Student Programs
 

Students at Reedman Law

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Reedman Law is a Vancouver boutique practicing insolvency, restructuring, and commercial litigation. 

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We hire summer students and articling students in the years we have the work to support them, and when we hire, we hire deliberately. A student here is not one of a cohort; you are a working member of a small team, and we hire with the hope that you will stay. Where we can, we prefer to hire our articling students from among people we have already worked with.

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The Work

Our practice runs across four connected areas:

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• Insolvency and Restructuring. Bankruptcy discharge applications, proposals under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, restructurings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, and creditor disputes. 

• Distressed Real Estate and Enforcement. Foreclosures, receiverships, and the enforcement and defence of secured lending arrangements.

• ​Fraud and Asset Recovery. Tracing, freezing, and recovering misappropriated assets, often where an insolvency has exposed the underlying conduct.

• Insolvent and Contested Estates. Estate litigation and fiduciary disputes where the estate is insolvent or a fiduciary's conduct is in issue.

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What a Student Does Here

We do not have a rotation system, because we do not have departments. Students work directly with the lawyer running the file, on the file that is live that week. In practice, that means:

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• Drafting affidavits, pleadings, chambers briefs, and written submissions, supervised and revised by the lawyer with carriage.

• Attending chambers and registrar hearings in the Supreme Court of British Columbia and, where appropriate, examinations and mediations.

• Legal research on live questions, frequently on points where the law is unsettled.

• Direct client contact, including on files where the client is in real financial distress.

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Feedback and Development

We do not run formal review cycles. Feedback comes continuously and directly from the lawyer whose file you are working on, usually the same day, in the form of revised drafts, marked-up submissions, and conversations about why something was changed. Students who want to improve quickly tend to find this more useful than a quarterly form.

 

We also cover reasonable professional development costs during an articling term, and we encourage students to get involved in the insolvency bar early.

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Summer Positions

We hire summer students in some years, in both 1L and 2L. Summer students do substantially the same work as articling students, with closer supervision. A summer position is also how we prefer to find our articling students. That is a preference, and a direct articling application is not at any disadvantage.

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Articling

Articling with us is a nine-month term forming part of the Law Society of British Columbia's admission program. We cover the Law Society enrolment fee and PREP tuition in full, and we pay your salary for the time you spend completing the program, whichever delivery option you choose.

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Being Direct About Fit

We are not the right firm for every student, and we would rather say so during the recruit than in your third month.

If your goal is a broad general practice, or a solicitor's transactional practice, a full-service firm will serve you better. What we offer instead is depth: early responsibility, real court time, and the chance to become very good at a technical area of law and to train as a litigator and advocate. 

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Insolvency work is work with people at the low points of their financial lives. It requires discretion and steadiness.

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What We Look For

Strong writing above all. It is the single best predictor of success in this practice, and we weigh a writing sample heavily.

 

Beyond that: comfort with numbers, judgment under uncertainty, and genuine curiosity about insolvency, fraud, or distressed transactions. Curiosity is sufficient; we do not expect expertise.

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Grades matter, but they are not the whole profile. We read cover letters carefully, we take non-traditional backgrounds seriously, and we especially encourage applications from internationally trained lawyers, particularly those with insolvency, restructuring, or banking experience.

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Current Openings

Positions, salaries, application requirements, and deadlines are posted on our careers page. 

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Anticipated Openings

 

Articling: 2027–2028 term

• Positions available: We are not anticipating hiring an articling student in 2026; we will be considering whether to hire for 2027/2028 in February 2027

• Salary: $68,000 per annum

• Also covered: Law Society enrolment fee and PREP tuition in full, paid time to complete the program

• Application deadline: TBA - if we are hiring we will post on or after February 1, 2026

   

Summer (1L or 2L): 2027

• Positions available: 1-2

• Salary: $55,000 per annum

• Application deadline: Expected to open applications after November 1, 2026

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