The Student Experience

Stikeman Elliott invests substantial resources, both in time and money, to ensure our students and associates receive top-flight legal training, education, mentor support and career guidance.

Our firm is not hierarchical. We highly value the contribution of every student and lawyer, each of whom is integral to our success.

Stikeman Elliott students are presented with tremendous opportunity and challenge, as well as support to help them succeed.

Professional Excellence

Stikeman Elliott is consistently ranked as a global and domestic leader in business law by Chambers Global's Guide to The World's Leading Lawyers, Lexpert, American Lawyer, the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) and other international publications, as well as league tables for M&A and corporate finance. We were honoured by London-based World Finance magazine as the 2008 Best Corporate & Commercial Team for Canada, and were named 2007 National Law Firm of the Year (Canada) by IFLR.

84 of our lawyers are currently ranked among Canada's leading lawyers in the annual Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. A second publication, the highly selective Lexpert/American Lawyer Media 2007 Guide to the Leading 500 Lawyers in Canada, includes 48 of our lawyers, first among Canadian law firms.