Summer Program
Our Calgary office offers the resources of a national firm with the collegiality of a smaller office. With 140 firm members, our size makes it possible for you to get to know all of our lawyers and staff. Our legal professionals involve students in every aspect of their practices. As one of Canada’s most important financial and business centres, Calgary also provides you with the opportunity to work with leading business law experts and organizations, while enjoying a quality of life few North American cities can match. With a focus on practical training, professional development and student feedback, our summer program is designed for students to pursue their areas of special interest, while gaining broad experience across our key practice areas: business law, energy, commercial litigation, financial services, regulatory, insolvency and restructuring, tax and commercial real estate.
Articling Program
The Osler Calgary articling program is designed to allow you to explore our leading practice groups in a supportive and collegial environment while providing top-tier training and professional development opportunities necessary to become a junior lawyer. As an articling student, you can continue to explore our key practice areas with the flexibility of pursuing an area of particular interest in more depth. Throughout the articling term, each student is encouraged to explore our practice areas by working with different lawyers. At the mid-point of the articling term, you will move office locations to network internally with more colleagues, learn about different practice areas, and forge strong working relationships.
Training and Mentorship
Starting the first day, you will participate in a two-week comprehensive orientation program. The formal training program includes practice management, substantive law, legal skills, and business development sessions. Throughout the summer and articling term, you can participate in various training programs such as: Effective Legal Writing, The Business of Law, Emotional Intelligence & Resilience, Professional Presence and an introduction into each of our practice groups. Partnered with a lawyer who acts as a personal mentor, you are also exposed to the ins and outs of a lawyer’s daily practice. The students’ advisors and the Director of Talent Management provide individualized guidance to keep your workload varied, interesting and manageable for your time here. You will learn from lawyers with different expertise, work styles, professional backgrounds and gain an understanding of how the different practice areas work together. Real-time feedback is provided to students throughout the summer term from the lawyers they are working with. You will also receive a formal performance review at the end of your summer.
How to apply
2025 Summer Program
First year law students (1L)
The 2025 first year recruitment period will take place in February 2025. Dates yet to be confirmed.
Second year law students (2L)
Application Deadline
The deadline for applications is the virtual campus interview deadline for your law school (below) or, for law schools without such a process, August 19, 2024. Please apply through the viLawPortal beginning Monday, July 22, 2024. Please note that we accept electronic applications only through the viLawPortal.
Law School Application Deadline
| Law School | Date(s) |
| Ontario Universities and McGill | August 2, 2024 |
| Western Universities | August 19, 2024 |
Second Interviews
Upon invitation, second interviews will be conducted from October 7, 2024 to October 11, 2024.
Offers
Offers will be communicated at 2:00 pm MT on Friday, October 11, 2024.
2025 Articling program
At this time, we are not accepting applications for Articling positions for 2025–2026 class.
