Thanks to all the posters for the advice. I will most likely be PMing a few of you.
Basically, my situation is this. I'm not overly concerned about gettign into a big firm right now. For me the biggest concern is experience and resume building for the future. Obviously I want to work with some great people. I've heard too many horror stories of articled students getting overworked and then being cut loose for random reasons at big firms. If I do go biglaw at some point, it seems to make more sense to do that once I actually have skills and a specialty. The small hit in salary seems for the present seems to justify my longer term plans. Plus small firms in Calgary, for the most part, pay more than large ones in Vancouver for articling.
I participated in the match last summer, but was not really interested in the firms interested in me. I was basically told by a couple of firms in the 40 lawyer range that my marks were good and all I had to do was show interest. I, of course, cancelled second interviews etc... A decision I am beginning to regret, having not found articles yet.
What areas of law seem to be big in Calgary for medium and smaller sized firms?
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