Recruitment tips & FAQs

We're looking for dedicated, well-rounded individuals who are not only passionate about the practice of law but who also maintain interests outside of school and work. At Gowling WLG we're all about the team, so we want people who recognize the value of teamwork, and those who can also work independently when the occasion calls for it.

No. Gowling WLG recruits from all law schools across Canada and elsewhere and considers each application equally.

No matter which of our offices you choose, you’ll find the atmosphere at Gowling WLG is best described as professional and informal. More than a leading law firm, Gowling WLG is a community of professionals… a community in which every individual contributes and every idea counts. Gowling WLG people work together to achieve meaningful results for our clients. Beyond providing our students with professional growth opportunities, we also encourage them to develop social connections. We make time for friendships and organize numerous social activities for both our summer and our articling students.

The number of students that we hire for summer and articling programs varies from office to office and year to year. Current and projected hiring numbers can be found by visiting each of our individual office sites. While we do not guarantee articling positions to our summer students, we hire our summer students on the expectation that all will be offered articling positions and that a large number will go on to spend their career at Gowling WLG.

Gowling WLG summer programs are generally limited to students who have completed their second year of law school. However, on an exceptional and office-by-office basis we may consider additional candidates and accept applications, in the event positions become available.

Across each of our offices, our commitment to our students includes a competitive salary, based on the local market rate for articling students, plus vacation pay, for both our summer and articling students. Articling students also receive generous medical and dental benefits, as well as a number of other considerations.

While we do not set a budget number of hours for our students, they are generally expected to carry a workload similar to that of our associates. To find out more about our articling or summer programs, including office-specific workload expectations at each of our offices, please visit our program sites.

To learn more about our student programs at a specific office, please visit our program sites where you will find detailed information for both articling or summer programs, office profiles and dedicated recruiting contacts who can answer all of your questions.