Students
What to Expect
Achieve More Than You Ever Expected
By joining the McCarthy Tétrault team, you will have access to the widest array of challenging work opportunities across the widest range of practice areas.
From leading smaller pro bono matters to participating in the country’s largest high profile transactions, we offer an unparalleled experience to our students. But that’s not all. We know that you have invested a lot in your education to date and want to work at a place that thinks about all aspects of your development. Our ambitious approach to professional development includes innovative mentoring initiatives and the delivery of a diversity programming to our students. These tools are meant to help our students develop to a greater degree than they ever thought possible. That’s our commitment to our people.
Gain Valuable Work Experience
At our firm, we offer you the rare opportunity of working alongside some of the brightest legal minds in the profession. Read how our students participate in cutting-edge files and learn practical legal skills.
Work AssignmentsCareer Competitive Edge
Our firm’s mentorship, feedback and evaluation programs are second to none. Our Professional Resources team members are committed and dedicated to the growth and development of our students and lawyers.
Professional DevelopmentCollaboration & Teamwork
Working as a team makes all the difference. We have built a culture of excellence, collaboration and teamwork: with each other across Canada, with our clients, with in-house counsel and with the law firms with which we work. This allows us to achieve the results that are important to our clients.
We are proud of our culture; most of our files require teams to be drawn from a number of practice areas, and we regularly share files across offices. As a student, you will be treated as a valued member of the team. You will garner firsthand experience interacting with clients, attending strategy sessions, working on transactional closing teams and going to court. Collaboration and teamwork are truly part of our culture, starting with our students and articling students who make a real difference in the success of the team.
Meet Our Teams
At our firm, we offer you the rare opportunity of working alongside some of the brightest legal minds in the profession, in an environment where your skills will be carefully nurtured and honed.
Our unique culture of collaboration is the foundation of everything we do. This means that every transaction and case is just another opportunity to work with a team of experts who have unparalleled strength in their practice areas.
Grow With Us
At McCarthy Tétrault, we have the strength and environment to sharpen your legal skills, client- service and business acumen, and teach you how to become the ‘go-to’ lawyer for clients. We will teach you, challenge you and mentor you to success.
As part of the McCarthy Tétrault team and network, you will be able to access the many experiences and learning opportunities we provide our students and lawyers. This ongoing learning, as well as our well established and always improving programs in mentoring, professional development and formal training, will contribute to your success, our success, and the success of our clients.
Our Difference
Making all the difference
You worked hard for your education; let McCarthy Tétrault work with you to make it into a successful career.
At McCarthy Tétrault, we deliver the highest level of service through our shared passion for our work, our clients and our commitment to excellence.
The firm is well-established in major commercial and decision-making centres across Canada as well as in London, UK, and New York City. We deliver integrated services in business law, litigation, tax law, real property law, and labour and employment law. Our commitment to technology and innovation has been recognized by the Financial Times. We have been consistently ranked as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, a tribute to our deep commitment to fostering an inclusive and innovative work environment. McCarthy Tétrault is also proud to have received a prestigious Catalyst Award, an achievement that honours the firm’s ongoing initiatives to advance gender equity and diversity.
As a leading law firm with a multifaceted and sophisticated group of clients, we provide top-tier advice to some of the largest companies based and operating in Canada. We are consistently ranked by Chambers Canada and other leading directories for our unparalleled legal expertise.
McCarthy Tétrault offers you the chance to develop your skills alongside the best of the best. You’ll work on cutting-edge files across a wide range of practice areas and industries, as skilled lawyers introduce you to the latest legal trends and ideas. An experience at McCarthy Tétrault will be a dynamic and exciting way to launch your career.
Learn About Our Offices
Our reputation is exceptional. So is our training. Our practical programs will help you gain invaluable experience to build your career. Our summer program is designed to introduce students to the practice of law and to the firm’s variety of practice areas. Meanwhile our articling program provides a comprehensive introduction to the firm and will build on the skills you have learned, to ensure a well-rounded articling experience.
Furthermore, as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers for the past 13 consecutive years (2013-2025), our office’s innovative approach and deep commitment to service and excellence comes through in all we do, from daily relationships with our clients to our student mentoring programs.
As Canada’s only truly integrated national law firm, we have a partnership of more than 750 lawyers, with Canadian offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montréal, Québec City and offices in London, UK and New York.
With offices in Canada’s major commercial centres, as well as in London, UK and New York, we deliver integrated services in business law, litigation, tax, real estate, and labour and employment law. Because of our emphasis on collaboration, you’ll have the opportunity to work with our lawyers across our national offices. In the meantime, select the city of your choice to learn more about our programs in that office.
