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BCF Business Law - Montreal, Quebec

https://www.bcf.ca/

Recruitment & Hiring

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+ Student Hiring Information Grid

	1st Yr. Summer	2nd Yr. Summer	Articling Students
Do you hire:	No	Yes	Yes
How many did you/will you hire for:
2022	N/A	9	10
2023	N/A	10	9
2024	N/A	TBD	11
2025		TBD	8
2026
Rotation	N/A	No	Other
Split/Secondment

+ Hiring Criteria

First Year Summer Students
FIRST YEAR SUMMER STUDENTS: Do you recruit first year summer students?	No
When is the application deadline for first year summer students?	N/A
When is the interviewing period?	N/A
Do you participate in on-campus interview (OCI) programs to fill such positions?	No
Description of first year summer program:	N/A
Comments	N/A
How many weeks is the first year summer program?	N/A

Second Year Summer Students
SECOND YEAR SUMMER STUDENTS: Do you recruit second year summer students?	Yes
When is the application deadline for second year summer students?	N/A
When is the interviewing period?	N/A
Do you participate in on-campus interview (OCI) programs to fill such positions?	No
Description of the second year summer program	Our summer students have the opportunity to work during the summer of their second year of law school, in addition to the summer before they start l'École du Barreau if they wish to do so. During your first summer, you take part in a welcoming and onboarding program designed to provide you with practical knowledge and skills that help you learn the profession and become part of the firm. The welcoming and onboarding program lasts two weeks. Summer students are also invited to participate in many social activities that take place during the summer. Working as a law student allows for in-depth learning and increased responsibility based on your strengths and interests. To learn more about our summer students program : https://www.bcf.ca/en/careers/students
Comments	N/A
How many weeks is the second year summer program?	8 to 12 weeks

+ Campus Recruiting

OCIs
Will you be participating in OCIs this year?	No
Schools:

Other Campus Recruiting
We will be recruiting students from the following law schools (outside of the OCI process)	McGill University, Faculty of Law Université de Montréal, Faculté de droit Université de Sherbrooke, Faculté de droit Université du Québec à Montréal, Département des sciences juridiques Université Laval, Faculté de droit Université d’Ottawa, Faculté de droit, Section de droit civil
Comments

+ Methods of Recruiting Articling Students – Hiring Summary

	2023	2024
No. of 1st Year Summer Students	N/A	N/A
No. of 1st Year Summer Students Offered Articling Positions (region dependent)	N/A	N/A
No. of 2nd Year Summer Students	N/A	N/A
No. of 2nd Year Summer Students Offered Articling Positions	N/A	All
Quebec: Number of future articling students working as a 2nd year summer student	10	TBD
Atlantic: No. of articling students hired during 2nd year January recruitment	N/A	N/A
No. of additional articling students hired (in some regions, in addition to students hired through the summer process)	N/A	N/A

For Quebec and Atlantic Employers: Do you allow your articling students hired to work for you during their second year summer? Yes

+ Articling Students

Articling Students
When do you hire articling students?	In March, during the Course aux stages.
Do you still have any articling positions open for this year (starting 2024)?	No
Do you anticipate having articling positions open for next year (starting in 2025) for external candidates outside of your current student hires (if any)?	No
If so, how many positions do you anticipate having for external candidates?
Do you allow students to work during the licensing process in your jurisdiction?	No
Description of articling program	To facilitate their integration and development, articling students are paired with an articling supervisor and monitored by a member of our professional development team. The articling student is quickly involved in the files through directly assigned mandates. He or she assists the more senior professionals at every stage of the file. This may include legal research, due diligence, drafting reports, court proceedings, various contractual documents, memos and analysis. He or she may also be called upon to present motions to the court, and to draft research notes and argument plans. The articling student also attends client meetings and internal team meetings. The workload varies from week to week. On average, a student invests 35 to 50 hours and an intern 40 to 60 hours per week at BCF.
Comments

+ Foreign Trained Students/Lawyers

Do you offer internships?	No
Do you accept applications for summer/articling positions from foreign trained students/lawyers?	No
Comments

+ Application Process

Required Application Materials
Required Application Materials	Resume cover letter law school transcripts
Comments

Preferred Method of Application
Preferred Method of Application	viDesktop Portal
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+ First Year Lawyer Hiring Information

	2023	2024
How many articling students did you offer a first year lawyer position?	7	TBD
How many articling students in your articling program were seeking a position?	9	TBD
How many additional first year associates did you hire outside of your articling student program?	2	TBD
How many of the additional students clerked?	N/A	N/A