Summer Articles
Last updated on July 24, 2023*Please Note: Applications for summer student positions will open on July 17, 2023 at 8:00 am 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, 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 2023 recruitment for summer 2024 articles). Application forms and details about applying for summer articles will be posted on this page during July and August each year.
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.
2023 Summer Articles Recruitment Schedule (Estimated, Subject to Change):
Applications Open: July 17, 2023; 8:00am
MS Teams Info Session: August 9, 2023; 11:45am – 1:00pm
Applications Close: August 30, 2023; 11:59pm
Application Screening: September 1-7, 2023
Written Interview Invites Sent: September 8, 2023
Written Interviews (Remote): September 11-12, 2023 (multiple time slots available)
Oral Interview Invites Sent: September 15, 2023
Oral Interviews (Remote): September 19-22, 2023 (multiple time slots available)
Reference Checks: September 26, 2023 (References MUST be available this day)
Offers Go Out: September 27-30, 2023
Regrets Go Out: September 30 – October 3, 2023