Job Description

The TRU Legal Clinic Society was incorporated with TRU as the sole Member. It is the legal entity whose purpose is to provide legal assistance through the TRU Community Legal Clinic ("TRU CLC").


TRU CLC is mandated to provide legal services to low income clients, as well as opportunities for practical learning for students from the TRU Faculty of Law. This work includes client case files, community outreach and public legal education.


The Full-Time Supervising Lawyer is responsible for training and supervising student clinicians, providing litigation support to student clinicians and assisting with the day-to-day operations of the TRU CLC in conjunction with other Clinic staff.


The Full-Time Supervising Lawyer works with the Clinic staff, under the direction of the Executive Director, to supervise student clinicians in their provision of legal assistance to clients, which may include:


providing summary advice in writing on various legal matters; drafting documents for clients, including pleadings for small claims matters and uncontested desk order divorces, simple wills, powers of attorney, and representation agreements; and representing clients in Provincial Court and before various tribunals (where permitted).




MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

This position is responsible for assisting with the day-to-day operations of TRU CLC, including:


consulting with students during and after client intake interviews to determine the level of services that TRU CLC may provide to the client; reviewing correspondence and legal documents prepared by student clinicians; supervising student clinicians during tribunal and court hearings and assisting them in preparing for such hearings; attending tribunal and court hearings when student clinicians are not available; developing practical resources for use by TRU CLC's student clinicians, particularly in the Full-Time Supervising Lawyer's substantive areas of expertise; and co-ordinating with the Executive Director and the Part-Time Supervising Lawyer to develop the orientation, training and supervision of TRU CLC student clinicians.




REPORTS TO

Executive Director, TRU CLC


QUALIFICATIONS
This position requires an individual who: (1) has a LLB or a JD from a Canadian law school or from a law school in another common law country; (2) is a member in good standing of the Law Society of British Columbia or elsewhere in Canada; and (3) who demonstrates the following attributes:


a minimum of three years of experience as a lawyer within relevant legal areas, including family law, elder law, residential tenancy, criminal law, or other poverty law issues; experience in civil and, possibly, criminal litigation; and ideally, substantial experience working or volunteering in a poverty law clinic or a similar legal environment.





The listed salary for this role is

$98,500.00

per annum. This position is for a fixed term of one year. Subject to performance and funding, it is expected that this position would be renewed for further one year terms on a continuing basis. * The successful applicant will be employed by the TRU Legal Clinic Society, the non-profit society that operates the TRU Community Legal Clinic.