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What does the practicum at
Grondin, Poudrier, Bernier involve?
Our articling students work in close collaboration with
the firm’s counsels. They are responsible for performing
various types of legal research and helping the counsels
manage their files. They make daily representations
before the Practice Court of the Superior Court and the
Court of Quebec, and they draft procedures and prepare
cases. Articling students interested in making oral
submissions have the opportunity to attend
interrogations and hear various petitions and cases.
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How does the practicum work
at Grondin, Poudrier, Bernier?
Our firm has no formal rotation system: we encourage our
articling students to work in all fields of law to be
able to make sound decisions regarding their areas of
specialization. Articling students are closely monitored
by their articling mentors and are required to work for
all the firm’s counsels who practice in various fields.
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What tools do you provide for
your articling students?
Our articling students have access to a central
information system network. They use the system to
perform the research that has been assigned to them. It
gives them access to various private and public
databases as well as our internal database, which
contains several decades of data. They can also
collaborate with two legal technicians who can orient
them in their various searches. They also have access to
a very comprehensive library dedicated to the various
areas of practice within our firm.
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Does your firm offer summer
employment?
We occasionally hire students to work on specific
projects; however, we do not usually hire students.
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Are there articling positions
open for 2006 and 2007?
Our firm is a signatory to the agreement concluded
between several Québec City and Montréal firms regarding
the hiring of articling students. As such, we recruit
our students in their second year of university. As a
result, all the articling positions for 2006 and 2007
have already been filled. However, since our
requirements are subject to change, we invite candidates
interested in completing a practicum in 2006 or 2007 to
send us their resumes.
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How many articling students
are employed at your firm?
Every year, we select a minimum of four candidates for
our Quebec City offices, two of whom start their
practicums in February with the other two beginning in
August. Some candidates may also be interested in
completing a practicum in our Montreal offices, in which
case they will be referred to the persons in charge of
selecting articling students at our Montreal offices.
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When do you begin recruiting
your articling students?
Since our firm is a signatory to the agreement concluded
between several Québec City and Montréal firms regarding
the hiring of articling students, the annual selection
process generally begins in February. Requests for 2008
articling positions must be sent to us no later than
February 10, 2006. Candidates are invited to submit
their resumes, accompanied by a letter of presentation
and a copy of their transcripts.
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How many interviews do you
conduct?
Every year, we meet approximately fifty candidates some
of whom are invited to a second interview.
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How does the interview
process work?
Our selection process involves two interviews. After the
second interview we begin the final selection process.
We then invite all the candidates who participated in
the second interview to meet our team of counsels and
legal technicians at a cocktail held at our Québec City
offices. This meeting is not part of the selection
process; it gives the candidates the opportunity to
become better acquainted with the members of the firm so
they can make informed decisions when they are offered
practicums.
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Are there any hiring
opportunities at your firm?
Articling students employed with our firm are, without a
doubt, our primary source of young recruits. Over the
last two years, a significant number of our articling
students joined our staff after having completed their
practicums with us.
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How are the articling
students remunerated?
We offer competitive salaries that compare favourably
with those of other major law firms in the Québec City
area, and we provide paid indoor parking. |
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