Articling Student Placement 2025-2026

Articling Student Placement

Manulife is seeking an Articling Student for a 10month placement within its inhouse legal department for providing handson experience in commercial corporate regulatory and litigation matters. This articling opportunity beginning on or before August 12 2025 will appeal to an individual interested in business and financial services law who loves to take initiative is clientfocused and is exceptionally strong in delivering highquality results.

As part of the placement you will work with a highcaliber legal team in a leading global financial services organization. Our articling program offers:

• Comprehensive mentorship and training from senior legal professionals.
• Exposure to complex and highprofile legal matters in financial services law.
• A collaborative and inclusive environment with a strong focus on professional development.

Responsibilities

You will work closely with experienced inhouse counsel on a broad range of legal matters. Some of the key responsibilities of the Articling Student in their placement are to:

• Support Manulife lawyers in providing strategic and riskinformed legal advice.
• Conduct legal research and legal writing.
• Assist with contract drafting policy reviews regulatory compliance corporate matters and litigation strategy.
• Participate in performance and staff meetings as the need arises and inhouse training opportunities.
• Travel to different Manulife offices as required.

Education and Experience

• Law degree and a strong academic background.
• Demonstrated interest in commercial corporate regulatory litigation and/or insurance law with prior experience in a legal setting considered an asset.

Who Were Looking For

• Highly motivated and proactive selfstarter with a strong work ethic.
• Strong legal research writing and analytical skills with the ability to communicate complex legal concepts clearly and effectively to both legal and business audiences.
• Advocacy problemsolving and conflict resolution skills.
• A high level of comfort working with technology and a keen passion for learning new systems including digital literacy of MS Office and webbased legal research tools and other webbased resources.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work crosscollaboratively.
• Strong client service mindset.
• Demonstrated attention to detail.
• Critical thinker able to work well independently with minimal supervision as well as in a team environment.
• Proven time management skills and ability to deal with conflicting priorities and deadlines.

• Ability to lead work in fastpaced and highconflict situations.
• Ability to investigate facts identify issues determine organizational objectives consider alternative solutions analyze risk and advise clients on the appropriate course of action.

Placement Application Process

To apply for this placement you will be required to submit the following: cover letter (please address your letter to the Articling Committee) resume law school transcripts final year course selection and list of three professional references. All application materials must be submitted by 4:00 PM EST on May 9 2025.

**Please note that successful applicants will not be employed by Manulife and will instead be placed at Manulife as contingent workers through Manulifes contingent worker program administered by Allegis Global Solutions. Successful applicants will be provided with further information following the interview process.

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us visit is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At Manulife/John Hancock we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment retention advancement and compensation and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race ancestry place of origin colour ethnic origin citizenship religion or religious beliefs creed sex (including pregnancy and pregnancyrelated conditions) sexual orientation genetic characteristics veteran status gender identity gender expression age marital status family status disability or any other ground protected by applicable law.

It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process contact .