Important Job Posting Policies
All employers that post job opportunities with the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section agree to provide a workplace that is free of discrimination in compliance with all provincial and federal Human Rights Legislation, and provincial law society professional standards, codes of conduct and recruitment procedures. All employers also agree to comply with our Recruiting Policies where applicable.
In Ontario, all articling opportunities must meet the LSO's (MMC) policy unless exempted.
We reserve the right in our sole discretion to restrict, remove or refuse to post any job posting without notice that we feel is inappropriate for our students and/or alumni without notice.
We will not post any job opportunity or otherwise circulate employment information where a non-lawyer is seeking a student to perform legal research or engage in any activities that could potentially be construed as providing legal advice.
Posting a Job for Common Law Students & Alumni
If you have a work opportunity for students or alumni that you would like to advertise in the 91精品黑料吃瓜 common law jobs database, please .
You may choose to e-mail an existing job posting to [email protected] respectively, but please ensure it contains the following information:
- The application deadline (required).
- The intended audience for the position.(1st year students and/or 2nd year students, Articling students or Alumni.)
- Please provide a list of required application materials. The standard documents are - CV, cover letter and photocopy of official transcripts; some employers also require reference names; reference letters and/or writing samples. Please specify.
- Who is the contact and what email can applications be sent to?
- If different from the above contact, who should the cover letter be addressed to?
- The number of positions available (if more than one).
- A description of the position and any required qualifications.
- Any other information available that you would like to include, i.e. Start date, salary information, etc鈥
- Would you like the job posting shared with other Canadian Law Schools?
Summer Opportunities & Structured Recruitment
Employers are not required to participate in a summer recruitment process to post summer positions. If you are unable to predict your recruitment needs to meet the timelines associated with the organized summer recruitment processes or are in a region that does not have set procedures, we will post summer positions for you at any time that is convenient for you, please refer to the instructions in the 鈥淧osting a Job for Common Law Students & Alumni鈥 section.
Your firm or organization may choose to participate in the formal summer recruitment processes, often referred to OCI (on campus interviews) which take place at various times during the academic year. Recruitment begin as early as July and as late as February depending on the city in which you are located. Regulations are set out by the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) or the governing body in your jurisdiction.
The University of Ottawa takes the lead on the Ottawa summer recruitment process and the specialized summer intellectual property recruitment process in Ottawa and shares this information with law schools in common law jurisdictions across Canada.
If your firm or organization is interested in participating or receiv
