2026 First Year Summer Law Student

Overview

As one of Canada’s top business law firms, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes) provides exceptional legal services to leading businesses in Canada and around the world. We focus on building long-term relationships with clients. By providing unparalleled client service and the highest standard of legal advice, always informed by the business context.

Thanks to our clients, Blakes continues to earn top rankings and accolades. The Firm consistently stands out as a market leader in Chambers Canada: Canada’s Leading Lawyers for Business, which named us Corporate Law Firm of the Year based on our performance in the 2025 edition. We regularly earn top recognition across multiple litigation and dispute resolution categories, including nine consecutive years as Arbitration Firm of the Year at the Benchmark Canada Awards. Our lawyers, including many from our Calgary office, continue to be recognized as leaders in their fields in publications such as The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Canada’s leading guide to lawyers.

Additionally, Blakes was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2025 and received its 15th Canada’s Best Diversity Employers award that same year, underscoring our commitment to workplace excellence and inclusion.

Serving a diverse national and international client base, our integrated network of offices provides clients with access to the Firm’s full spectrum of capabilities in virtually every area of business law. Whether an issue is local or multi- jurisdictional, practice-area specific or interdisciplinary, Blakes handles transactions of all sizes and levels of complexity.

Blakes also enthusiastically invests in the communities where we live and work — from pro bono work to supporting diversity, women’s initiatives and the environment.

The Summer Student Experience

Blakes allows students to experience what it is like to practise law at a top-tier law firm, get to know Blakes lawyers and gain an understanding of the Firm’s culture. Through the course of the summer, students can expect to be involved in a variety of assignments from different practice groups. Each student will be assigned two formal mentors (one in a transactional practice group and one in a dispute resolution practice group) to help students obtain broad experience.

Throughout the summer, students will participate in a wide range of social events. These events are a great way to connect with our lawyers and other students at the Firm. Such events include casual lunches, organized student events, a day at the Calgary Stampede rodeo for mentors and students, and our annual golf tournament. As an integral part of the Calgary office team, students are also invited to participate in business development opportunities and attend various client functions.

For more information about Blakes, please visit our website or view our profile on the NALP Canadian Directory of Legal Employers at www.nalpcanada.com.