Your Juris Doctor (J.D.) is a very flexible degree; the knowledge, experience, and skills you gain throughout your degree has broad applicability. Some of the career options listed below include the names of firms or organizations as examples of potential places to work. These employers have worked with us and hired from Queen’s in the past, but the list is not exhaustive and many other firms and organizations also hire from Queen’s.
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Employers who have engaged with the Career Development Office
Toronto
| Employer Name | Location |
|---|---|
| Affleck Greene McMurtry LLP | Toronto |
| Aird & Berlis LLP | Toronto |
| Alan D. Gold Professional Corporation | Toronto |
| Alcohol & Gaming Commission of Ontario - Legal Services | Toronto |
| AMR LLP | Toronto |
| Aviva Trial Lawyers | Toronto |
| Baker McKenzie | Toronto |
| Bakerlaw | Toronto |
| Bales Beall LLP | Toronto |
| Barapp Law Firm Professional Corporation | Toronto |
| Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic | Toronto |
| Beard Winter LLP | Toronto |
| Bell Temple LLP | Toronto |
| Bennett Jones LLP | Toronto |
| Benson Percival Brown | Toronto |
| Bereskin & Parr LLP | Toronto |
| Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP | Toronto |
| Blaney McMurtry | Toronto |
| Bogoroch & Associates LLP | Toronto |
| Bookman Law Professional Corporation | Toronto |
| Borden Ladner Gervais LLP | Toronto |
| Brauti Thorning LLP | Toronto |
| Brian Eberdt | Toronto |
| Canadian Civil Liberties Association | Toronto |
| Canadian Environmental Law Association | Toronto |
| Canadian Pension Plan | Toronto |
| Caramanna Friedberg LLP | Toronto |
| Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP | Toronto |
| Centre for Addiction and Mental Health | Toronto |
| Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation | Toronto |
| Chagpar & Associates- North York | Toronto |
| Christen Seaton Burrison Hudani LLP | Toronto |
| Clyde & Co Canada LLP | Toronto |
| Cooper, Sandler, Shime & Bergman LLP | Toronto |
| Crawford Chondon & Partners LLP | Toronto |
| Crawley MacKewn Brush LLP | Toronto |
| CROSSLEY LAW | Toronto |
| Cynthia Pon | Toronto |
| Dale & Lessmann LLP | Toronto |
| Damien Frost & Associates | Toronto |
| Davies Howe LLP | Toronto |
| Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP | Toronto |
| Deacon, Spears, Fedson & Montizambert | Toronto |
| Deeth Williams Wall LLP | Toronto |
| Deloitte Tax Law LLP | Toronto |
| DelZotto, Zorzi LLP | Toronto |
| Department of Justice | Toronto |
| Derstine Penman | Toronto |
| Dewart Gleason LLP | Toronto |
| Dickinson Wright LLP | Toronto |
| DLA Piper | Toronto |
| Ecojustice | Toronto |
| Edward H. Royle & Associates | Toronto |
| EllisDon Group of Companies | Toronto |
| ERCO Worldwide | Toronto |
| Fasken | Toronto |
| Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP | Toronto |
| First Capital Realty | Toronto |
| Flaherty McCarthy LLP | Toronto |
| Fogler, Rubinoff LLP | Toronto |
| FP Canada | Toronto |
| Freudman Law PC | Toronto |
| Gardiner Roberts LLP | Toronto |
| Gilbert's LLP | Toronto |
| Glaholt LLP | Toronto |
| Goodmans LLP | Toronto |
| Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP | Toronto |
| Grand Challenges Canada | Toronto |
| Green and Spiegel | Toronto |
| Grillo Barristers | Toronto |
| Groia & Company Professional Corporation | Toronto |
| Hicks Adams | Toronto |
| Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie | Toronto |
| Himelfarb Proszanski | Toronto |
| Hoffer Adler LLP | Toronto |
| Hunter-Liberatore-Law | Toronto |
| Hydro One | Toronto |
| Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic | Toronto |
| Innocence Canada | Toronto |
| Intact Financial Corporation | Toronto |
| Intact Insurance Company | Toronto |
| Interac Association â"‚ Acxsys Corporation | Toronto |
| IO - Infrastructure Ontario | Toronto |
| Jackman & Associates | Toronto |
| Jeffrey Goldman Law | Toronto |
| Jewish Immigrant Aid Services | Toronto |
| Jordan F Weisz Barristers & Solicitors | Toronto |
| Kawaguchi Krajden LLP | Toronto |
| Keslassy Freedman Gelfand LLP | Toronto |
| Kim Spencer McPhee Barristers P.C. | Toronto |
| Koskie Minsky LLP | Toronto |
