Starting your career as a Student-at-Law

WITTEN LLP provides qualified law school graduates with comprehensive and varied articles.The year of articles is a very important year in the career of an aspiring lawyer. During that year, the student will receive basic training in the practice of law, which will serve as the foundation of his or her legal career. The articling year also provides an important opportunity for the firm to get to know and assess the student's skills.

Under the principalship of a senior lawyer and the supervision of a specified lawyer in each department, students spend approximately one half of the period of articles working in our litigation department and the balance of their articles working in our solicitors and corporate/commercial departments. Every effort is made to provide students with quality work in virtually all major areas of the law.

An education plan is reviewed at the beginning of articles with a mutual evaluation done midway through the year. Students are encouraged to review and discuss periodically with their principals and supervisors the practice checklist published by The Law Society of Alberta.

WITTEN LLP also recognizes the demands placed on students by the Bar Admission Course. Successful completion of the Bar Admission Course is the first priority and we provide students with the cooperation and resources they need to be successful.

We are aware of the challenges facing prospective lawyers in today's market. We are also cognizant of the need for law firms to tap into new sources of energy, skill and enthusiasm. We welcome the opportunity to meet with qualified law school graduates, and extend an invitation to contact us at WITTEN LLP.

2011-2012 Articling Students

WITTEN LLP welcomes Justine Mageau and Christina Sahi, our articling students for the 2011-2012 articling year. 

2012-2013 Articling Students

WITTEN LLP welcomes Ben Esch, Joshua de Groot and Brittney Tetz as articling students for the 2012-2013 articling year. 

2013-2014 Articling Students

Witten LLP provides qualified law school graduates with comprehensive and varied articles. Under the principalship of a senior lawyer and the supervision of a specified lawyer in each department, students spend approximately one half of the period of articles working in our litigation department and one half of the period of articles working in our solicitor and corporate/commercial departments. 

We ask that students interested in articling with us upon their graduation from Law School for the 2013-2014 Articling Year send in their application materials on or before May 15, 2012 to:

Witten LLP
2500 - 10303 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton, AB T5J 3N6
Attention: Catherine Farnell

by email to Catherine Farnell, or apply online.

Materials should include a Resume; all law school and undergraduate university transcripts; and 2 letters of reference.

Interviews will be conducted with the timelines set by the Law Society of Alberta. We will contact students with whom interviews will be held approx. 1 week in advance to set up a mutually convenient time.