wednesday, October 25, 2023
• Job Offer Call Day: Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 8:00 AM PT (open until at least Friday, October 27, 2023 at 8:00 AM PT)

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UBC

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TRU

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