| KPMG Law LLP | Toronto |
| Kronis Rotsztain Margles Cappel | Toronto |
| Lak Law Firm Professional Corporation | Toronto |
| Landy Marr Kats LLP | Toronto |
| Law Foundation of Ontario | Toronto |
| Law Society of Ontario | Toronto |
| Lawyers' Professional Indemnity Company | Toronto |
| Laxton Glass LLP | Toronto |
| Ledn | Toronto |
| Lee & Associates Personal Injury Lawyers | Toronto |
| Lee & Company | Toronto |
| Lenczner Slaght LLP | Toronto |
| Levitt Sheikh Chaudhri and Swan LLP | Toronto |
| Lithwick Law | Toronto |
| Littler LLP | Toronto |
| Longo LLP | Toronto |
| Loopstra Nixon LLP | Toronto |
| Macdonald Sager Manis LLP | Toronto |
| Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark LLP | Toronto |
| McCague Borlack LLP | Toronto |
| McCarthy Tetrault | Toronto |
| McLeish Orlando LLP | Toronto |
| McMillan LLP | Toronto |
| Metrolinx | Toronto |
| Mills & Mills LLP | Toronto |
| Miller Thomson | Toronto |
| Minden Gross LLP | Toronto |
| Ministry of Attorney General - Constitutional Law Branch | Toronto |
| Ministry of Attorney General - Ministry of Transportation | Toronto |
| Ministry of the Attorney General - Justice Policy Development Branch | Toronto |
| Ministry of the Attorney General - Crown Law Office - Civil | Toronto |
| Ministry of the Attorney General - Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario | Toronto |
| Ministry of the Attorney General - Indigenous Justice Division | Toronto |
| Ministry of the Attorney General - Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade | Toronto |
| Ministry of the Attorney General - Ministry of Finance | Toronto |
| Ministry of the Attorney General - Ministry of Indigenous Affairs | Toronto |
| Ministry of the Attorney General: Crown Law Office - Criminal | Toronto |
| Ministry of the Attorney General: Family Responsibility Office | Toronto |
| Ministry of the Attorney General: Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development | Toronto |
| Ministry of the Attorney General: Toronto West (Etobicoke) and Toronto (Downtown) Crown Attorney Offices | Toronto |
| Ministry of the Attorney General: Treasury Board Secretariat - Legal Services Branch | Toronto |
| Monkhouse Law | Toronto |
| Morrison Watts | Toronto |
| MUNERA Professional Corporation | Toronto |
| National Hockey League Players' Association | Toronto |
| Neighbourhood Legal Services | Toronto |
| Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP | Toronto |
| Office of the Ombudsman of Ontario | Toronto |
| Ogletree Deakins International, LLP | Toronto |
| Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP | Toronto |
| Ontario Court of Appeal | Toronto |
| Ontario Energy Board | Toronto |
| Ontario Justice Education Network | Toronto |
| Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation | Toronto |
| Ontario Nurses' Association | Toronto |
| Ontario Power Generation Inc. | Toronto |
| Ontario Securities Commission | Toronto |
| Ontario Superior Court of Justice | Toronto |
| OSSTF - Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation | Toronto |
| Owens Wright LLP | Toronto |
| Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP | Toronto |
| Peacebuilders International | Toronto |
| Preszler Law Firm LLP | Toronto |
| Public Prosecution Service of Canada | Toronto |
| Rachlin & Wolfson | Toronto |
| Radnoff Haworth LLP | Toronto |
| Refugee Law Lab | Toronto |
| Reybroek Barristers | Toronto |
| Riches, McKenzie & Herbert LLP | Toronto |
| Robins Appleby LLP | Toronto |
| Rochon Genova | Toronto |
| Rogers Partners LLP | Toronto |
| Rosen Kirshen Tax Law | Toronto |
| Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C. | Toronto |
| Rowand Intellectual Property Law LLP | Toronto |
| Royal Bank of Canada | Toronto |
| Ryder Wright Blair & Holmes LLP | Toronto |
| Samfiru Tumarkin LLP | Toronto |
| Schultz Frost LLP | Toronto |
| Singleton Reynolds | Toronto |
| Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | Toronto |
| Smart & Biggar | Toronto |
| Smitiuch Injury Law | Toronto |
| Steinmetz and Associates, | Toronto |
| Stevenson Whelton LLP | Toronto |
| Stikeman Elliott LLP | Toronto |
| Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre | Toronto |
