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Articling Student 2011/2012

This position is a Law Foundation of Ontario Connecting Articling Fellowship made possible through funding by the Law Foundation of Ontario.

Location: Belleville, Ontario

Our Organization

The Community Advocacy & Legal Centre (CALC) is a non-profit community legal clinic founded in 1980 and funded by Legal Aid Ontario. We serve low income residents of Hastings, Prince Edward and Lennox and Addington counties. We provide referrals, legal information, legal advice and representation, as well as undertaking community development, public legal education and law reform work.

Our mission is to provide access to justice through quality legal services, advocacy and information for people living on a low income or in poverty. Our vision is to achieve social justice with dignity by influencing change in our community, our institutions and the law.

The full time staff include an Executive Director/Lawyer, Office Manager, five lawyers, a community legal worker, a law clerk/advocate and a legal secretary/intake worker.

Description of Responsibilities

The articling student will be involved in legal cases in the areas of income security programs, housing, workplace safety and insurance, employment law, human rights, criminal injuries compensation, education and consumer/debt.

The Law Foundation of Ontario is supporting the creation of this position with the objective of increasing access to legal services for linguistic minorities and residents of rural and remote communities. In the Hastings, Prince Edward and Lennox & Addington communities, working with a senior lawyer, the student will develop and implement an outreach program on employment rights including Workplace Safety and Insurance information to migrant farm workers and lumber industry workers.

The student will also serve the needs of rural clients by attending in satellite offices for legal work, community development, legal education, partnerships with other community organizations, outreach and marketing.

Applications

Applicants will have an awareness of poverty law and issues facing rural communities.
Applicants must have a valid driver’s licence.
Applications will include: a resume, cover letter, undergraduate and law school transcripts.

Applications shall be addressed to:

Gina Cockburn, Staff Lawyer

Community Advocacy & Legal Centre

158 George Street

Belleville ON K8N 3H2

FAX: 613-966-6251

Or by email with a subject line of Articling Application.

The deadline for applications is June 30, 2010.

Salary will be provided in accordance with Legal Aid Ontario funding of $46,500 per annum.

Please note that only those being offered an interview will be contacted.

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