Are you a 2L that wants to summer in Calgary (Edmonton) in 2025?  The University of Saskatchewan will be scheduling all OCI interviews, remotely, in PT, where the firms reside. 

These interviews are specifically for 2L law students for upcoming 2025 summer positions. The legal employers participating are from Calgary and maybe Edmonton.  Interview lengths have been increased from 17 minutes to 20 minutes allowing for 20 interview timeslots for each of the participating firms, should they decide to host a full schedule. 

The interview portion of the day continues to proceed, remotely. 

USask College of Law has posted positions of those firms who will be participating in the Remote OCI process, in CareerLink – College of Law Job Postings, with a deadline of Monday, August 19th, 2024, at 11:59 pm CST.   Additional firms/organizations may also have postings in CareerLink – College of Law, and will be conducting interviews on a day of their choosing.   

 

2025 2L Summer Recruitment Dates & Deadlines Calgary (and Edmonton) 

  • ViLaw​Portal Opens for Employers to Post: June 10, 2024
  • ViLawPortal Closes for Employers to Post: July 15, 2024
  • ViLawPortal Opens to Students to Apply: Monday, July 22nd, 2024 ​​​
  • ViLawPortal Closes to Students to Apply: ​​Monday, August 19, 2024 @11:59 pm CST 
  • USask Deadline for USask Students to apply to Calgary:  Monday, August 19, 2024 @11:59 PM CST​
    • Deadline for OCI Student Selections: Thursday, August 29th, 2024
    • Firm/Organization interview schedule available and supplied by USask: Thursday, Sept. 5th, 2024
  • On Campus Interviews (OCIs) will be held remotely on Monday, September 23rd, 2024. 
    • Firms have agreed to wait until OCIs at any given law school / non-OCI first interviews are complete before offering students interviews during the in-firm interview period (as outlined in Section #9 of this Protocol). Firms will not be allowed to contact students prior to 5:30 p.m., once OCIs for that law school are fully complete, including offering students interviews for the in-firm interview period and rejection emails.(#7 of protocol) 
    • OCI Calgary Make-Up Date is - TBD
  • In Firm Interview Period and will take place from Monday, October 7 - Friday, Oct. 11th, 2024, and will be held in-person with the exception such as government.  This includes any meetings - coffee chats, meals, networking events, and tours. ​
  • Offer Date: Offers will commence no earlier than Friday, October 11, 2024, 2:00 pm MT 
    • ​Black-out: One hour prior to the offer time, firms will not conta​ct students.  Firms will be allowed to respond to student inquiries. (#13 of protocol) ​
  • Note that students have six hours to respond to offers. (#15 of protocol)

**Employer Registration can be found on Eventbrite 

As of July 8, 2024, the following Calgary (Edmonton) firms will be participating: 

  1. Bennett Jones, Calgary 
  2. Borden Ladner Gervais (BLG), Calgary 
  3. Blakes, Calgary 
  4. Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP, Calgary 
  5. Cassels, Calgary 
  6. Gowling WLG, Calgary 
  7. McCarthy Tétrault, Calgary 
  8. Norton Rose Fulbright, Calgary 
  9. Osler, Calgary 
  10. Stikeman Elliott LLP, Calgary 
  11. Torys, Calgary 
  12. Whitelaw Twining, Calgary 

 

Event Details

When:
Time:
08:30 AM - 06:00 PM CST
Location:
Remote: The University of Saskatchewan, will be scheduling interviews on behalf of all firms.
File:
2L REMOTE OCI Calgary Interview Schedule Sept 23 2024

Contact

Shari Thompson, Director of Career Development

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