| Tarion Warranty Corporation | Toronto |
| TD Bank Group | Toronto |
| Thomson, Rogers | Toronto |
| Thorsteinssons LLP | Toronto |
| Torkin Manes LLP | Toronto |
| Toronto Hydro Corporation | Toronto |
| Toronto Transit Commission, Legal Department | Toronto |
| Torys LLP | Toronto |
| UBS Bank | Toronto |
| Unifor Legal Department | Toronto |
| United Steelworkers | Toronto |
| University of Toronto Faculty Association | Toronto |
| Walker Law | Toronto |
| WeirFoulds LLP | Toronto |
| West Toronto Community Legal Services | Toronto |
| Widleboer Dellelce LLP | Toronto |
| Will Davidson LLP | Toronto |
| Women's Legal Education and Action Fund | Toronto |
| Zarek Taylor Grossman Hanrahan LLP | Toronto |
Ottawa
| Employer Name | Location |
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| House of Commons | Ottawa |
| Tax Court of Canada | Ottawa |
| Borden Ladner Gervais LLP | Ottawa |
| Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation | Ottawa |
| Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation | Ottawa |
| Canadian Blood Services | Ottawa |
| Canadian Medical Association | Ottawa |
| Canadian Red Cross | Ottawa |
| Canadian Union of Public Employees | Ottawa |
| Cassidy Levey | Ottawa |
| Cedric Nahum Law | Ottawa |
| City of Ottawa, Legal Services Branch | Ottawa |
| D. Larry Segal Law Offices | Ottawa |
| Davidson Houle Allen LLP | Ottawa |
| Dentons Canada LLP | Ottawa |
| Department of Canadian Heritage | Ottawa |
| Department of Justice | Ottawa |
| Department of Justice - Global Affairs Canada Legal Services | Ottawa |
| Department of Justice - Trade Law Bureau | Ottawa |
| Department of Justice- Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Section | Ottawa |
| Department of Justice: Agriculture and Food Inspection Legal Services | Ottawa |
| Department of Justice: Bijuralism and Advisory Services Section | Ottawa |
| Department of Justice: Canadian Revenue Agency Legal Services | Ottawa |
| Department of Justice: Candian Border Services | Ottawa |
| Department of Justice: Civil Litigation Section | Ottawa |
| Department of Justice: Family, Children and Youth Section, Policy Sector | Ottawa |
| Department of Justice: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada | Ottawa |
| Department of Justice: International Development Section, Policy Sector | Ottawa |
| Department of Justice: Natural Resources Canada | Ottawa |
| Department of Justice: Public Law and Legislative Services Sector - Human Rights Law Section | Ottawa |
| Department of Justice: Public Safety Canada Legal Services | Ottawa |
| Department of Justice: Tax Law Services Section | Ottawa |
| Fasken | Ottawa |
| Federal Court of Appeal | Ottawa |
| Gowling WLG | Ottawa |
| Kathleen Jin Law Office | Ottawa |
| Low Murchison Radnoff LLP | Ottawa |
| MBM Intellectual Property Law | Ottawa |
| McMillan LLP | Ottawa |
| Momentum Business Law | Ottawa |
| National Judicial Institute | Ottawa |
| Nelligan Law | Ottawa |
| Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP | Ottawa |
| Ollip P.C. | Ottawa |
| Ontario Land Tribunal | Ottawa |
| Ontario Superior Court of Justice | Ottawa |
| Ottawa Police Service | Ottawa |
| Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP | Ottawa |
| Public Interest Advocacy Centre | Ottawa |
| Rasmussen Starr Ruddy LLP | Ottawa |
| Royal Ottawa Health Care Group | Ottawa |
| Smart & Biggar/Fetherstonhaugh | Ottawa |
| Soloway Wright LLP | Ottawa |
| Spiteri & Ursulak LLP | Ottawa |
| Stikeman Elliott LLP | Ottawa |
| Supreme Court of Canada | Ottawa |
| The Canadian Bar Association | Ottawa |
| United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Ottawa |
| University of Ottawa Community Legal Clinic | Ottawa |
| Williams Litigation Lawyers | Ottawa |
Vancouver/British Columbia
| Employer Name | Location |
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| Central Coast Law Corporation | Bella Bella |
| Engineers & Geoscientists British Columbia | Burnaby |
| British Columbia Prosecution Service | Kelowna |
| Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP | Kelowna |
| Chouinard & Company | Richmond |
| WorkSafeBC | Richmond |
| Cote & Evans Trial Lawyers | Surrey |
| Access Pro Bono | Vancouver |
