Summer Job Program
The Summer Job Program provides students who face barriers to success with an encouraging early work experience by exposing them to a professional workplace and introducing them to positive role models. LAWS students are 15 or 16 years old (entering grade 11 or 12 in September 2008), and most have little work experience and limited knowledge of the law.
Summer placements are typically 4 weeks and take place in July or August. The number and timing of placements is flexible. Ideally, employers take on two consecutive 4-week placements. This experience can make the difference between a student with no direction and one who feels excited about a possible career in the justice sector.
Here are just a few of the employers with whom the Summer Job Program has had the pleasure of working:
Law Firms
Blakes Cassels & Graydon
Borden Ladner Gervais
Carranza Barristers and Solicitors
Cassels Brock and Blackwell
Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish
Davies
Fraser Milner Casgrain
Gardiner Roberts
Koskie Minsky
McMillan LLP
Ogilvy Renault
Oslers
Torys
Weir Foulds
Wildeboer & Dellelce
Woolgar VanWiechen Ketcheson Ducoffe
Corporate Legal Offices
CIBC
RBC
Government
City of Toronto - Legal Services Division
Crown Law Office - Civil
Crown Law Office - Court Services Division
Financial Services Commission of Ontario
Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs
Ministry of Education/Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Ministry of Economic Development
Ministry of Government Services
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Ministry of Natural Resources
Ministry of Small Business and Consumer Services
Office of the Attorney General
Office of the Children’s Lawyer
Office of the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs
Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee
Ontario Victims Services Secretariat
Scarborough Crown Attorney's Office
Department of Justice
Legal Aid Clinics/Public interest organizations
Aboriginal Legal Services Toronto
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Downtown Legal Services
Income Security Advocacy Centre
Justice for Children and Youth
Kensington Bellwoods Legal Aid Clinic
Laborers International Union of North America
Landlord and Tenant Board
Legal Aid Ontario – Family Law Office
Legal Aid Ontario – Toronto Area Office
Ontario Justice Education Network
Jane Finch Community Legal Services
South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario
Other
Ryerson University
University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
- External Relations, Admissions, Career Development Office (shared placement)
- Bora Laskin Library
