Waterloo Region Student Programs

Summer Program

Hiring

Miller Thomson’s Waterloo office hires two students who have completed their first or second year of law school for our summer program.

Student Experience

Our summer program allows students to experience the working environment at our firm before starting their articling year. There is no formal rotation over the summer. Our students handle a variety of assignments, ranging from research, drafting documents, and assisting with litigation and corporate transactions.

Our students are always welcome to join our lawyers and observe proceedings. Since we do not have a formal work allocation system, students are encouraged to be entrepreneurial and to seek work and experiences of interest to them. In this way, our program provides students with a greater insight into Miller Thomson and the practice of law.

Members of the Student Committee are also on-hand to help students through the summer.

Feedback

We encourage our students to take ownership of their work, and seek feedback from the lawyers they are working with on a continuing basis.

Professional Development

In addition to the various assignments engaged in by our students, our office offers training in substantive law and practical skills-based training. Some highlights of our student continuing legal education programming include seminars on Small Claims Court proceedings, drafting pleadings, legal research, legal writing, motions, corporate services, litigation, professionalism, practice management and public speaking. Our students are also encouraged to attend all firm-wide in-house continuing legal education seminars.

Articling Program

Hiring

The Waterloo office hires three students for its articling program.

Rotations/Student Experience

Our students are exposed to a wide variety of experiences during their articling year. Students participate in three formal rotations in litigation, corporate and “floater” — the latter being a combination of litigation and corporate. Our students are given the opportunity to, among other things, assist and accompany lawyers to discoveries, hearings, trials, mediations, commercial deal closings and client meetings. Students are also assigned and have full carriage of Small Claims Court files.

Social Activities

We encourage our students to participate in all aspects of firm life, including the firm’s social activities and student-specific activities through the local law associations.

Mentoring

As part of our student support structure, articling students are paired with a partner who acts as their articling principal. Other members of the Student Committee also act as resources and liaisons to students.

Feedback

We evaluate our students’ progress through a formal evaluation process, which occurs mid-way through the articling program term (usually in January).

Professional Development

Throughout articling, students continue their professional development with additional continuing legal education programs designed specifically for them. As in the summer program, students are invited to attend all firm-wide and practice-specific continuing legal education seminars.

Contacts

Students and Junior Associates Available for You to Contact.

The following junior associates are available to answer any questions you may have about our summer student and articling programs.

Our Students

Our students are available to answer any questions you may have about our summer and articling student programs.

2024 Articling Students

How To Apply

Waterloo Region Summer Program

2025 Summer Student applications will be accepted through the viDesktop portal. Applications are open to both 1L and 2L law students. Please see below for the closing dates.

Thereafter, interviews for summer positions are conducted in accordance with the procedures and guidelines of the Law Society of Ontario. When applying, first and second year law school applicants can submit their curriculum vitae, together with transcripts of undergraduate and law school marks (photocopies accepted). Updated transcripts and materials can be sent directly to Rochelle Richards, Specialist, Student Programs at [email protected].

Miller Thomson will provide accommodation on request through the recruitment selection and/or assessment process for applications with disabilities. If you require accommodations, please inform our Professional Resources representative (listed below) of the nature of accommodations that you may require, to ensure your equal participation.

Applicants may address materials and related questions to:

Sherry Kettle
Student Recruitment Coordinator
Miller Thomson LLP
255 Queens Avenue, Suite 2010
London, ON N6A 5R8

2025 Summer 2L Recruitment Dates:

  • Application Deadline – Monday, January 6, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. EST
  • Interview Call Day – Monday, January 20, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. EST
  • Interview Week – Monday, January 27 – Wednesday, January 29, 2025
  • Offer Day – Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. ES

Articling Program

NOTE: Please be advised that we will not be participating in the 2024 Articling Recruitment process for the 2025/2026 Articling Term.

Contact Law Student Recruitment

For more information about Miller Thomson’s Waterloo Region law student program, please contact:

Rochelle Richards

Specialist, Student Programs
Miller Thomson LLP
40 King St. West, Suite 5800
Toronto, Ontario M5H 3S1

416.545.8546
[email protected]

When participating in recruits, applications to our job postings can be submitted through the viDesktop portal.

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