| Allard Law School | Vancouver |
| B.C. Civil Liberties Association | Vancouver |
| Black, Gropper & Co. | Vancouver |
| Branch MacMaster | Vancouver |
| Donaldson's Barristers | Vancouver |
| Ecojustice | Vancouver |
| Ferguson Allingham | Vancouver |
| Gall Legge Grant Zwack LLP | Vancouver |
| Gowling WLG | Vancouver |
| Guild, Yule & Company | Vancouver |
| Hunter Litigation Chambers | Vancouver |
| JFK Law Corporation | Vancouver |
| Lindsay Kenney LLP | Vancouver |
| Mandell Pinder | Vancouver |
| Miller Titerle + Company | Vancouver |
| Myers, Karp, Patey & Neurauter | Vancouver |
| Overholt Law | Vancouver |
| Roper Greyell | Vancouver |
| RTG Law Corp. | Vancouver |
| Sarah Leamon Law Group | Vancouver |
| Slater Vecchio LLP | Vancouver |
| Whitelaw Twining | Vancouver |
| Yan Muirhead LLP | Vancouver |
| Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP | Vancouver |
| Bennett Jones LLP | Vancouver |
| Blake, Cassels & Graydon | Vancouver |
| Borden Ladner Gervais | Vancouver |
| Borden Ladner Gervais LLP | Vancouver |
| Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP | Vancouver |
| Clark Wilson LLP | Vancouver |
| Community Legal Assistance Society | Vancouver |
| Dentons Canada LLP | Vancouver |
| Department of Justice | Vancouver |
| DLA Piper | Vancouver |
| Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP | Vancouver |
| Fasken | Vancouver |
| Law Students Legal Advice Program | Vancouver |
| Lawson Lundell | Vancouver |
| McCarthy Tetrault LLP | Vancouver |
| McMillan LLP | Vancouver |
| Miller Thomson | Vancouver |
| Miller Titerle + Company | Vancouver |
| Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP | Vancouver |
| QuadReal Property Group | Vancouver |
| Singleton Reynolds | Vancouver |
| Stikeman Elliott LLP | Vancouver |
| West Coast LEAF | Vancouver |
| Zymeworks | Vancouver |
| Civil Resolution Tribunal | Victoria |
| Cook Roberts | Victoria |
| Environmental Law Centre | Victoria |
| Ministry of Attorney General - Legal Services Branch | Victoria |
Calgary/Alberta
| Employer Name | Location |
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| Alberta Court of Appeal | Calgary |
| Alberta Electric System Operator | Calgary |
| Alberta Justice and Solicitor General | Calgary |
| Bennett Jones LLP | Calgary |
| Blake Cassels & Graydon | Calgary |
| Borden Ladner Gervais | Calgary |
| Brownlee LLP | Calgary |
| Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer | Calgary |
| Calgary Legal Guidance | Calgary |
| Carscallen LLP | Calgary |
| Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta | Calgary |
| Dentons | Calgary |
| Ecojustice | Calgary |
| Gowling WLG | Calgary |
| Lawson Lundell | Calgary |
| McLennan Ross | Calgary |
| Miller Thomson | Calgary |
| Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP | Calgary |
| Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt | Calgary |
| TC Energy | Calgary |
| Whitelaw Twining | Calgary |
| Bennett Jones | Edmonton |
| Bishop & McKenzie | Edmonton |
| Field Law | Edmonton |
| Reynolds Mirth Richards & Farmer | Edmonton |
| Witten LLP | Edmonton |
| Dentons | Edmonton |
| Liberty Law | Edmonton |
| Miller Thomson | Edmonton |
Kingston
| Employer Name | Location |
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| Cunningham, Swan, Carty, Little & Bonham | Kingston |
| Ontario Superior Court of Justice | Kingston |
| Templeman LLP | Kingston |
| Aitken Robertson | Kingston |
| NBM Legal | Kingston |
| Pro Bono Family Law Project | Kingston |
| Pro Bono Students Canada | Kingston |
| Queen's Business Law Clinic | Kingston |
| Queen's Elder Law Clinic | Kingston |
| Queen's Faculty of Law | Kingston |
| Queen's Family Law Clinic | Kingston |
| Queen's Legal Aid | Kingston |
Belleville/Trenton/Eastern Ontario
| Employer Name | Location |
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| Community Advocacy & Legal Centre | Belleville |
| Alexander Heath | Brockville |
| Chugh Law | Cornwall |
| Burford Law | Napanee |
| Menlove Law Professional Corporation | Picton |
Greater Toronto Area/Barrie
| Employer Name | Location |
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| Town of Aurora | Aurora |
| Oatley Vigmond | Barrie |
