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Hireback numbers continue to roll in from the firms — our numbers are fact-checked direct (no rumours or speculation here). Thank you to those firms that have reported already. We’ll update this post as we get more info. We had requests to include information about start dates, and have added that information where available. Check back for more news! Articling student hireback numbers for Toronto | Firm | Number of students hired
| Total number of articling students
| Number who opted out
| Start date | Notes | | Affleck Greene McMurtry | 1 | 1
| 0
| | | Aird & Berlis
| 3
| 9
| 0
| October 2009
| | Baker & McKenzie
| 3 | 3
| 0 | 1 in September 2009, 2 deferred to January 2010
| | Beard Winter
| 2
| 5
| 0
| July/August 2009
| | Bennett Jones
| 9 | 16 | 1 | September 2009
| | Blakes
| 22 (plus one former student who clerked)
| 29
| 2
| October 2009
| | Bereskin & Parr
| 5
| 8 | 0 | September 2009
| | | Blaney McMurtry | 3
| 6
| 0
| Aug/Sept. 2009
| | BLG
| 10 | 21 | 1 | September 2009
| | Brauti Thorning Zibarras
| 2
| 2
| 0 | Aug/Sept. 2009
| | | Cassels | 11
| 19
| 5
| September 2009
| | Davies
| 11 | 22 | 5
| September 2009
| | Department of Justice
| 11 | 11 | 0 | Immediate | Based on number of students who will be called to the bar in summer 2009.
| Faskens
| 13 | 19
| 1
| September 2009
| | | FMC | 7 (Plus one articling student from prior year) | 15 | 0 | TBA | | Fogler, Rubinoff
| 2
| 4
| 0
| September 2009
| | Gardiner Roberts
| 2 | 4
| 0
| TBA | | Gilbert's
| 2
| 2
| 0
| August 2009
| | Goodmans
| 10
| 14 | 0 | TBA | | Gowlings
| 5 (Plus one articling student from prior year) | 19 | 1 | January 2010
| | Heenan Blaikie
| 7 | 12
| 0
| September 2009
| | Kim Orr
| 1
| 1
| | | | Lang Michener
| 4 | 8 | 2 | TBA
| | | Lenczner Slaght | 1
| 3
| 1 (Fox Scholar)
| September 2009
| | Lerners
| 1
| 6
| 0
| September 2009
| | MacLeod Dixon
| 1
| 3
| | | | McCague Peacock
| 3
| 3 | 0 | | | McCarthy Tétrault
| 18 (plus one court clerk) | 28 | 0
| September 2009
| One of the 18 2008/09 Toronto articling students hired back was hired by the firm's Montreal office.
January 2010 start date for Business Law and Tax practice groups.
| McMillan
| 10
| 15
| 0
| September 2009
| | Miller Thomson
| 4
| 12
| 1
| September 2009
| | Minden Gross
| 2
| 4
| 0
| September 2009 | | Ogilvy
| 7
| 13 | 0 | September 2009
| | Osler
| 33
| 33 | 0 | September 2009
| | | Paliare Roland | 1
| 2
| 0 | September 2009
| Hireback offer went to former summer student in the same year who clerked at the SCC rather than articling | Ridout & Maybee
| 1
| 2
| 0
| July 2009
| | Smart & Biggar
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Aug/Sept 2009
| | Stikeman Elliott
| 21 | 33 | 1 | TBA | | Thorsteinssons
| | | | | Not yet contacted
| | Torkin Manes | 3 | 5 (plus one student called to the bar in the US completing half an articling year) | 0 | Various dates over summer | | | Torys | 13 | 18 (plus 2 deferrals on different timeline)
| 0 | September 2009
| Decision pending on two deferrals. | | WeirFoulds | 0
| 6 | 1 | n/a
| | Wildeboer Dellelce
| 3
| 3
| 0
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Updates May 1: Bennett Jones, McCague Peacock, Stikeman Elliott Updates May 4: Heenan Blaikie, Torys Updates May 5: Goodmans, Torkin Manes, Lang Michener Updates May 12: Ogilvy, Ridout & Maybee,WeirFoulds Updates May 13: WeirFoulds information corrected, Baker & McKenzie, Bereskin & Parr, BLG, Lenczner Slaght Updates May 14: Wildeboer Dellelce, Osler, McCarthys, Smart & Biggar Updates May 15: Revision to Gowlings Updates May 20: Fogler Rubinoff, Gardiner Roberts, Kim Orr, Paliare Roland Updates May 25: Faskens, Lerner Updates May 26: Aird & Berlis, Blaney McMurtry, Blakes, Davies, MacLeod Dixon, McMillan, Miller Thomson, Thorsteinssons Updates June 1: Blakes updated, Davies updated, Affleck Greene McMurtry added, Minden Gross start date added Updates June 2: Gilbert's Updates June 5: Beard Winter, Brauti Thorning Zibarras Updates June 11: McMillan Updates June 23: MacLeod Dixon Are we missing your firm? Email
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