When we built the Vault, we tracked 21 data points across 34 Canadian law firms. Every one of those firms publishes its application deadline. Three publish a billable-hours target. We couldn't find a single one that publishes what time its associates actually go home.
The numbers firms choose to share are useful, and the Vault collects them. But the things that decide whether a firm is right for you, like how the interviews actually felt, what a summer student does all day, or whether the partners know your name, only exist in the heads of students who've been through it.
The Feed is where that knowledge gets written down.
The Feed is where verified law and pre-law students share firsthand accounts of recruiting, law school, and early legal careers in Canada. Each post is written for the student who's one step behind the author.
It isn't a forum, and it isn't a news site. Every post comes from a student whose school status Juris has verified, and every post is reviewed before it goes live. The goal is a library of honest, specific writing you can't find anywhere else.
Posts fall into four categories.
A few posts we'd love to see:
Pre-law students are welcome here too. If you've been through admissions, choosing schools, the LSAT, or personal statements, that experience is exactly what next year's applicants need. Those posts usually fit best under 1L Advice.
You can tag the firms you mention in a post. Tagged firms appear at the bottom of your post with a link to their Vault profile, so readers can go straight from your experience to the numbers.
We'll decline posts that:
These line up with our Terms of Service, which apply to everything posted on Juris.
Anyone can read the Feed, no account needed. If you're signed in, you can bookmark posts to come back to later.
To publish, you need a verified account. There are three ways to get verified.
When you submit a post, you choose how it's credited.
A Juris admin reads every post before it's published. We check it against the guidelines above. We don't check whether it's flattering to a firm.
If your post is approved, you'll get an email when it goes live. If it needs changes, you'll get an email with a note explaining why, so you can revise it and submit it again. Review is done by hand, so give it a little time.
The Feed is brand new, so the first posts will set the tone for everything after them. If you've been through a recruit, a summer, articling, or admissions, you already know something next year's students wish they could ask you about.
Have a question about the Feed, or an idea you're not sure fits? Email us at info@jurishub.ca.
Views expressed are the author's own, based on personal recruiting experience — treat as one data point and verify specifics directly with the firm.