Art Stud

Posting Title- ART STUD - Bilingual Articling Student- Position Classification- Articling Student- Union- N/A- Work Options- Location- Vancouver, BC V6B 0N8 CA (Primary)
- Salary Range- Maximum $66,895.05, annually- Close Date- 11/3/2024- Job Type- Regular Full Time- Temporary End Date- 8/29/2025- Ministry/Organization- BC Public Service -> Attorney General- Ministry Branch / Division- BC Prosecution Service/CASP- Job Summary**Summer Bilingual Articling Student**

The BC Prosecution Service (BCPS) offers interesting and varied articles at its Crown Counsel offices around the province. The BCPS is now hiring for a temporary summer bilingual articled student who would be expected to start in May 2025.

Under the guidance of Crown Counsel, students work on files relating to criminal prosecutions.

Students articling with BC Prosecution Service work closely with prosecutors in all aspects of trial work, both at the provincial and Supreme Court levels. Students may be asked to do legal research, assist in interviewing witnesses, appear at arraignment hearings, handle disclosure, and assist in the preparation of witness examinations and arguments. They will assume conduct of trials of summary conviction matters and bail hearings, and will often make other court appearances. Students may also be requested to assist in the preparation of appeals, either of summary conviction or indictable matters. Students will be exposed to all aspects of a prosecutor’s work, including providing advice to police during the course of an investigation, reviewing reports to Crown Counsel and assisting in charge approval. Bilingual articled students are expected to perform the accountabilities of their role in both French and English.

**Who Can Apply**
Anyone who is currently enrolled in Law School in Canada who will have completed their second year by May 2025. Must be eligible to work in Canada. Must be able to speak and write fluently in French and English.

Students should be prepared to live in or near the community where they have accepted an articling position for the articling term.

**Application Deadline**
11:00 pm Pacific Standard Time, November 3, 2024.

**How to Apply**
**Applications made online through this website will NOT be accepted.**
- A cover letter (not to exceed one page), indicating your preferred location(s);
- Copy of your law school (LLB/JD) transcript; and
- Your résumé (not to exceed three pages).
- Confirmation that you can write and speak fluently in French and English.

**Who to Contact with Questions**:
**Indigenous Student Stream**

**Working for the BC Public Service**:
**Additional Information**:
An eligibility list may be established to fill future vacancies.
Enhanced Security Screening and a criminal record review will be required.
This position is excluded from union membership.
Employees of the BC Public Service must be located in BC at the time of employment.
- Job Category- Court and Judicial Services, Students