Summer Law Student (1L)

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Become a Summer Law Student (1L) on your learning pathway to being called to the bar

The Ministry of the Attorney General is now recruiting for our 2025 1st year (1L) Summer Law Student positions. Our summer law student positions are part of the learning pathway that will support the experiential-training-competencies for candidates, established by the Law Society of Ontario.

Opportunities are offered in a wide variety of practice areas in locations around the province, listed below. Please visit viLawPortal to access the Summer Law Student (IL) 2025 recruitment postings for details on each opportunity and to apply. If you cannot apply through viLawPortal, please contact MAG.HR.LawStudents@ontario.ca for an accessible listing of the job postings.

This list will be amended as needed to include updates to opportunity listings.

The following job postings have a deadline of Wednesday, January 22, 2025, at 5pm:

Guelph Crown Attorney's Office – one (1) position
Peel Crown Attorney's Office – one (1) position
Toronto - Superior Court of Justice, Office of the Chief Justice – two (2) positions (Please send resume, cover letter, undergraduate and law school transcripts and three (3) names of reference to Jennifer Belliveau and Joshua Patlik at SCJ.summer@ontario.ca)
Tribunals Ontario, Legal Services – one (1) position
Windsor Crown Attorney's Office – one (1) position

The following job postings have a deadline of Friday, January 24, 2025, at 5pm:

Dryden/Kenora Crown Attorney's Office – two (2) positions
Kapuskasing Crown Attorney's Office (bilingual) – one (1) position
Parry Sound Crown Attorney's Office – one (1) position
Sault Ste. Marie (Algoma) Crown Attorney's Office – one (1) position
Sudbury Crown Attorney's Office – two (2) positions
Thunder Bay Crown Attorney's Office – one (1) position

The following job postings have a deadline Friday, February 28, 2025, at 5pm:

Kitchener Crown Attorney's Office – one (1) position
Sarnia Crown Attorney's Office – one (1) position (Open also to 2nd-year law students. You are required to be a law student (LL.B, J.D. or equivalent) who will be completing their 2nd year of law school in 2025 and entering the Law Society of Ontario's lawyer licensing process Articling/LPP/IPC program in 2026-2027.)

You can find out more about each of the listed branches – and others - at our practice page website here:  Law-student programs practice areas

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OPS Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism:

We are building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We foster a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, respectful, fair and barrier-free work environment. For information about accommodation during the hiring process, such as  accessibility-related accommodations or technical help   please  contact us.

Learn about  how we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility in the OPS.

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What can I expect to do in this role?

About the job

As a summer law student, you can expect your role to include duties like:

• Summarizing cases, evidence and legal documents
• Preparing affidavits of documents, case summaries and legal memos
• Conducting legal research in the areas of civil litigation, estates, child custody/access, child protection, criminal and administrative law
• Developing policy and position papers

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How do I qualify?

What you bring to the team

Mandatory requirement:

You are a law student (LL. B, J.D. or equivalent) who will be completing your 1st year of law school in 2025.

What we offer

The Ontario government is one of the largest employers of law students in Canada, hiring approximately 70 summer law students and 175 articling / law practice program / integrated practice curriculum students every year.

Our law student programs offer opportunities to:
• gain legal skills in a supportive and collaborative environment
• participate in work that has real and meaningful impact on the lives of Ontarians

See our website for more information on our law student programs: Law student programs | Ontario.ca .

This role comes with:
• in addition to wages, 4% pay in lieu of vacation credits
• an Employee and Family Assistance Program, which provides confidential counseling services
• the option to participate in the Public Service pension plan

How to Apply

Please visit  viLaw Portal to access the 1st year (1L) Summer Law Student recruitment postings for details on each opportunity. Each position posting will list the required documents and number of reference names.

Incomplete applications may not be considered.

Deadlines
Toronto: Wednesday, January 22, 2025, at 5pm
All other cities/regions will vary by location

About Security Checks

A criminal or other federal offence record does not automatically disqualify you from the position. We consider each situation based on the position's responsibilities.

If a check is needed and you've lived outside of Canada in the past 5 years for 6 or more months in a row, or if you are not a Canadian resident, you'll need to provide an out-of-country police clearance certificate from the country you lived in.

Employment screening checks are only reviewed and evaluated by the Transition and Security Office, which also maintains them and keeps them strictly confidential.

Work Hours

Schedule 3 — typically 36.25 hours per week and 7.25 hours per day

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Additional information:

Note:

• In accordance with the Ontario Public Service (OPS), Employment Screening Checks Policy (ESCP), the top candidate(s) may be required to undergo a security screening check. Refer to the above to determine the screening checks that are required for this position.
  
  Required security screening checks along with your written consent, will be sent to the Transition and Security Office (TSO), Corporate Talent Programs Branch, Talent and Leadership Division to evaluate the results. If applicable, the TSO, with your written consent, will request and obtain any additional employment screening checks that were not obtained directly by you.
  
  A record under the Criminal Code and/or other federal offence record(s) does not automatically mean you will be ineligible for the position. The employment screening check(s) will only be reviewed and evaluated by the TSO for the purpose of making a security clearance decision. The details of an individual's employment screening check(s) will be considered in specific relation to the duties and responsibilities of the position being filled. Employment screening check records will be maintained by the TSO and kept strictly confidential.

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Collection of Information

Your personal information is being collected and will be used to determine your qualifications for employment with the Ontario Public Service, and for recruitment modernization initiatives. OPS Careers is an authorized common service in accordance with s. 6 of the Ministry of Government Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.25 and this collection of personal information is necessary to the proper administration of OPS Careers.

Please do not provide more personal information than what is asked of you. For example, do not include your social insurance number, photograph, or banking information, etc. with your application. We strongly encourage you not to provide us with information beyond that which is requested in the job posting.

If you have any questions about the collection, use, disclosure, or retention of your personal information, please contact us.

All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely). The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.

All Ontario Public Service external job advertisements are posted in English and French. To confirm the language requirements of a job, check the "language of position" information at the top of each job ad. For all positions, candidates will be assessed in English, the business language of the Ontario Public Service. For English/French designated bilingual positions, candidates will also be assessed through French-language proficiency testing.

Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario sont affichées en anglais et en français. Pour connaître les exigences linguistiques, vérifiez les renseignements sur la « langue du poste » figurant dans le haut de chaque offre d'emploi. Pour tous les postes, l'évaluation des candidates et candidats se fera en anglais, la langue usuelle de la fonction publique de l'Ontario. En ce qui concerne les postes désignés bilingues, la maîtrise du français des candidates et candidats sera également évaluée.

The Ontario Public Service is an inclusive employer.
Accommodation is available under the Ontario's Human Rights Code .