Staff Lawyer

Scarborough Community Legal Services is a non-profit community-based legal clinic funded by Legal Aid Ontario, providing clinic law services to low-income individuals. They are seeking a Staff Lawyer to handle casework, engage in law reform initiatives, and provide public legal education primarily in the areas of employment and housing law.

Responsibilities

• Provide summary advice, brief services, and casework
• Undertake court appeal, judicial review, and other complex legal actions, as approved by the Executive Director
• Conduct legal research and collaborate with legal teams
• Supervise the legal work of other members of the team as directed by the Executive Director
• Identify and carry out law reform and community organizing initiatives in collaboration with the legal teams
• Represent the Clinic to community groups by providing resources and expertise on housing law, employment law, and poverty law issues
• Monitor policy changes, government initiatives, research studies, reports etc. on poverty law issues that have an impact on, and implications for, our client community
• Speak to community agencies and community members on housing law, employment law, poverty law issues, clinic services, and other topics within expertise
• Write, edit, and review clinic produced PLE materials

Skills

• You are a lawyer in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario
• You have 1 - 3 years of relevant legal experience
• You have knowledge of related legislation, including but not limited to the Residential Tenancies Act, Housing Services Act, Employment Standards Act, Employment Insurance Act, Occupational Health and Safety Act, and Human Rights Code
• You have experience litigating matters before administrative tribunals or courts
• You have a demonstrated commitment to social justice and working for positive social change on issues that affect low-income individuals and groups
• You have the strong communication and interpersonal skills that are required to address the needs of clients from a variety of social and cultural backgrounds
• You have a collaborative work approach and the ability to work well in a team-based environment
• Knowledge/experience in multiple areas of clinic law and the ability to speak a second language are assets

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package
• Enrolment in the CAAT DB Plus pension plan

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