October 30, 2025

Summer Student Recruitment Dates

The 2026 first year summer student recruitment period is Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, to Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. No offer of employment should be made before 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. Offers must remain open for a minimum of 24 hours. An offer of employment may be made at any time after the recruitment period and left open for a reasonable period of time.

Please note the recruitment rules do not apply to employers located outside of Calgary and Edmonton. For further information, please refer to Rules 49.1 and 49.3 of the Rules of the Law Society of Alberta.

Articling Student Recruitment Dates

The 2026 articling student recruitment period is Monday, June 1, 2026, to Monday, June 15, 2026. Employers may only make offers of employment after 8 a.m. on June 9, 2026. These offers must remain open for 24 hours.

The articling student recruitment rules do not apply to the following:

• employers with previous summer students who make offers of articling employment to those students, if recruitment activity is completed and offers of employment are made prior to the start of the 2026 articling recruitment period;
• employers located outside Calgary or Edmonton;
• third year law students; and,
• National Committee on Accreditation (NCA) students.

For more information, please refer to Rules 49.1 and 49.2 or visit our website.

On Oct. 22, 2025, the Law Society of Alberta and leadership coach, Allison Wolf, hosted a Zoom webinar highlighting core principles and skills for developing effective mentoring relationships. 

During the webinar, Allison discussed what makes mentorship truly meaningful, for both mentors and mentees, and shared tips for:  

• building trust; 
• asking powerful questions;  
• navigating the phases of mentorship with intention; and, 
• building relationships that inspire, support and promote growth. 

The webinar and resource materials are now available. 

Please be reminded that the Practice Management Assessment Tool (Assessment Tool) is being discontinued due to low uptake, effective Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. 

Developed by the Prairie Law Societies (Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba) and launched in February 2023, the Assessment Tool was intended to help lawyers, firms and other legal professionals examine their practice management systems and evaluate their firm policies and processes.

Over the next month, lawyers and other legal professionals involved in firm operations will have the final opportunity to access and use the Assessment Tool, as well as save and/or print any reports from assessments completed. Access to information and reports will cease Nov. 4, 2025.

We will be repurposing the content that is exclusive to the Assessment Tool in other ways on our website. Email our Education department with any questions related to the Assessment Tool or other resources.

Court of King's Bench Announcement

Save the Date: Family Law Orientation Workshop – Nov. 28, 2025

On Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta will host a Family Law Orientation Workshop, for members of the Alberta Family Law Bar. The workshop will be held remotely via Webex, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Further details, including a process for registration, will be made available closer to the date.

View the full announcement.

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