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Success Formula
The lawyers in the trenches market the firm, shape its reputation and determine its success. The best people have a high level of talent, teamwork and work ethic and are exemplary in at least one of these areas. The best people will result in the best law firm, which will attract and retain the best people, who will attract and retain the best work, which will provide the best training, which will result in having the best people. It’s a cycle Bennett Jones has worked hard to establish, and it’s a cycle we are working even harder to maintain. We strive to attract the best people and, more importantly, to maintain the enthusiasm of such people throughout their tenure with the firm.
Associates and Partners
It is our goal to provide associates with the professional development and continuous evaluation required for them to achieve full potential.
Associates receive competitive salaries which are reviewed annually to ensure they are at the top of the relevant market. Bennett Jones offers a comprehensive benefits package including provincial and extended health care, dental and vision care, long and short term disability, employee assistance program and life, accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
Throughout your employment with Bennett Jones, we carefully assess associates’ professional development and longer term career prospects. Our more senior associates are eligible to participate in a profit sharing bonus program.
We also pursue an active lateral-hires policy at the senior associate and partner level. Our primary criteria for assessing lateral partners or senior associates is their fit on a culture level. While we obviously want people who will significantly strengthen our firm, we demand that they be genuinely enthusiastic about the direction of the firm and its operating culture.
Bennett Jones Alumni
We provide excellent training, skill enhancement, contacts and opportunities. While we have historically recruited personnel with the assumption and hope that they would join the firm and remain with it for their entire careers, we recognize that the definition of success in the legal profession is changing and we are changing with it.
We treat our departing lawyers as Bennett Jones alumni and we are committed to assisting them in their new careers as much as possible. We respect and support whatever future career choices are made by our lawyers and proactively assist those who wish to seek other opportunities in industry, the judiciary or government.
Interested lawyers are invited to
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