Indigenous Student Legal Internship Program

1 month ago

Toronto, Canada CPP Investments Full time
Job Description

At CPP Investments, we are committed to helping you grow your skills and gain world-class experience. We have leaders who listen to every member of the team and trust them with meaningful work. This translates into immediate and unparalleled learning.

This program provides you access to a virtual classroom and on the job training where you will learn how to leverage your problem-solving and communications skills to help make critical business decisions. You will be assigned a manager and mentor to help support your learnings from the classroom to apply in the working setting.

The summer program begins with a week-long Intern Orientation for you to engage with fellow Interns and learn about the resources and programs available to you. We offer company-wide departmental overviews for you to explore more about what we do at CPP Investments and give you the opportunity to gain exposure to senior leadership across the firm. You will quickly advance your knowledge and expertise through skills-based training and stimulating on-the-job assignments. You will participate in additional summer programming such as our Intern Case Competition and our Speaker Series where each session focuses on a different aspect of our culture including Employee Resource Groups, Inclusion & Diversity and much more.  We encourage you to bring your full self to work and take every opportunity to excel in your role to build your career at CPP Investments.

You will join us as an Intern Analyst for the Summer of 2025 in the Legal Department. Candidates in an undergraduate or graduate program in law that will be returning to school in Fall 2025 are eligible to apply. 

Overview Of Legal Department

The Legal Department provides advice and effectively manages legal matters and regulatory compliance across all aspects of investing and managing CPP Investments’ assets and enterprise activities, including supporting our Board of Directors.  We deliver advice directly through a strong in-house team and use of specialized external counsel where appropriate.

Our core objectives are to manage legal and regulatory risk, ensure compliance with the law, maintain strong internal governance, and effectively support CPP Investments’ Board of Directors.  We also support reputational risk management and policy advocacy. We accomplish these objectives by providing strategic, practical and commercially balanced advice across the business; effectively identifying and managing legal and compliance risks; ensuring CPP Investments has access to best in class technical and market-specific expertise; and delivering services scaleably and efficiently.

The Legal Department provides support through the following teams:

Legal – provides investment, enterprise, and general support for all departments, including investment departments.

Compliance - responsible for internal compliance matters as well as regulatory compliance support.

Board Secretariat - responsible for supporting CPP Investments’ Board and its Committees, working closely with the CEO’s office in this regard.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Working with a Director, Legal, and closely and collaboratively with other lawyers and department staff, provide advice, assess legal risk and deliver support across a broad range of compliance, enterprise and investment activities 
  • Assist on Legal Department projects and gain experience in legal research, drafting, problem solving and communications
  • Assist legal professionals in the preparation and review of commercial and transactional agreements
  • General assistance on other legal matters as they arise

Qualifications

Position Requirements

  • Students wishing to apply must be Indigenous/Aboriginal Peoples of Canada (Status Indian, Non-Status Indian, Inuit or Métis) and enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in law, graduating in December 2025 (or later).
  • Preference for students in their 2nd year (i.e., 2L), but all applications will be considered.
  • Interest in Capital Markets & Investment Management, Governance, Compliance or Risk
  • Good written and verbal communication skills, including strong legal research and writing skills, and an interest in working in a dynamic collaborative environment. 
  • Ability to prioritize work and manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously.
  • Candidates must exemplify CPP Investments’ guiding principles of high performance, integrity and partnership.


Additional Information

If you have an interest in working with talented professionals in the financial industry in an environment of integrity, partnership and high performance then you should consider a career in the Legal Department at CPP Investments.

To apply, please include a cover letter, resume and transcripts.

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At CPP Investments, we are committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability. We thank all applicants for their interest but will only contact candidates selected to advance in the hiring process.

Our Commitment to Inclusion and Diversity:

In addition to being dedicated to building a workforce that reflects diverse talent, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible experience. If you require an accommodation for any part of the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms, etc.), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Disclaimer:
CPP Investments does not accept resumes from employment placement agencies, head-hunters or recruitment suppliers that are not in a formal contractual arrangement with us. Our recruitment supplier arrangements are restricted to specific hiring needs and do not include this or other web-site job postings. Any resume or other information received from a supplier not approved by CPP Investments to provide resumes to this posting or web-site will be considered unsolicited and will not be considered.  CPP Investments will not pay any referral, placement or other fee for the supply of such unsolicited resumes or information.

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