Offer summary

Qualifications:

An LL.B., J.D., or equivalent is required., Active membership in good standing in the Law Society of Ontario is necessary., Significant practical experience related to prison law is essential., Prior teaching experience is considered an asset..

Key responsibilities:

Train students to operate the JAILine Legal Information Line service.

Undertake follow-up work on calls to the JAILine service as appropriate.

Provide support on legal research, public legal education, and community engagement.

Advocate for law reform related to issues arising from the JAILine service.

Job description

Location:

Main Campus

Session:

2025 Fall Semester | Trimestre d'automne

Faculty:

Section de Common Law / Common Law Section

Unit:

Faculty of Law - Common Law Section_PT

Course Title:

CML3186

Course Code:

Access to Justice Practicum: Prison Law Clinic

Section:

Course Description:

This Prison Law Clinic is an offering in the Access to Justice Practicum course group. This course is the Level II offering of the Prison Law Clinic.

The Prison Law Clinic course focuses on supporting the Jail Accountability and Information Line service (JAILine service), a phone line operated by community volunteers working in solidarity with people incarcerated at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (OCDC) and their loved ones. The main focus of the JAILine service is to assist incarcerated people with issues about conditions of confinement and community re-integration. These issues often involve intersecting considerations of human rights law and administrative law, and sometimes aspects of criminal law. Students in the Prison Law Clinic course offer two primary types of support to the JAILine service: first, students are trained to operate a JAILine Legal Information Line service (JAILine-LIL service) and to undertake follow-up work on calls to the service, as appropriate; second, students offer more general support on issues or projects arising from or associated with the JAILine service, potentially including legal research, public legal education, community engagement and law reform advocacy. Through participation in this course, student will develop and enhance their substantive legal knowledge and practical skills in community-oriented legal assistance. In addition, students will develop their understanding of the concept and reality of access to justice and the social context of law and legal needs.

Posting limited to:

Professeur à temps-partiel régulier / Regular Part-Time Professor

Date Posted:

May 06, 2025

Applications must be received BEFORE:

June 07, 2025

Expected Enrolment:

Approval date:

May 06, 2025

Number of credits:

Work Hours:

Course type:

Posting type:

Régulier / Regular

Language of instruction:

Anglais | English

Competence in second language:

Passive

Course Schedule:

- - - No determined schedule

Requirements:

The Common Law Section is seeking candidates who are leaders in the legal profession. The Prison Law Clinic course is online. An LL.B., J.D., or equivalent is required for this position. Active membership in good standing in the Law Society of Ontario and Lawpro insurance are also required. The successful candidate will have significant practical experience related to prison law. Prior teaching experience will be considered an asset.

The Common Law Section reserves the right to select a candidate who does not fully meet each of these requirements, where the candidate’s selection would be beneficial to the program, the course, the students or for a related reason.

Additional Information and/or Comments:

This posting is for a co-taught course. There are two postings for this position. A second posting for this course is also available. Submitting your application to this particular posting will not make you eligible by default to other postings

An acceptable level of education and/or experience could be viewed as being equivalent to the educational required and/or demonstrated experience. If you are invited to continue the selection process, please notify us of any adaptive measures you might require. Information you send us will be handled respectfully and in complete confidence. Employees are required under provincial law to successfully complete all mandatory legislated training. The list of training may be modified by provincial law.

The hiring process will be governed by the current APTPUO collective agreements; you can click here for the main unit, here for the OLBI unit, or here for the Toronto/Windsor unit to find out more.

The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact vra.affairesprofessorales@uottawa.ca to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 – Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1, 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.

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