Job Description - Law Student (Vancouver)
The Vancouver office of Ecojustice hires a law student for four-month periods throughout each calendar year. However, the Vancouver office does not hire articling students. If you are interested in articling with Ecojustice, please contact our Toronto office. We regret that this is the case, and we appreciate your interest in articling with our organization. We hire law students for the following four-month periods every year:
A Summer Law Student position for the four-month period running from the first week of May to the end of August. Accepting applications up to the deadline of January 31 (regardless that this date may be a weekend). A Fall Law Student position for the four-month period of the first week of September to the end of December. Accepting applications through to the deadline of July 31 (regardless that this date may be a weekend). The Winter Law Student position is for the four-month period of the first week of January to the end of April. Accepting applications through to the deadline of September 30 (regardless that this date may be a weekend).
Description of Duties: Ecojustice Canada is Canada's foremost public interest environmental law organization, providing litigation services to the environmental community across the country. You will join a hard-working, friendly team that uses a multidisciplinary approach involving lawyers, scientists and volunteers. You will make a valuable contribution to ongoing environmental activism by:
providing legal assistance to lawyers and scientists working on environmental law and policy issues; conducting legal, policy and general research and preparing legal memoranda, primarily in the areas of environmental and administrative law; assisting in researching and writing Ecojustice Canada reports; providing general litigation support (assisting in drafting pleadings and submissions, preparing briefs of authorities, etc.); assisting with requests for information and reviews under the Freedom of Information Act;
attending meetings and conferences and assisting field investigations; interacting with clients and non-governmental environmental organizations; and, taking inquiries from members of the public about environmental law disputes.
Preferred Qualifications: familiarity with environmental and administrative law awareness of environmental issues interested in working in the public interest arena
Please indicate in the reference line (re:) of your cover letter the specific fourmonth position, including the year, for which you are seeking employment. You should include a cover letter, resume, reference information, a short writing sample and copies of your transcripts. When official transcripts of your current term are not available, we accept unofficial transcripts. We accept applications by mail, fax or e-mail. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Contact: Telephone: Email: Fax: Tina Reale, Legal Assistant 604-685-5619 ext. 226 treale@ecojustice.ca 604-685-7813