Legal services are a function of innovative client service and include the professional and timely delivery of high-quality legal services, both preventive and remedial. Our mission is twofold: to strive for excellence in legal practice and to provide cost-effective legal services in a business-sensitive environment. Services: Salon Visitor Centre: complementary therapies * hot meals * laundry * clothing * dietary supplement program * Legal clinic contact: 613-562-5600 louise.toone@uottawa.ca (Louise Toone, Director), Monday and Wednesday 7-9 p.m. and Thursday 2-4 a.m. (drop-in centre); Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (opening hours) The increased complexity of law over the past two decades and the associated specialization of lawyers is reflected in the broad areas of responsibility developed within the legal services function. The main categories of specialization are: We are committed to ensuring the professional development of all legal services employees. Therefore, in order to meet the current and future educational needs of the legal profession, we encourage our articling students to participate in programs, activities or seminars offered by the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian Bar Association, the County of Carleton Law Association (CCLA) and/or other legal education providers. Articling students benefit from regular reviews that take place between students and their supervisors to ensure a successful and rewarding internship semester. We also encourage students to provide feedback and suggestions for improving our program. Family violence, crime, family, immigration and refugees, civil, housing, government support, out of province Provides services to low-income individuals; Services include legal representation for eligible clients who appear in court without a lawyer, legal aid applications and telephone information, legal resources and referrals to other social welfare agencies, a certificate program for complex and serious cases Lawyers in the Litigation and Industrial Relations Department provide legal services in the area of employment law. In addition to providing expert opinions in this area of law, these lawyers act as legal advisors at the following coordinates: 613-235-4351 ext.
613-2351 ext. 236 centre454@ottawa.anglican.ca to Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Wednesday 8am-11.30am; Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
As one of our legal advisors who worked at a private law firm once said, “Interning with the city teaches you how to be a lawyer, not just a good law student.” In other words, we are committed to ensuring that our law students not only have a successful artistic semester, but are also well prepared for their professional practice as lawyers. In addition to the unique opportunity to work in a bilingual municipal administration, our art students are entrusted with important responsibilities and valuable practical experience. This includes fully promoting their own cases in Small Claims Court, conducting prosecutions under the Provincial Offences Act, and participating in hearings before various tribunals and arbitral tribunals. On the lawyers` side, students participate in the drafting of municipal by-laws and other legislative matters involving the municipal council and various committees. Our articling students gain hands-on experience in independently handling a wide range of legal issues while benefiting from a collegial team atmosphere in which they are constantly accompanied by their articling directors and lawyers from the department. As valued members of our legal team, articling students are critical to achieving our goal of providing excellent and timely legal services. LSRS will help you find a lawyer or paralegal who will provide legal services in the legal field that meet your needs. The lawyers or paralegals who participate in the service will offer you up to half an hour of free consultation. This advice can be given by telephone or in person (the choice is up to the legal representative). The City of Ottawa Legal Services Articling Program offers articling students the opportunity to work in a wide range of practice areas and teaches students the professional responsibilities of a lawyer. The program also responds to the Department`s overall objective of providing clients with high-quality and timely legal services.
Currently, there is an additional two articling students in Legal Services. During each articling period, a student is assigned files that expose him or her to each of the areas of law practiced in the department. Articling students are usually fully responsible for litigation files under the jurisdiction of the Small Claims Court. Students are responsible for other assigned files and can expect to participate in the preparation and participation in various tribunals, such as labour relations arbitration, Ontario Municipal Board, Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, etc.