2026 Summer Law Student Opportunities with The Public Prosecution Service of Canada

Public Prosecution Service of Canada - Ontario Regional Office
Brampton (Ontario), Toronto (Ontario)
EC-01
Casual
$67,349 per annum (pro-rated)
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**Closing date: 20 July 2025 - 23:59, Pacific Time**

**Who can apply**: Persons residing in Canada, and Canadian citizens and Permanent residents abroad.

**Important messages**:
Application Process:
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion:
Accessibility:
Please use the contact information below to request accommodation during any phase of this assessment process. This information will be kept confidential and your right to privacy will be protected.

**Duties**:
As a second year summer student, you will have the opportunity to work on both trials and appeals with the following teams and offices:

- Toronto Team

The Toronto Team is primarily responsible for street-level drug prosecutions, and is comprised of three separate rotating teams: the Case Management Team, the Ontario Court of Justice Litigation Team, and the Superior Court Litigation team. Counsel are assigned files at their inception, guiding them through the case management process and into preliminary inquiries and trials at the Ontario Court of Justice and Superior Court of Justice. Counsel on the Toronto Team are also responsible for staffing the docket courts at the Ontario Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Justice.
- Integrated Road Team (IRT)

The IRT prosecutes cases across Southern Ontario under federal statutes, including high complexity wiretap cases involving conspiracies, large-scale drug trafficking, drug importing and organized crime. Along with counsel on other teams, the team is also responsible for anti-terrorism prosecutions. Counsel provide advice on various legal issues involving confidential informants, the use of undercover officers or civilian police agents, the collection of foreign evidence, the use of new technology and search techniques.
- Revenue/Regulatory Team

The Revenue Team conducts prosecutions involving financial crimes against the government, including large-scale, multi-jurisdictional frauds and other white collar crime. The Regulatory Team prosecutes a wide variety of offences, ranging from workplace fatalities (under the Canada Labour Code), bribing foreign officials (under the Corruption of Foreign Officials Act), to environmental offences. Prosecutors on these teams are heavily involved in giving pre-charge advice to investigators from regulatory agencies at the investigative stage as well as prosecuting lengthy and challenging trials.
- Brampton Office

The Brampton office offers students the opportunity to be involved in both small and large scale CDSA prosecutions, as well as prosecutions of various international travel offences related to immigration, customs enforcement, and the importation of drugs. At the busy Brampton Courthouse students will be able to shadow Crowns prosecuting such cases, while back at the office students will find themselves in the supportive environment of the office’s strong team ethic.

**Work environment**:
The Department:
The Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC) is a national organization that prosecutes federal offences. We offer career opportunities for prosecutors, paralegals, legal assistants, and a wide range of business professionals. Our organization consists of approximately 1000 employees in regional offices across the country.

Every PPSC employee has a role to play in creating a work environment where every person can bring their whole self to work and feel valued and empowered to contribute. Being informed and influenced by our diverse employees helps change the heart and conscience of the PPSC. As part of the larger PPSC Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (EDIA) governance structure, you can join one of five National Councils for Employees: Persons living with Disabilities, Racialized Persons, Black Persons, Indigenous Peoples, and 2SLGBTQIA+.

The PPSC also updated the Decision to Prosecute test, which provides clear guidance to prosecutors on how to be more proactive and conscious about recognizing bias, discrimination, and other factors contributing to over-representation. Prosecutors now have a framework to consider background and systemic factors. These factors are considered not only as they relate to the accused, but also to the victim and affected communities, particularly Indigenous women and girls. It also seeks to clarify situations where the public interest may not require a prosecution.

The Ontario Regional Office:
By joining the Ontario Regional Office (ORO) of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC), you will gain experience in a team environment playing a key role in the Canadian criminal ju