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Originally Posted by blankall
Articling is a one year mandatory internship before you can get called to the bar. Typically you do get paid for it, but about half of what an entry level lawyer in your area would make. Depending on where you are working, you could end up working really long hours too.
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In articles you are mentored by a lawyer/firm, and you are expected to be exposed to many different areas of the law. In some provinces you will attend a bar admission course during the year, and write a bar exam at the end before you are qualified to join the Provincial Bar.
There are limited court appearances you are allowed to perform as a student (small claims, uncontested chambers applications, first appearances). Mostly you are doing legal research for senior lawyers and writing legal memos for cases they are working on.
At the Xmas party, you are expected to perform naughty skits about the partners. If you don't offend too much, join the "right" political party, and backstab the other students, you may be kept on.