Day-to-day at Harper Grey LLP
Tell me I won't just be doing research!
Student life at the firm is designed to be a microcosm of your life as a lawyer. We want you to have as full an experience as possible. You'll build skills in the real world of law - of which research is just one area.
What you'll be doing
Some of the work you'll do will include:
- Attending at chambers, assessments, examinations in aid of execution, discoveries, and applications, at various levels of Court
- Having responsibility for small claims cases
- Assisting as a junior at trials and inquests
- Drafting pleadings, wills, and corporate documents, and transferring real estate
- Preparing opinions of laws and legal memoranda
- Interviewing witnesses and meeting with clients
- Participating in business development activities
How about that research?
The research that you'll be doing at Harper Grey LLP involves challenging, complicated legal issues. Your hard work is vetted and often used as the basis for legal argument for all levels of Court.
Guidance from our lawyers
During any part of your day, you can seek feedback on your work from your principal lawyer, or any of our lawyers. Our lawyers have 'open door' policies and welcome questions - our aim is to do the best we can for our clients, not to intimidate, criticize or ignore students.
A few words from a former student
Former summer student (now associate), Julie Gibson, describes her time at Harper Grey, "My summer experience at Harper Grey was invaluable. I attended an inquest, and accompanied lawyers to discoveries, client meetings and trials. The lawyers challenged me to do high quality and important work. They provided me with an intense and enjoyable immersion in litigation practice."
Want to know more?
Dowload a PDF [Adobe Acrobat PDF - 685.4 KB] of the handout from the "Law Firm 101" seminar we presented to UBC law students in 2009. You'll find handy tips on the do's and do not's of working in typical downtown law firm.
