CAREER OPPORTUNITIES - STUDENTS
Giesbrecht, Griffin, Funk & Irvine offers a wide spectrum of legal experiences for students pursuing either summer or articling positions. The Giesbrecht, Griffin, Funk & Irvine experience includes exposure to such areas as Civil Litigation, Family Law, Wills and Estates, Small Claims Court, Rental Housing Tribunal matters and Real Estate & Corporate/Commercial transactions. Carriage over Small Claims Court and Rental Housing Tribunal files allows students the opportunity to interact with clients, firm lawyers, opposing counsel, as well as the judiciary, to gain invaluable hands on legal experience. Students have appeared before such judicial bodies as the Ontario Human Rights Commission, Provincial Offences Court, Small Claims Court, Rental Housing Tribunal as well as assignment court for the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
Giesbrecht, Griffin, Funk & Irvine’s lawyers and staff provide a co-operative and helpful working environment to foster students’ legal development. Giesbrecht, Griffin, Funk & Irvine views all students as not only potential future associates, but as potential future partners who can share in and contribute towards the ongoing success of the firm. Students participate in monthly lawyers meetings to learn about the inner workings of a medium sized Southwestern Ontario firm. Their feedback is vital in the ongoing effort at Giesbrecht, Griffin, Funk & Irvine to continually enhance the summering/articling experience.
Giesbrecht, Griffin, Funk & Irvine embraces community involvement, striving to provide work-life balance for all of their employees. If you are interested in summering or articling opportunities with Giesbrecht, Griffin, Funk & Irvine, please feel free to contact us.
WHY CONSIDER WATERLOO REGION?
Kitchener lies at the heart of Waterloo Region, a fast-growing metropolitan area of nearly 500,000 only an hour's drive from Toronto. Home to two universities (Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier) and one college (Conestoga), top-notch cultural amenities such as the Centre in the Square and the famous annual Oktoberfest celebrating the area's German heritage, "K-W" combines the affordability, charm and lifestyle of a mid-size community with the business and career opportunity of a larger center, offering the best of both worlds.
Links of Interest:
City of Kitchener
City of Waterloo
KW Tourism
Centre in the Square
Kitchener Rangers
Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest
The Joseph Schneider House
The University of Waterloo
Wilfrid Laurier University
Conestoga College
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