What Robson Hall Will Do For You:

Free Job Posting Service

Robson Hall, Faculty of Law Career Services office invites your firm to consider using our free job posting service to advertise student position(s) for summering, articling, clerking, internships, research or similar types of legal employment.

We are also happy to advertise associate or other law-related positions to our Alumni at no cost.
 

How to Let Us Know About Your Employment Opportunity

You may supply us with a posting containing the relevant information about the position in a document and send to us via email at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  or fax us at (204) 474-7580. 

What to Include in a Job Posting

Brief description of:

• the job, duties and responsibilities;
• the number of positions available (if more than one)
• the employer, practice areas, size of firm/type of organization
• the firm, details about your firm, i.e. culture, support services, amenities, notable cases/members (or links to where that information can be found on your website)
• the skills, qualities, and year of study you are looking for in a student (e.g. 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd year or graduate)

Application procedure:

• where to send, to whom, and how (mail, email or fax)
• what to include (cover letter, resume, transcripts (official or copy), references, writing sample)
• the deadline for applications
• salary
• benefits (e.g. Friday’s off for CPLED training or fees paid for the CPLED program, or Law Society practicing fees paid, group insurance benefits, health, dental)

Please note that information about your firm and a description of the articling program (if applicable) will be of great interest to students considering whether or not to apply.

Our Process for Advertising Your Opportunity

Job postings are made available to our students and alumni through the following means:

• Online, through the Robson Hall Career Services website 
• Physically posted on the job board at the Faculty of Law
• Via email to all students in the law school for the relevant year pertaining to the job
• General announcement at the commencement of Career Services Workshops

Please note our students no longer have individual mail boxes. We can make hard copies of postings available to students through our Resource Centre if you provide us with copies.

Brochures and Other Information

Robson Hall has a career resource room available to students, where they can obtain more information about organizations that may hire students. If you wish to make information about your organization available, you could provide us with an information piece(s) or brochure(s) on your firm or organization and we will make it available to students through our Career Services Office.

 Other Opportunities

The Career Development Office hosts or works with organizations to host a number of events throughout the year to provide students and organizations with opportunities to meet each other. Your firm can participate in the events of your choice. Typical events include:

• Career Fair - The 2011-2012 Robson Hall Faculty of Law Career Fair will be held on Tuesday, March 6th, 2012.  This event allows employers and students to network in a casual environment.  In past years, a range of employers particiapted at the Career Fair, including Federal, Provincial, Government, as well as a variety of law firms from Manitoba and Alberta.
• On-Campus Interviews – An On-Campus Interview Reception will be held on Wednesday, October 12th, 2011 to allow employers from other Provinces to get to know Robson Hall students in a relaxed atmosphere. On-Campus interviews will be held all day on Thursday, October 13th, 2011.
• Career Workshops – participate as a guest speaker or panelist
• Facilitate a networking event of your choice (e.g. Wine and Cheese, or Dinner)

Contact the Career Development Office if you would like additional information on any of the above events.

Promotion Across Canada

Other Law Schools

Each Canadian law school has a “Career Development Office”, and each of those offices work work collaboratively to ensure Canadian law students have access to job information from other jurisdictions. In that regard, a Career Services Office in another province will often promote jobs from other jurisdictions to their student body upon request.  There are students at law schools outside of Manitoba who wish to come back to Manitoba for work. Accordingly, if you would like your posting to also reach those out-of-province students, our Career Service office will distribute your opportunity to other law schools on your behalf.

NALP Canada Directory

NALP Canada is an organization that is dedicated to facilitating the professional development of law students and lawyers in Canada, and that works with Canadian law schools across Canada. It has developed a Canadian Directory of Legal Employers (CDLE), which a user-friendly, online searchable directory of Canadian legal employers with summer student, articling and associate positions.

You can learn more about the directory by visiting http://www.nalpcanada.com/empl/index.asp?lang=  The NALP Canadian Directory of Legal Employers (CDLE), offers an efficient, cost-effective way to tell your organization’s story to law students, lawyers and law schools. The CDLE is freely available to students and job seekers online at www.nalpcanada.com - note for firms 10 lawyers or less, there is no cost to register.