Public Interest Articling Fellow

4 weeks ago


Oshawa ON, Canada Luke's Place Support & Resource Centre for Women & Children Full time

Position: Public Interest Articling Fellow – Legal Services Team  Organization: Type: Full-Time 10-month Contract Position
Classification: Hybrid - 3 Days in the office minimum
Luke’s Place is an award-winning centre of excellence in family law support for women who have been subjected to intimate partner violence. We provide legal support services and summary legal services to hundreds of women and their children across Ontario every year and share our expertise with thousands of service providers.

Luke’s Place conducts research to understand the impact of legal and related systems and processes on women’s lives. We engage in advocacy to share these findings and improve these systems and processes. A Health Care spending account
· Coverage of Fellow’s licensing process fees
· 10 vacation days, as prescribed by the Law Society of Ontario’s Time Off Policy standards

Luke’s Place is seeking a full-time Articling Student to join our Legal Services team on a 10-month contract, beginning August 2025. You will be supporting the delivery of legal services and training initiatives, as part of the Legal Services team. This position requires delivery of in-person services at our Oshawa office.

An Excellent Communicator – you bring with you the ability to quickly build rapport with lawyers, family court support workers, community stakeholders, and other Violence Against Women organizations. Interested in Law Reform & Systemic Advocacy – you have a genuine interest in law reform and system advocacy, and a general understanding of the impact of intersectionality, power, and privilege on the women our organization supports.

An Outstanding Researcher – you have a strong skillset in legal and academic research and writing and can independently seek resources.

Draft court documents and attend court with women, supervised by Staff Lawyers
● Attend Legal Clinic appointments and record notes for women
● Assist in the facilitation of public legal education seminars
● Assist with external and internal legal training initiatives
● Conduct legal and academic research
● Develop legal resources for women and support workers throughout Ontario
● Draft position papers and advocacy letters on law reform projects

Entering final year of post-secondary studies in law, or be a recent graduate of law school
● Sound understanding and commitment to a feminist, trauma-informed, gender-based, and intersectional analysis framework, and anti-oppression values
● These are the core values that we operate under and the base expectations we all hold each other accountable to. Women and their children have the right to be safe and family law should promote and provide this safety
● Addressing violence against women requires an intersectional feminist approach
● Women’s stories of their lived experience shape and direct our work
● Violence against women is a global social reality. Ending it is a global social responsibility
● A video/phone call with our HR Resource. Step 2: An in-person interview with our Legal Services Program Manager and Staff Lawyer to dive deeper into your experiences, goals, and style.
● Luke's Place, in accordance with its gender responsive anti-oppressive framework, welcomes and encourages applications from women, especially within equity-seeking groups. We use the term women to include all self-identified women including two-spirited, non-binary, cisgender, or transgender women.

Priority will be given to candidates with experience related to Violence Against Women.


No phone calls please.

In accordance with the Accessibility of Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Right Code, we encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs throughout all stages of the selection process. This position has been made available through The Law Foundation of Ontario Public Interest Articling Fellowship Program



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