If you are highly motivated, creative, experienced and committed to achieving unparalleled success in your area of practice, you may have the makings of a Dickinson Wright attorney. While we appreciate the assistance of placement professionals, we prefer that interested candidates contact us directly.
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A Note to Search Firms: Dickinson Wright does not accept unsolicited submissions from search firms, and positions posted on this website do not constitute authorization to solicit candidates on Dickinson Wright’s behalf. To seek authorization, please contact Jill Ingber at jingber@dickinsonwright.com and Tish Browning at tbrowning@dickinsonwright.com. Dickinson Wright will not accept, pay a placement fee, or give priority or credit to any unauthorized submissions.
Dickinson Wright is still accepting applications from current 1Ls for our 2027 Summer Associate Program in the following offices:
• Ann Arbor, Michigan (patent bar eligible students only)
• Austin, Texas (patent bar eligible students only)
• Columbus, Ohio
Click here to apply.
In addition to applying through our portal, please check with your school’s Career Services office to see if we are participating in an upcoming OCI recruiting program. If we are, be sure to also submit your application through your school’s portal according to the timeline specified.
A Note About Timing: Given the shifting recruiting landscape, our interview timeline may vary by market. In some locations, we expect to conduct interviews on a rolling basis, while in others we will align with your school’s OCI schedule. We encourage you to stay in close contact with your Career Services office for the most up-to-date guidance, and we’d love to hear from you about your individual timeline. If you’re actively interviewing or facing upcoming deadlines, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Should you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to our Legal Recruiting Manager, Tish Browning, at tbrowning@dickinsonwright.com.
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Dickinson Wright's Toronto office offers students something the Bay Street market rarely combines: the resources and reach of an AmLaw 200 platform with the access, mentorship, and direct partner contact of a focused 80-lawyer office.
Dickinson Wright LLP is a full-service business law firm advising Canadian, U.S., and international clients on complex transactions, disputes, and regulatory matters. From our office at Commerce Court, our Toronto lawyers work across more than 15 industry sectors and 22 practice areas, with deep experience in cross-border work.
We are an extension of Dickinson Wright PLLC, an AmLaw 200 firm based in the United States, and part of an integrated network of 23 offices across North America. Our OneTeam approach brings the right lawyers from across our practices and offices to every client matter — and gives our students hands-on exposure to sophisticated cross-border work from day one.
With approximately 80 lawyers in Toronto, our office is intentionally focused. Students are not faces in a crowd — they work directly with the partners and associates leading the file.
We invest in our students because the lawyers we train today shape the firm of tomorrow. Our programs are designed to bridge the gap between law school and practice, on real files, with real clients, and with the responsibility that comes with both.
Students at Dickinson Wright will experience:
Every summer and articling student is matched with a mentor on day one. Mentors guide students through their first files, introduce them across the firm, and provide ongoing support throughout the program. Formal training sessions, practice-area workshops, and partner-led learning round out a curriculum designed to accelerate practice-readiness.
Our Summer Student Program runs from mid-May to mid-August. The program does not involve formal rotations; instead, students are encouraged to seek out work in the practice areas that interest them most. Areas of focus include:
Summer students attend firm events both within and outside of Toronto, including the firm's Associates' Dinner in the United States — an opportunity to meet colleagues from across our 23-office network.
Dickinson Wright offers summer students a competitive compensation package, comparable to other Bay Street firms.
Our Articling Program runs from August through June and is structured around two rotations — Transactions and Litigation — with the flexibility to gain exposure to specialized practices within those broader umbrellas, including Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Franchise & Distribution, and Bankruptcy & Insolvency.
Articling students have direct access to all Dickinson Wright lawyers and routinely work side-by-side with partners on live transactions, trials, motions, arbitrations, mediations, research, and presentations. They also attend the firm's Associates' Dinner, firm retreats, and annual firm-wide dinner.
Dickinson Wright offers articling students a competitive compensation package, comparable to other Bay Street firms, which includes:
The firm accepts applications in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Law Society of Ontario.
Dickinson Wright participates in On-Campus Interviews each Fall at the following law schools:
Students from other law schools are warmly encouraged to apply.
All applications must be submitted online at www.vilawportal.com. Additional information about Dickinson Wright is available at www.nalpcanada.com.
Dickinson Wright does not participate in the formal articling recruitment process. While our Summer Students routinely return to article with the firm, any additional positions that become available will be posted here.
Articling applications must include:
Applications should be submitted to meisen@dickinsonwright.com.
We encourage you to reach out to any of our current students to hear about their experience first-hand:
Véronique Knapp
Summer Student
University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
Email: vlaframboiseknapp@dickinson-wright.com
Maytal Lazarovic
Summer Student
University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Email: mlazarovic@dickinson-wright.com
Victoria Smolnikova
Summer Student
University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
Email: vsmolnikova@dickinson-wright.com
Remo Tramontozzi
Summer Student
University of Windsor Faculty of Law
Email: rtramontozzi@dickinson-wright.com
Allison Wang
Summer Student
Western University Faculty of Law
Email: awang@dickinson-wright.com
Melissa B. Eisen
Director, Canadian Operations and Legal Recruitment
Dickinson Wright LLP
199 Bay Street, Suite 2200
P.O. Box 447, Commerce Court Postal Station
Toronto, Ontario M5L 1G4, Canada
meisen@dickinsonwright.com
Dickinson Wright is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.
We value judicial clerkships, and recognize and regard highly the skills, experiences, and depth of knowledge lawyers gain while working as judicial clerks. We are committed to recruiting and hiring former clerks and, in most cases, award progression credit (up to two years) for completion of a clerkship.
Our firm is proud to have among our ranks former clerks from many federal appellate and federal district courts throughout the country, as well as from the highest appellate court in various states. We both support summer associates who wish to pursue clerkships before joining the firm as well as actively recruit judicial clerks who did not participate in our summer associate program.
If interested in a post-clerkship opportunity, please submit an application here. If you have any questions, please reach out to Tish Browning.
We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
To access Dickinson Wright’s Applicant Privacy Policy, please click here.
From time to time, Dickinson Wright has opportunities available for legal secretaries, paralegals and other support staff.
If you are an experienced and dedicated professional and are interested in exploring opportunities at Dickinson Wright, please send your resume to:
Linda M. Reyna Chief Human Resources Officer Dickinson Wright PLLC 500 Woodward Avenue, Suite 4000 Detroit, Michigan 48226 lreyna@dickinsonwright.com
We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.