Articling program in Toronto
Our Toronto office provides law students with exceptional opportunities to work with our national and international clients across a number of industries and practice areas. Our highly-recognized professionals and award-winning practices ensure that students receive a rich and rewarding learning experience doing work that really matters.
1 First Canadian Place, 100 King Street West, Suite 1600
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5X 1G5.
Please note this office is an English work environment, where all applications must be in English.
Our student programs focus on the following practices:
Gowling WLG offers two articling rotation programs.
In Business Law you will be exposed to most, but perhaps not all, areas of business law, which includes:
In Litigation, you will gain experience in most areas of our litigation practice, such as:
And finally, our Intellectual Property practice covers areas such as:
With a broad clientele of national and multinational organizations, Gowling WLG provides students with exposure to a wide variety of industries including; Energy, Financial Services, Government Relations, Infrastructure, Mining, Manufacturing, Technology and Life Sciences.
In addition to providing a résumé and transcripts, applicants should indicate a preference for the balanced rotation or one of our three intensive rotations. Following a review of applications, selected candidates are interviewed in accordance with the Law Society of Ontario's Articling Recruitment Procedures. Please visit the Law Society's website for further information on these procedures.
Gowling WLG Toronto is an equal opportunity employer. That said, our firm is dedicated to providing equitable opportunities for employment and advancement, and to creating a more inclusive workplace for all our people, as we believe that diverse professional and administrative teams make better decisions. Applicants who are Indigenous, racialized BIPOC, members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community, and persons with a disability are encouraged to self-identify.
To provide articling students with valuable hands-on corporate experience, we offer a number of external rotations where students are immersed within the legal department of some of Canada's leading organizations. In previous years, students were seconded to The Royal Bank of Canada, Coca-Cola, General Motors, Alectra Energy and the Ontario Power Generation.
Gowling WLG provides a rewarding and educational experience. We actively develop our articling students through educational programs that provide insight, evaluation and experience with various areas of the law. Our mentoring program provide you with opportunities to work with – and learn from – our diverse and experienced professionals. Our articling students are also encouraged to define their own development, and to seek out and experience the work in which they are most interested.
Our commitment to our articling students includes a competitive salary, plus ten paid vacation days to be taken during the articling term. Articling students also participate in our benefits plan and fitness plan. All students are provided with a mobile device during their articling terms. Gowling WLG also established a guideline for agile working. The goal is to ensure a balance between working in the office and working remotely.
NCA
Morris Odeh
University of Toronto
Donya Ashnaei
Ben Grondin
Taylor Rodrigues
Jordyn Selznick
Genevieve Simmons
University of Ottawa
Sharon Chernyak
Caroline Mercer
Harveer Sahota
Western University
Peter Sypnowich
Namya Tandon
University of Windsor
Leonella Kovalevsky
University of Calgary
Mikail Osman
McGill University
Mehri Ghazanjani
University of Toronto
Grace Li
Queen's University
Derek Varrin
Rasan Sahota
University of Ottawa
Nina Fainman Adelman
Stacy Porter
Maggie Sainty
University of Western Ontario
Chantel Costa
Ursula Kenkel
Daniel Derkach
University of Windsor
Alexa Meretsky
Chloe Davies
York University
Carly Downs
Social programs
Gowling WLG offers a great opportunity for students to challenge their minds and test their abilities in a friendly atmosphere.
As part of the Gowling WLG social program, our articling students enjoy a range of activities, orientation programs and social events.