Summer Articles
Last updated on July 14, 2025*Please Note: Applications for summer student positions will open on July 15, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. PST.*
The Legal Services Branch (LSB) typically hires between two to three students to “summer” with LSB after their second year of law school. Summer students are temporary articling students.
Similar to articling, summer students work with lawyers and professional staff in a variety of legal contexts. Unlike articling students, summer students do not rotate through different legal practice groups. They are primarily responsible for civil litigation and small claims civil litigation files. However, there are often opportunities to take on other litigation work, as well as work from other legal groups.
Summer students will have opportunities to work on a diverse range of files. Subject to successful performance, hiring freezes and/or budget constraints, summer students with LSB will be offered positions as articling students starting in the spring or fall after completion of law school.
Recruitment for summer articles begins in the summer of the year prior to the term students will summer with LSB (e.g., summer 2025 recruitment for summer 2026 articles). Application forms and details about applying for summer articles have been posted below.
Join representatives from the Ministry of Attorney General to learn more about our student program. Temporary articling students will get hands on experience in all aspects of the work and will have the opportunity to work in a close-knit collaborative office with lawyers who are experts in their field. Our student programs will allow you to build substantive skills as you tackle exciting, rewarding work and grow your strengths as a lawyer. Join our session to learn more about our unique designed student programs and what makes us different. We look forward to meeting you virtually!
Session Date:
- July 25th from 12-1 p.m. PST
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If you have any questions, please contact AGArticling@gov.bc.ca. You may also wish to check with your school’s law careers office for information about application timing and deadlines.
2026 Summer Articles Recruitment Schedule (Estimated, Subject to Change):
Applications Open: July 15th at 8 a.m.
Applications Close: August 15 at 11 p.m.
Application Screening: August 18 to 22
Application Selection: August 25 to August 29
Written Interview Invites Sent: September 2 to September 5
Written Interviews: September 8 to 12
Marking of Written Interviews: September 15 to 19
Oral Interview Invites Sent: September 22 to 26
Oral Interviews (Remote, various time slots available): September 29 to October 8
Final Scores in and Reference Checks: October 9 to 10
Offers Go Out: October 13 to 14
Regrets Go Out: After October 15