Bay Street Summer Job Numbers

Since 2008, Precedent has tracked the number of second-year students Toronto law firms have hired in the fall for the upcoming summer.

In the interactive chart below, we’ve ranked the firms that have historically taken on the largest crop of students. When you toggle between the past 17 years, the chart will show the current year in bold, plus the three previous years. You can also sort by the data in each column. And if you click on any firm names, you’ll see its numbers from over the years.

See below the chart to find out how we have handled law-firm mergers over the years.

The 2024 Summer Job Watch is now complete.

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Firm 2015 2014 2013 2012 Notes
Bennett Jones 13 16 18 15
Blake, Cassels & Graydon 32 37 29 39
Borden Ladner Gervais 20 22 14 21
Cassels Brock & Blackwell 12 17 17 19
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg 17 13 15 17
Dentons 12 11 13 14
Fasken 12 10 10 14
Goodmans 14 13 17 14
Gowling WLG 15 16 17 16
McCarthy Tétrault 23 20 20 22
McMillan 12 10 14 14
Miller Thomson 9 9 9 13
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt 25 17 15 17
Stikeman Elliott 24 18 19 18
Torys 19 17 23 24
Norton Rose Fulbright 19 19 17 23
TOTAL 278 265 267 300

Notes on the data

  • Our data for each year before 2012 refers to Ogilvy Renault, which merged with Norton Rose in July 2011.
  • Our data for each year before 2013 refers to the numbers for FMC, which merged with Dentons in March 2013.
  • Our data for each year before 2016 refers to Gowling Lafleur Henderson, which merged with UK-based Wragge Lawrence Graham to form Gowling WLG in February 2016.