What to Expect When You Article at Field LLP

The articling process at Field LLP is designed to be exciting, challenging, and rewarding for the student, with the emphasis on education. Our firm’s top priority for lawyers and articling students alike is quality work and ethical practice. We are dedicated to preparing articling students for the practice of law.

As an articling student at Field LLP, you will be ushered through the transition from "law school" problem solving to problem solving with clients. You will learn the skills required to properly analyze legal issues and devise practical and effective solutions for clients. You will learn the essential elements of good legal practice, including legal drafting, negotiation, and the effective organization and presentation of opinions and ideas.

Significant time and resources are invested in developing articling students and associates into respected and capable members of the Bar. As a result, articling students at Field LLP are expected to take their work seriously and to excel. However, this hard work is not something that should come at the expense of all other facets of an articling student’s life. We believe that a balanced lifestyle is crucial, and that a vital family, social, and recreational life is the key to a collegial workplace and longevity within the profession.

Articling students at our firm are actively included in all firm meetings and events, and in all respects are treated as vital members of the Field LLP team. We hire our students with a view to their ultimately becoming candidates for partnership, a philosophy that is reflected in our high student retention rates.