| Ministry of the Attorney General - Peel Crown Attorney's Office | Brampton |
| Regional Municipality of Peel | Brampton |
| Northumberland Community Legal Centre [NCLC] | Cobourg |
| Feldstein Family Law Group | Markham |
| Poon & Ho LLP | Markham |
| Samuel Eng & Associates | Markham |
| Starkman Barristers | Markham |
| Williams HR Law Professional Corporation | Markham |
| Wilson Vukelich LLP | Markham |
| City of Mississauga - Legal Services Division | Mississauga |
| Desjardins Group | Mississauga |
| DH Professional Corporation | Mississauga |
| Hannan Hannan Barristers | Mississauga |
| JSM Law | Mississauga |
| Keyser Mason Ball LLP | Mississauga |
| NIKA LAW LLP | Mississauga |
| Nissan Canada, Inc | Mississauga |
| Pallett Valo | Mississauga |
| Thompson MacColl & Stacy LLP | Mississauga |
| Toyota Financial Services | Mississauga |
| Avanessy Giordano LLP | North York |
| Economical Insurance | North York |
| O'Connor MacLeod Hanna | Oakville |
| Will Davidson | Oakville |
| The Regional Municipality of Halton | Oakville |
| Ministry of the Attorney General: Ministry of Finance | Oshawa |
| Fariborz Davoudi | Pickering |
| Richmond Hill Family Lawyers | Richmond Hill |
| Kung, Lo & Jia Law LLP | Scarborough |
| Marciano Beckenstein LLP | Vaughn |
| Brattys | Vaughn |
| Carnevale Law Office | Whitby |
| NADI Law | Whitby |
| The Regional Municipality of Durham | Whitby |
Hamilton
| Employer Name | Location |
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| Ministry of the Attorney General - Crown Attorney's Office Criminal Law Division | Hamilton |
| Scarfone Hawkins LLP | Hamilton |
| Evans, Philp | Hamilton |
South Western Ontario
| Employer Name | Location |
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| Ministry of Attorney General - Crown Attorney's Office - Brantford, Cayuga and Simcoe | Brantford |
| Waterous Holden Amey Hitchon | Brantford |
| Madorin, Snyder | Kitchener |
| Cohen Highley | London |
| Lakin Afolabi Law Professional Corporation | London |
| Simpson Law Professional Corporation | London |
| Miller Thomson | London |
| Carters Professional Corporation | Orangeville |
| Ministry of the Attorney General - Sarnia | Sarnia |
| Brock University | St. Catharines |
| PROTOMANNI & ASSOCIATES PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION | St. Catharines |
| Bartlet & Richardes | Windsor |
| Children's Aid Society | Windsor |
| Halliwill Seguin | Windsor |
| Kirwin Partners | Windsor |
| McTague Law Firm | Windsor |
| Mousseau DeLuca McPherson Prince | Windsor |
| Shibley Righton LLP | Windsor |
| Strosberg Sasso Sutts LLP | Windsor |
| The Corporation of the City of Windsor - Corporate Services, Legal Department | Windsor |
| Willis Business Law | Windsor |
| Greg Monforton and Partners | Windsor |
| Legal Assistance of Windsor | Windsor |
| Miller Canfield LLP | Windsor |
Northern Ontario
| Employer Name | Location |
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| Cheadles | Thunder Bay |
| Girones Lawyers | Timmins |
| Mendonca Law Office Professional Corporation | Timmins |
Manitoba/Saskatchewan/Yukon
| Employer Name | Location |
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| Miller Thomson | Regina |
East Coast Canada/Quebec
| Employer Name | Location |
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| New Brunswick Court of Appeal | Fredericton |
| Department of Justice - Competition Bureau | Gatineau |
| Environment and Climate Change Canada | Gatineau |
| McInnes Cooper LLP | Halifax |
| Nova Scotia Court of Appeal | Halifax |
| The Centre for Law and Democracy | Halifax |
| Raoul Wallenberg: Centre for Human Rights | Montreal |
| Canadian Space Agency | Saint-Hubert |
| Department of Justice and Public Safety, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador | St. John's |
New York/International
| Employer Name | Location |
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| Embassy of Canada to Germany | Berlin |
| Mission of Canada to the European Union | Brussels |
| Embassy of Canada to Debmark | Copenhagen |
| United Nations Relief and Works Agency | Jerusalem |
| Loyens & Loeff | Luxemburg |
| STUDIO UBERTAZZI | Milan |
| Freshfields Brukhaus Deringer LLP | Paris |
| Zyme Works | Seattle |