What opportunities for advancement exist after articling?
Our students are our future and our primary source of future associates and partners. Over 80% of our lawyers articled with us. We hire only as many students as we are prepared to keep on as associates. In a typical year, we hire between 9 and 11 articling students and about 6 summer students. We have a policy of moderate, controlled growth. Because of the stability of our client base and our success in developing new clients, we expect this pattern of growth to continue. In recent years we have hired back 60-70% of our students. Hire-back decisions are made based on the input of all lawyers in the firm. We thrive to keep students who are a good “fit” within our firm over the long-term, rather than focus too narrowly on how busy we are at the time of the hire-back decision. We attempt to communicate decisions to students at least two months before the end of a student’s articles. Once a student becomes an associate with us, opportunities for advancement are always available. Our associ
