(All Years) Virtual Career Forum 2022 Monday, January 17th
Alumni Career Events Conferences and Workshops General
The Career Forum event attracts more than 30 firms from across Western Canada who meet with law students from first to third year.
The Career Forum invites legal employers from Western Canada to meet with College of Law students. It is a great opportunity for students to meet and connect with legal employers including government, large firms, medium firms, small firms, boutiques and the courts.
Agenda
Wednesday, January 12th
- 11:30 am - 1:00 pm CST Information Sessions Day 1, via Zoom
Monday, January 17th
- 11:30 am - 1:00 pm CST Information Sessions Day 2, via Zoom
- 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm CST Virtual Career Forum - Student Registration, via Pheedloop
- 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm CST Virtual Career Forum - Exhibit Hall Open, via Pheedloop
Premier Sponsors:
- McDougall Gauley LLP; Saskatoon and Regina
- McKercher LLP; Saskatoon and Regina
- MLT Aikins LLP; Saskatoon and Regina
Information Session Sponsors:
Wednesday, Jan. 12th, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm CST:
Moderator: 2L Career Representative – Anna Little
- 11:30 am – 11:50 am; Alberta Recruitment Process; Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP; Calgary; Presenters: Gabrielle Maunier, Evan Herbert and Lindsey Knibbs
- 11:55 am – 12:15 pm; Networking – Tips on Outreaching to Firms; Kanuka Thuringer LLP; Regina and Swift Current; Presenter: Marc Kelly
- 12:20 pm – 12:40 pm; Practicing in the Energy Sector; Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP; Calgary; Presenters: Presenters: Jacob Young and Carson Wetter
Monday, Jan. 17, 11:30 am –1:00 pm CST:
Moderator: 2L Career Representative – Phoenix Howe
- 11:30 am–11:50 am; Establishing Your Successful Legal Career; Bennett Jones LLP; Calgary; Presenters: Stephanie Henry and Megan Ollivier
- 11:55 am – 12:15 pm; Life as a Litigator vs. Life as a Solicitor; Robertson Stromberg LLP; Saskatoon; Presenters: Tiffany Paulsen and Marinko Jelovic
- 12:20 pm – 12:40 pm; Articling at a Boutique Law Firm; HMC Lawyers LLP; Calgary: Presenter: Sean Jeffers
*All USask law students will get separate Zoom Invites for both the Jan. 12 and 17 sessions.
Virtual Career Forum, Monday, Jan. 17th, 3:00 pm – 6:30 pm (CST):
- 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm CST Student Registration
- 3:30 pm – 6:30 pm CST Virtual Exhibit Hall Open
Attending Firms/Organizations: (as of January 12)
- Altalaw LLP, Red Deer, AB
- BC Prosecution Service, BC
- Birdsell Grant LLP, Stony Plain, Edmonton and Whitecourt, AB
- Bennett Jones LLP, Calgary, AB
- Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Calgary, AB
- Borden Ladner Gervais, Calgary, AB
- Brownlee LLP, Calgary and Edmonton, AB
- Bryan & Company LLP, Edmonton, AB
- Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP, Calgary, AB
- CLASSIC, Saskatoon, SK
- Dentons, Calgary, AB
- Fasken, Calgary, AB
- Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP, Calgary, AB
- HMC Lawyers LLP, Calgary, AB
- Kanuka Thuringer LLP, Regina and Swift Current, SK
- Lakefield LLP, Saskatoon, SK
- Lawson Lundell LLP, Calgary, AB, Kelowna and Vancouver, BC and Yellowknife, NT
- Legal Aid Saskatchewan, SK
- Manitoba Prosecution Service, Winnipeg, MB
- McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Calgary, AB
- McDougall Gauley LLP, Saskatoon and Regina, SK
- McKercher LLP, Saskatoon and Regina, SK
- Merchant Law Group LLP, Montreal, QC, Toronto and Ottawa, ON, Winnipeg, MB, Regina, Moose Jaw, Saskatoon, SK, Calgary, Edmonton, AB, and Surrey, BC
- Miller Thomson, Saskatoon, Regina, Calgary, and Edmonton, SK and AB
- Ministry of Justice and Attorney General, Government of Saskatchewan, SK
- MLT Aikins, Saskatoon and Regina, SK
- Naidu Legal, Saskatoon, SK
- Norton Rose Fulbright, Calgary, AB
- Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Calgary, AB
- Parlee McLaws LLP, Calgary and Edmonton, AB
- Robertson Stromberg Barristers & Solicitors, Saskatoon, SK
- Saskatchewan Provincial Court, Saskatoon and Regina, SK
- Scharfstein LLP, Saskatoon, SK
- Seiferling Law, Saskatoon, SK
- Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI), Saskatoon and Regina, SK
- Swainson Miki Peskett LLP, Edmonton, AB
- W Law Group, Saskatoon, Warman and Outlook, SK
- Whitelaw Twining, Calgary, AB and Vancouver, BC
*All attending students and firms/organizations will receive separate Pheedloop Invites for the Virtual Career Forum.
*Dress is business professional
Firm/Organization RegistrationNow open at: https://careerforum2022firms.eventbrite.ca/
Student RegistrationNow open at: https://careerforum2022student.eventbrite.ca/
Event Details
- When:
- Location:
- Online via PheedLoop - *We suggest using the latest version of Google Chrome
- File:
- Firm/Organization Career Forum Registration Package