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Government articling gets less hype than Bay Street, but the work is real, the mentoring is patient, and the hours let you keep a life. Here is what it is actually like.
Boutique firms hand you real files early, real feedback often, and a front-row seat to how a practice actually runs. Here is what you gain, what you give up, and who thrives.
Feedback during articling is often vague, rushed, or missing entirely. Here are the scripts and habits that pull useful notes out of busy lawyers and turn them into visible progress.
Nobody hands you a map of the articling year. Here is a month-by-month walk through what tends to arrive when, so nothing catches you off guard.
I hired and supervised articling students for years. The signals that made me want to keep someone were rarely the ones students spent their energy polishing.