Our Articling Program
Students may begin articles in Newfoundland
after completion of two years of law school. Clerks will often join us
for three months of articling between the second and third year of
their legal studies and will return for the final nine months after
completion of third year. Students may also join us after completing
law school for twelve months of continuous articles. During most
summers we employ one or more students who have completed only their
first year of law school and who cannot yet begin serving their
articles.
As required by the Law Society Rules students enter into articles
with one of our lawyers who will act as the student's principal. At our
firm students do not follow a formal rotation among practice areas.
Instead, students are expected to work with all our lawyers as the need
for their services arises and as the opportunity for exposure to
different areas of the law becomes available. The student's principal
and our Articling Committee are responsible for ensuring that the
student receives a broad exposure to all areas of practice. We
encourage client contact and attendance in court whenever possible. We
seek to involve students in major commercial and litigation matters
where they will have the opportunity to work closely with our senior
practitioners.
Salary and Benefits
White, Ottenheimer and Baker offers salary and benefits which are
competitive with those offered by all large St. John's law firms. We
have a graduated salary scale which increases as students progress
through law school. We pay bar admission course fees and the cost of
course materials.
Applying to White, Ottenheimer & Baker
We conduct interviews of students attending Dalhousie
Law School,
Halifax, Nova Scotia
each winter and on occasion we attend interviews arranged at the
University of New Brunswick Law School in
Fredericton,
New Brunswick. Arrangements for
interviews are made through the student placement offices at the law
schools.
We invite submission of applications including a resume, law school
marks and undergraduate marks by mail at any time. Applications may be
directed to:
White, Ottenheimer &
Baker
P.O. Box 5457
St. John's, Newfoundland
A1C 5W4
Attention: Articling
Committee
Applications may be submitted by e-mail with resumes or other
materials attached as Word files and with a hard copy to follow by
mail.
Articling Committee
Members of our articling Committee are Robert Andrews, Q.C., Bill Boyd, Trudy Button and Rose McGrath.
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