Amended - Summer Law Student (1L)

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Become a Summer Law Student (1L) on your learning pathway to being called to the bar

The Ministry of the Attorney General is now recruiting for our 2025 1st year (1L) Summer Law Student positions. Our summer law student positions are part of the learning pathway that will support the experiential-training-competencies for candidates, established by the Law Society of Ontario.

Opportunities are offered in a wide variety of practice areas in locations around the province, listed below. Please visit viLawPortal to access the Summer Law Student (IL) 2025 recruitment postings for details on each opportunity and to apply. If you cannot apply through viLawPortal, please contact MAG.HR.LawStudents@ontario.ca for an accessible listing of the job postings.

This list will be amended as needed to include updates to opportunity listings.

The following job postings have a deadline Friday, February 28, 2025, at 5pm:

Kitchener Crown Attorney's Office - one (1) position
Sarnia Crown Attorney's Office - one (1) position (Open also to 2nd-year law students. You are required to be a law student (LL.B, J.D. or equivalent) who will be completing their 2nd year of law school in 2025 and entering the Law Society of Ontario's lawyer licensing process Articling/LPP/IPC program in 2026-2027.)

You can find out more about each of the listed branches - and others - at our practice page website here: Law-student programs practice areas

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How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility

We are building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We foster a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, respectful, fair and barrier-free work environment. For information about accommodation during the hiring process, such as accessibility-related accommodations or technical help please contact us.

Learn about how we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility in the OPS.

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About the job

About the job

As a summer law student, you can expect your role to include duties like:

• Summarizing cases, evidence and legal documents
• Preparing affidavits of documents, case summaries and legal memos
• Conducting legal research in the areas of civil litigation, estates, child custody/access, child protection, criminal and administrative law
• Developing policy and position papers

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What you bring to the team

What you bring to the team

Mandatory requirement:

You are a law student (LL. B, J.D. or equivalent) who will be completing your 1st year of law school in 2025.

What we offer

The Ontario government is one of the largest employers of law students in Canada, hiring approximately 70 summer law students and 175 articling / law practice program / integrated practice curriculum students every year.

Our law student programs offer opportunities to:
• gain legal skills in a supportive and collaborative environment
• participate in work that has real and meaningful impact on the lives of Ontarians

See our website for more information on our law student programs: Law student programs | Ontario.ca .

This role comes with:
• in addition to wages, 4% pay in lieu of vacation credits
• an Employee and Family Assistance Program, which provides confidential counseling services
• the option to participate in the Public Service pension plan

How to Apply

Please visit viLaw Portal to access the 1st year (1L) Summer Law Student recruitment postings for details on each opportunity. Each position posting will list the required documents and number of reference names.

Incomplete applications may not be considered.

About Security Checks

A criminal or other federal offence record does not automatically disqualify you from the position. We consider each situation based on the position's responsibilities.

If a check is needed and you've lived outside of Canada in the past 5 years for 6 or more months in a row, or if you are not a Canadian resident, you'll need to provide an out-of-country police clearance certificate from the country you lived in.

Employment screening checks are only reviewed and evaluated by the Transition and Security Office, which also maintains them and keeps them strictly confidential.

Work Hours

Schedule 3 — typically 36.25 hours per week and 7.25 hours per day

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Additional information:

Note:

• In accordance with the Ontario Public Service (OPS), Employment Screening Checks Policy (ESCP), the top candidate(s) may be required to undergo a security screening check. Refer to the above to determine the screening checks that are required for this position.
  
  Required security screening checks along with your written consent, will be sent to the Transition and Security Office (TSO), Corporate Talent Programs Branch, Talent and Leadership Division to evaluate the results. If applicable, the TSO, with your written consent, will request and obtain any additional employment screening checks that were not obtained directly by you.
  
  A record under the Criminal Code and/or other federal offence record(s) does not automatically mean you will be ineligible for the position. The employment screening check(s) will only be reviewed and evaluated by the TSO for the purpose of making a security clearance decision. The details of an individual's employment screening check(s) will be considered in specific relation to the duties and responsibilities of the position being filled. Employment screening check records will be maintained by the TSO and kept strictly confidential.

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Language requirements and assessment:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test.

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section " Langue du ou des postes " en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français.

All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely). The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.

Information collection notice

We are collecting your personal information to assess how well you meet the qualifications for employment with the Ontario Public Service, and for related recruitment purposes. The collection of personal information is necessary to the proper administration of OPS Careers, which is an authorized common service in accordance with s. 6 of the Ministry of Government Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.25.

Please do not include any more personal information than is needed for your application (for example, do not include your photograph or social insurance number).

If you have any questions about how your information is collected, used, shared or saved, please contact us.