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 Registrationhttps://careerforum2022student.eventbrite.ca/
Now open at:
Event Details
- When:
- Location:
- Online via PheedLoop - *We suggest using the latest version of Google Chrome
- File:
- Firm/Organization Career Forum Registration Package