| 2016 |
16 |
13 |
2 |
93% |
|
| 2015 |
17 |
11 |
2 |
73% |
|
| 2014 |
17 |
12 |
0 |
71% |
|
| 2013 |
17 |
11 |
2 |
73% |
|
| 2012 |
16 |
13 |
1 |
87% |
|
| 2011 |
15 |
7 |
1 |
50% |
|
| 2010 |
17 |
12 |
0 |
71% |
One student will be working in the firm’s Edmonton office.
|
| 2009 |
16 |
9 |
1 |
50% |
|
| 2017 |
18 |
12 |
0 |
67% |
The firm originally reported that it hired back 12 students, but it hired back one additional student in September 2017. In December 2017, one of the students not hired back was offered a position at the firm’s office in Vancouver, where he had relocated, but he chose instead to accept a position in the public sector.
|
| 2018 |
17 |
13 |
4 |
100% |
Of the students who have opted out, one is going to New York City, another is clerking and two are seeking positions outside of the firm's main practice areas.
|
| 2019 |
18 |
16 |
2 |
100% |
A student who opted out last year was also hired as a second-year associate after completing a clerkship.
|
| 2020 |
18 |
17 |
1 |
100% |
The student who opted out is completing an LLM at Oxford University.
The firm will confirm the start date for first-year associates when the Law Society of Ontario sets bar exam dates for incoming 2020-21 articling students. The firm’s articling students typically start six to seven weeks before associates, so the firm will preserve that sequencing.
|
| 2021 |
22 |
19 |
0 |
86% |
In addition to the 19 students hired back, the firm also hired an additional three students from other firms to start as first-year associates.
|
| 2022 |
20 |
20 |
0 |
100% |
|
| 2023 |
24 |
22 |
0 |
92% |
The firm has also hired an additional first-year associate outside the traditional hireback process. Update: In July 2023, one of the Toronto articling students who wasn’t hired back accepted a position at the firm’s Vancouver office.
|
| 2024 |
25 |
19 |
1 |
79% |
In addition to the students hired back, the firm has brought on another first-year associate as a lateral hire.
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