Career services TRU Faculty of Law

TRU Law students and alumni have year-round support from the TRU Law Career Services Office. We provide students with career-related information and services [SR1.1]to connect our students with the legal community.

Service include:

Seminars and information sessions on a variety of topics, including resume and cover letter preparation, interviewing tips, and job hunt strategy development.
Networking events such as speaker panels, firm tours, and receptions.
A job posting board exclusive to TRU Law students.
One-on-one appointments to provide individualized assistance with job searches.

Current students and alumni

The TRU Law Career Services Office is here to support your search for legal employment, whether it is a position with a law firm, corporation, government entity, or public interest employer; a judicial clerkship; or one of the various alternative careers available to law school students and graduates.

Current students

TRU Law students have access to TRU Law’s 12twenty Career Management System – the Career Advising, Resources, and Events hub (“CARE”), where you can view job postings, access publications, and resources, schedule appointments with the TRU Law Career Services Office, and TRU Law Career Services Office events.

TRU Law alumni

The TRU Law Career Services Office is also pleased to assist TRU Law alumni with career-related matters. TRU Law alumni have access to CARE for two years after graduation and are welcome to use it to schedule appointments. TRU Law alumni who have graduated more than two years ago can email us at lawcdo@tru.ca to schedule an appointment or request resources.

The TRU Law Career Services Office frequently receives job postings from various employers seeking to hire alumni as lawyers or in JD-advantage roles. These postings are sent out by email on a bi-weekly basis. Alumni interested in receiving these job postings can email us at lawcdo@tru.ca.

Employers

Interested in hiring a TRU Law student? You can post a position for free on TRU Law’s Career Advising, Resources, and Events hub (CARE), hosted by 12Twenty, which is accessible exclusively by TRU Law students.

CARE allows employers to post to the TRU Faculty of Law job board directly, with postings subject to approval by the TRU Career Services Office team. Please click here to access CARE. You may also email us at lawcdo@tru.ca, and we will upload a posting for you.

We recommend that the following information be included in a job posting:

A brief description of the job, including the type of position (e.g., articles, summer) and its duties and responsibilities.
A brief description of the employer, including areas of practice.
A list of what students should include in their applications - typically this includes a cover letter, resume, and both law school and undergraduate transcripts, but may also include a writing sample or reference letters.
Details on application procedures, including where applications should be sent, preferred application methods (e.g., email, mail, online) and application deadline.
For British Columbia employers, salary information, in accordance with the requirements of the Pay Transparency Act.

We are also happy to advertise associate or other law-related positions to our alumni at no cost. To advertise these positions, please email us at lawcdo@tru.ca.

Employment outcomes

TRU Law graduates have enjoyed success in the job market.

Over the past five years, 98-100% of students known to be seeking articles reportedly secured them within nine months of graduation. TRU students have been successful in obtaining positions in private practice, including with well-known regional, national, and international law firms. They’ve obtained clerkship positions with various Canadian courts, and they’ve obtained jobs with government employers, non-profits, and corporations.

More detailed information about our graduates’ employment outcomes over the past five years can be found below.

Post-graduation employment outcomes

	Class of 2025	Class of 2024	Class of 2023	Class of 2022	Class of 2021
Secured articles ^*	110 (100%)	118 (99%)	95 (99%)	98 (98%)	111 (98%)
Seeking articles	0	1	1	2	2
Opted not to article	0	1	5	2	0
Status unknown	1	2	2	3	1
Graduating class size	111	122	103	105	114
In compiling employment statistics, TRU Law follows the North American convention of reporting figures as at nine months after graduation. * This percentage refers to the number of students who reportedly secured articles out of those who were seeking articles. Students who chose not to seek articles, or whose status could not be confirmed, were not included in this calculation.