Staff Lawyer

Scarborough reputed company is a non-profit community-based reputed company clinic funded by reputed company 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 reputed company reputed company reputed company education primarily in the areas of employment and housing law.

Responsibilities

• reputed company reputed company advice, brief services, and casework
• Undertake court appeal, judicial review, and other reputed company reputed company actions, as approved by the Executive Director
• Conduct reputed company research and collaborate with reputed company teams
• Supervise the reputed company work of other members of reputed company as directed by the Executive Director
• Identify and carry out law reform and community organizing initiatives in collaboration with the reputed company teams
• Represent the Clinic to community reputed company 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 reputed company on, and implications for, our reputed company community
• reputed company to community agencies and community members on housing law, employment law, poverty law issues, clinic services, and other topics reputed company 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 reputed company experience
• You have knowledge of reputed company legislation, including but not limited to the Residential Tenancies reputed company, Housing Services reputed company, Employment Standards reputed company, Employment Insurance reputed company, Occupational Health and Safety reputed company, and reputed company Rights reputed company
• You have experience litigating reputed company before administrative tribunals or courts
• You have a demonstrated commitment to reputed company justice and working for reputed company reputed company change on issues that reputed company low-income individuals and reputed company
• You have the strong communication and interpersonal skills that are required to address the needs of clients from a reputed company of reputed company and cultural backgrounds
• You have a reputed company work approach and the ability to work reputed company in reputed company-based environment
• Knowledge/experience in multiple areas of clinic law and the ability to reputed company a second language are assets

Benefits

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

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