Job Description

The Legal Services Department is responsible for providing legal advice and services with respect to all of the City?s activities including conduct of real estate and corporate/commercial transactions, litigation and by-law prosecutions, claims/risk management, by-law drafting and statutory interpretation, contracts, procurement, labour and employment law and other areas specific to municipal corporations. Under the general supervision of a lawyer at Legal Services, as the Law School Summer Student you will amongst other things:

• Work on one or more short-term projects within Legal Services? Labour/Employment practice team;
• Engage with highly political and sensitive legal matters relating to labour relations;
• Meet with client departments with the supervising lawyer in order to obtain instructions and gather information;
• Summarize historical and recent legal opinions and translate them into a useable database of law;
• Create memorandums of law.

• Current enrollment as a 1L, 2L, or 3L student of an LLB or JD program;

• Excellent organizational and time management skills to manage multiple priorities, and meet deadlines.

• Ability to establish effective and maintain working relationships with various stakeholders; and

• Ability to work professionally with confidential material in a confidential environment.

• Ability to conduct research using physical and electronic research tools;

• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing, including explaining technical and legal information in plain language and preparing reports and legal documents.

• IMPORTANT: Applicants who have been educated outside of Canada must have education which is comparable to the minimum qualification in Canada. Applicants submitting foreign credentials require an official academic assessment report issued by a recognized Canadian assessment service https://www.canalliance.org/en/ at application.

• The successful applicant must maintain legal eligibility to work in Canada. If the successful applicant possesses a work permit, it is their responsibility to ensure the permit remains valid.
• A Police Information Check satisfactory to the employer will be required from the applicant(s) or successful candidate(s), at their expense.