Articling Students

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Anna Gagnon, Student at Law

Anna is an articling student with a Juris Doctor from the University of Calgary and a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Law & Society and Political Science awarded with distinction from the University of Calgary.

During law school, Anna was a member of the Alberta Law Review editorial board and worked on the 2023/24 and 2024/25 issues of the journal. She also participated in two credit moot competitions: the Laskin moot, where she pleaded on constitutional issues in French, and the Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

In the summer of 2024, Anna worked with three international energy organizations and assisted a regulatory lawyer on a successful Alberta Court of Appeal case.

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Carmen Patino Urdaneta, Student at Law

Carmen graduated from the University of Calgary Faculty of Law and the University of Houston Law Center cum laude. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce (with distinction), for which she was awarded the Silver Medallion in International Business, and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations (with distinction) from the University of Calgary. Prior to beginning her articles at Loberg Ector, Carmen clerked for the Honourable Justice Margaret M. Keelaghan of the Alberta Court of Justice. She is licensed to practice in the State of Texas.

During law school in Calgary, Carmen was involved with Student Legal Assistance (SLA) and Pro Bono Students Canada (PBSC). At SLA, she was a caseworker, group leader, and Outreach Coordinator. She was awarded The Honourable Justice Michelle C. Christopher Student Ambassador Award for her dedication to SLA. At PBSC, she assisted with preparing Emergency Protection Orders. She summered twice at the Alberta Energy Regulator.

In Houston, Carmen took part in the Immigration Clinic, where she represented asylum applicants and was awarded the Joseph A. Vail Memorial Scholarship for her dedication to the clinic. She also participated in the Entrepreneurship & Community Development Clinic, providing legal advice to small business owners. During her last year of law school, she served as a Notes & Comments Editor for the Houston Business & Tax Law Journal and was the president of the University of Houston Association of International Energy Negotiators Chapter.

Carmen is originally from Maracaibo, Venezuela and is fluent in Spanish. She is an avid fan of the Toronto Blue Jays and international sporting events.

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Noor Butres, Student at Law

Noor is an articling student with a Juris Doctor from the University of Calgary. She holds a Bachelor of Arts with distinction in Anthropology from the University of Alberta. During law school Noor volunteered with Pro Bono Students Canada, the Society of Law Students, the UCalgary Law Ambassadors, and the Women in Law Students’ Association.

She volunteered as a first-year law student with PBSC for the Elementary School Mock Trial project and returned to lead the project in her second year. In her third year of law school Noor was the founding president of the Women in law Students’ Association, leading a team of seven executive members and hosting six events in their first year as an active club at the University of Calgary.

Also in her third year at the University of Calgary, Noor was part of the Corporate Counsel Externship program where she interned at LNG Canada in the legal department. Her work focused on corporate governance and indigenous engagement and consultation. Noor was also hired as a Research Assistant working for seven different professors over the course of one year at the University of Calgary. Outside of work, you can find Noor watching reality TV and Formula 1 or reading a good book.

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Natalie Selinger, Student at Law

Natalie received a Juris Doctor from the University of Calgary in 2026. She has a Bachelor of Arts (with Distinction) in Political Science with a minor in Law and Society, also from the University of Calgary.

Prior to her time at the firm, she summered at the Alberta Securities Commission in market regulations where she contributed to an international and multi-jurisdictional review of Derivative trading facility regulations, including meeting with representatives from ASIC.

During law school, Natalie was part of Student Legal assistance as a caseworker, and she volunteered for the indigenous youth outreach program with Pro-Bono Student (Canada). She also wrote a paper on AI data centres and critical minerals, which is set to be published in the next year.

Advocacy has been a major part of her path to law school, she mooted throughout her undergrad, including in the Osgoode and UCWest cups.

In law school, her team won their match in the Alberta Court of Appeal (Constitutional) Moot in her second year, and in her third, she represented University of Calgary at the Canada Gale Cup Moot.

Outside of work, Natalie enjoys kayaking, playing softball, crocheting and playing with her puppy.

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Articling at Loberg Ector LLP

We take your articling experience very seriously, because we want our students to become the very best lawyers that they can possibly be. It's both the right thing to do, and a self-interested activity; we intend to retain all of the students that we train, so our investment in your excellence is an investment in our own future. Statistics: We've offered associate positions to every student we've had, and that's by design. Every one has accepted.

You receive mandatory reading on day one: True Professionalism and The Trusted Advisor by David Maister, Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen, and Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. In order, that's because you need to understand the "why" of what we do, then you need to know how to do it effectively, and how to keep a balanced, stoic perspective on the work. Deriving joy from what we do is important. There's much more to it that comes later, but that's day one.

Expectations: We aim to give you second chair at trial in your articling year, plus questionings, chambers appearances, and assignments formulating actual arguments and strategies. We also give you the training so that you can do all that very well. We take mentorship seriously - you get effectively unlimited access to the senior lawyers for all of your questions, training, and to discuss any part of your ongoing work. We also help you develop a marketing plan suitable for your level, and we'll help you develop a skills and practice development plan to get you where you want to go in the future. We pay for it all; you just need to want to go get it.

Interested? Contact any of our current students or our recent calls, and tell them you want to know a bit more about Loberg Ector LLP. Coffee's on us.