CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Community Legal Aid “CLA” Volunteers for Winter 2024 Term

 

Community Legal Aid is now recruiting 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year law students to apply for our volunteer caseworker positions for the Winter 2024 term! This is an exciting opportunity for you to work directly with live clients who require legal assistance on various matters. You will be working with your peers, under the close supervision of Review Counsel in the following areas of law: landlord/tenant, criminal law, employment law, consumer protection, elder abuse, family law summary advice and university academic and non-academic matters. Students will also have the opportunity to work in a systemic advocacy group preparing and presenting Public Legal Education workshops and systemic advocacy research projects. CLA is a Student Legal Service Organization (“SLSO”) providing free legal advice and representation for University of Windsor undergraduate students and low-income residents of Windsor and Essex County. We are located at #200 - 443 Ouellette in downtown Windsor. There is a direct bus route to the university. Travel time is usually 15 minutes by bus and 10 minutes by car.

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Our volunteers attend a mandatory two (2) hour group meeting once a week and devote 7 to 10 hours, as needed each week to their client files. Please find a full description of senior caseworker responsibilities on our website. Please find a full description of caseworker responsibilities is available on our website.

Please check out our CLA website for more information about the clinic.

If you are interested in applying, please complete the application form.

Please select all the group times that you are available for. Make sure that you allow for travel time to the clinic and please don’t choose group times if you are waitlisted for a course for the same time.

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SENIOR CASEWORKER POSITION (RETURNING AND NEW APPLICANTS):

• The deadline for the senior caseworkers is Wednesday, November 29, 2023 by 4:00 pm. (preference will be given to those with criminal and tribunal experience)

• APPLY HERE: https://uwindsor.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6rhn767Qj0LMxn0

 

RETURNING STUDENTS FOR CASEWORKER POSITION ONLY (OPENS NOVEMBER 30TH):

• The deadline for the returning students is December 15, 2023 by 4:00 pm. Applications will be accepted on a first come first served basis for those students who abided by the terms of the clinic’s Commitment Agreement.

• APPLY HERE: https://uwindsor.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cvz8PNV3cBrwdiS

 

NEW APPLICANTS FOR CASEWORKER POSITION ONLY (OPENS NOVEMBER 30TH):

• Applications will be accepted on a first come first served basis by Monday, December 18, 2023.

• APPLY HERE: https://uwindsor.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_erHVnIBAz9YVTbU

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Successful candidates will be notified by email in early-January, 2024. All groups will start the week of January 15, 2024.

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Volunteer Program

Community Legal Aid advertises volunteer applications for the Fall term in August of each year.  Winter term volunteer positions are advertised in December of each year.

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As a caseworker, you communicate directly with clients, opposing parties, court staff and our community partners. You conduct legal research and draft correspondence pertaining to your client files. 

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Returning as a senior caseworker, you will be responsible for the tribunal or court advocacy of files in your assigned group. Our senior caseworkers appear before the Ontario Court of Justice, Superior Court – Small Claims Court and the Landlord and Tenant Board.

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Groups meet once a week at a set group time for a two-hour period. Volunteers are expected to conduct their work throughout the week, and beyond their set group time depending on file requirements.