Bay Street Summer Job Numbers

Since 2008, Precedent has tracked the number of second-year students Toronto law firms have hired in the fall for the upcoming summer.

In the interactive chart below, we’ve ranked the firms that have historically taken on the largest crop of students. When you toggle between the past 17 years, the chart will show the current year in bold, plus the three previous years. You can also sort by the data in each column. And if you click on any firm names, you’ll see its numbers from over the years.

See below the chart to find out how we have handled law-firm mergers over the years.

The 2024 Summer Job Watch is now complete.

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Firm 2024 2023 2022 2021 Notes
Dentons 8 7 6 11
Torys 22 24 19 20
Bennett Jones 23 23 26 24
Gowling WLG 14 15 15 15
Norton Rose Fulbright 14 16 16 15
Stikeman Elliott 23 24 24 26
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg 20 17 17 15
Blake, Cassels & Graydon 40 36 43 33
Cassels Brock & Blackwell 23 24 24 16
Goodmans 12 12 15 10
McMillan 13 16 12 13
McCarthy Tétrault 25 27 32 25
Fasken 16 21 21 21
Borden Ladner Gervais 21 28 30 24
Miller Thomson 12 13 14 13
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt 31 33 30 34
TOTAL 317 336 344 315

Notes on the data

  • Our data for each year before 2012 refers to Ogilvy Renault, which merged with Norton Rose in July 2011.
  • Our data for each year before 2013 refers to the numbers for FMC, which merged with Dentons in March 2013.
  • Our data for each year before 2016 refers to Gowling Lafleur Henderson, which merged with UK-based Wragge Lawrence Graham to form Gowling WLG in February 2016.