Summer ProgramProgram DescriptionEvery year, we hire outstanding second-year law students to experience a summer with our Vancouver office. Our summer program is intended to serve as an introduction to the practice of law. Most of our summer students have little, if any, previous experience in a law firm, and our summer program is designed as the first step in the transition from the academic study of law to the practice of law. We arrange temporary articles for our summer students to enable them to experience life as an articled student. Summer students receive the same range of work as our articled students, but do not participate in a formal rotation; we encourage our summer students to use the flexibility of the program to explore specific areas of interest - to see whether a particular type of law is as interesting in practice as in the classroom. Summer students are, of course, also encouraged to participate in the various social activities offered by the firm. Our Director of Student Programs, together with each summer student's principal, provides guidance and support over the course of the summer. We present a series of weekly seminars, specifically for our summer students, to discuss practice-related topics such as conflicts of interest, the business of law, professional civility and courtesy, risk management, and effective client communication. Our students are also encouraged to attend other in-house professional development seminars offered firm-wide. We hope that, when they return for their final year of law school, our summer students take with them a fundamental understanding of the practice of law and a keen anticipation of the articling process to come. Compensation and BenefitsOur summer students' salaries and benefits are competitive with those of other major Vancouver firms. The salary for summer students is currently $4,166.67 per month. In addition, a tuition allowance of $6,000 is paid to our summer students returning to the firm to article. Offices and Administrative SupportOur summer students are provided with their own offices, and receive support from an experienced legal administrative assistant. All of the firm's other administrative resources are also available to our summer students as required. Hireback RatiosIn recent years, virtually all of our students have returned to article with the firm. How to ApplyWe intend to hire five to seven summer students for the summer of 2013. We prefer to receive applications for summer student positions by email. Your application should include, in a single PDF attachment, a cover letter, résumé, and transcripts (both undergraduate and first and second years of law school). You may include reference letters and a list of your third year law school courses. It is not necessary to include writing samples. Please email your application to Mr. Kerry Sheppard, our Director of Student Programs, at ksheppard@davis.ca. We follow the Vancouver Bar Association's guidelines relating to the recruitment process for summer students, and we expect to attend the following on-campus interviews: Alberta (University of Alberta & University of Calgary): September 10, 2012 Ontario/McGill (Ontario Law Schools & McGill): September 14, 2012 University of Victoria: September 21, 2012 University of British Columbia: September 24 & 25, 2012 Schulich School of Law (Dalhousie): September 28, 2012.
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