Applying to the Ottawa office

We would very much like to receive an application from you.

Members of our Student Committee consider all applications carefully.

Articling students

All our articling positions for 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 are filled. Typically we fill all our articling student positions by rehiring our second-year summer students.

Summer students

If you are interested in applying for a summer position, please submit a cover letter, resume, letters of reference (optional), complete post-secondary transcripts (copies of official transcripts accepted) and a list of anticipated upper-year courses through the ViRecruit portal. Details on how to submit through the portal are available from your law school’s Career Development Office. Please only submit applications by email if you are unable to submit your application through the VI portal.

Application deadlines

For your reference, the application deadlines for 2026 2L summer students are as follows:

Application deadline

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 by 5:00 p.m. EST.

Applications accepted by ViRecruit.

Interview period

Tuesday, February 17, 2026 to Thursday, February 26, 2026.

Call day

Friday, February 27, 2026 – beginning at 8:00 a.m. EST.

We look forward to meeting you.

To learn more, please contact:

Natalia Lyasheva
Student Coordinator
D: +1 613 783 9625
Email