Staff Lawyer

2 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada Legal Aid Ontario Full time

Union: The Society
- Job Number: J0223-1271
- Job Title: Staff Lawyer (12 months)
- Job Type: Contract
- Contract Duration: 12 months
- City, Province, Country: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Job Location: Toronto
- Job Category: Legal
- Job Classification: SL
- Role Designation:- Open Positions: 1
- Posting Date: March 1, 2023
- Closing Date: March 15, 2023
- Salary: $83,343.00 - $142,422.00/Year

Legal Aid Ontario employees are committed to making a difference in the lives of our clients.

As an integral partner in the Justice system, working at Legal Aid Ontario is more than just a job. It's an opportunity to help people who need it the most; to ensure each client receives the access to justice afforded to them under the law.

If you are looking for a new challenge in your already meaningful career with a team dedicated to justice, and innovation in a flexible and supportive work environment consider this opportunity below.

**Primary function**:
The Clinic Resource Office (CRO) provides high-quality legal and other support services to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of legal action on behalf of clients of LAO-funded community legal clinics and Student Legal Services Organizations [SLSOs]. Our services include: individual file assistance; publications in key areas of clinic law and practice; training for clinic and SLSO caseworkers; court litigation support; facilitating communication/knowledge sharing among clinic practitioners; and, supporting inter-clinic Working Groups and clinics generally with the identification of systemic issues, research, law reform, and litigation strategies.

The Staff Lawyer will work on important and interesting poverty law and equality issues with a team committed to high quality legal services and access to justice for low-income Ontarians. Use your clinic law expertise and excellent analytical and writing skills to provide legal advice and opinions, and a range of legal supports, to advocates in community legal clinics and student legal services organizations (SLSOs) across Ontario. Write case-specific research memoranda, support litigation at all levels of tribunals and courts in clinic law areas, and contribute to a variety of clinic system and SLSO activities.

Home Location - Provincial Office, Clinic Resource Office - Toronto
Secondary Location: Not applicable

Reporting to: Director, Clinic Resource Office

**Key accountabilities**:

- Providing legal, strategic and practice advice to clinic and SLSO lawyers and community legal workers
- Participation in regional and provincial clinic CPD/training events, as appropriate
- Other project work in accordance with interests and skills

**Required skills & experience**:

- Lawyer (L1) member in good standing of the Law Society of Ontario
- Excellent legal writing and analytical skills
- Significant recent experience practicing, and demonstrated expertise in, one or more major areas of clinic law in Ontario (e.g. social assistance, housing, CPP, EI)
- Experience appearing before one or more clinic law tribunals
- Demonstrated strong interest in the legal issues faced by low-income Ontarians
- Demonstrated excellent legal research skills with traditional and electronic research sources
- Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills
- Adept at working both independently and as part of a team
- Able to work with shifting priorities in a fast-paced work environment

Assets- Experience using the CRO website and practice resources
- Experience practicing in a variety of clinic law areas (e.g. housing, social assistance, CPP, EI, human rights & the Charter)
- Advanced knowledge of administrative law and procedure
- Publication experience
- Court litigation experience
- Experience delivering legal training presentations
- Ability to speak, read and write French
- This position is represented by the Society and the employee will be governed by the provisions of the collective agreement and union dues will be deducted bi-weekly from date of hire.-
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Legal Aid Ontario values integrity, respect, responsiveness, excellence, independence, accountability, openness and consistency. Our recruitment process reflects our commitment to diversity and inclusion. Accommodations are available upon request.

Legal Aid Ontario encourages applicants from equity seeking groups, including but not limited to individuals who are First Nations, Inuit or Métis descent, persons with disabilities, women, members of racialized communities and the 2SLGBTQ+ community. We recognize the value of diversity, equity and inclusion and are committed to addressing systemic barriers, and attracting and retaining diverse staff. All interested and eligible people will be considered, with due consideration to all protected grounds under the Ontario Human Rights Code.

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