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Career Resources

At Blakes, we have many lawyers and other professionals involved in the recruitment and training of lawyers and students in the firm.

Kari Abrams is the Director of Student Recruitment & Development at Blakes. In this role, she is responsible for all aspects of the summer student and articling student programs, including the recruitment, supervision and professional development of summer students and articling students, as well as liaising with law schools.

Kari is also an active member of several internal Firm committees, including the Student Committee, the Legal Personnel Committee, the Equity & Diversity Committee and the Pro Bono Committee.

Prior to joining Blakes, Kari was a Partner in the labour and employment department at the Toronto office of a national law firm where she was also actively involved in the student program as a member of the student committee.

There is a Legal Personnel Committee at Blakes, which is responsible for recruitment and evaluation of all legal staff. Brad Berg and Thomas von Hahn are the co-chairs of the committee. The other members include:

Bryan Bailey
Sue Gagliardi
Kim Harle
Chris Hewat
Christine Ing
Mary Jackson
David Kruse
Rob Kwinter
Jill Lawrie

Peter MacGowan
Eric Moncik
André Perey
Brendan Reay
Connie Reeve
Jeff Sommers
Iris Tam
Alice Tseng
Steven Weisz



There is a Professional Development Committee responsible for the professional development of associates and students at the Firm.  Jillian Swartz and Claude Marseille (Montréal) are the chair of the committee. The other members include:

Catherine Beagan Flood
Elizabeth Boyd
Natalie Bussière (Montréal)
Nathan Cheifetz
Marcia Cooper
Chris Hale
Peter Hogg
Christine Ing
Mary Jackson
Leslie Ann Johnson
Kelly Bourassa (Calgary)

Stacey McCreath (Calgary)
Jacquline Moore (Calgary)
Edward Perlmutter
Sindy Piexoto (Montréal)
Julie Soloway
Cliff Sosnow (Ottawa)
Michael Stevenson
Colleen Toms
Steven Weisz
Paul Wickens
David Zacks (vancouver)

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