Employers and Organizations

Recruitment — Faculty of Law

Common Law

Career Development Centre

Employers and Organizations

Discover how to connect with emerging talent and foster impactful collaborations through a variety of opportunities with uOttawa’s Career Development Centre (CDC).

The staff at the CDC is committed to the academic and professional success of all students at the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section. Part of our role consists of fostering strong relationships with employers and organizations in the legal community to ensure that our students secure rewarding and meaningful opportunities throughout their studies and beyond.

Find out more about how to engage with our students below!

Important Job Posting Policies

All employers that post job opportunities with the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section agree to provide a workplace that is free of discrimination in compliance with all provincial and federal Human Rights Legislation, and provincial law society professional standards, codes of conduct and recruitment procedures. All employers also agree to comply with our Recruiting Policies where applicable.

In Ontario, all articling opportunities must meet the LSO's Mandatory Minimum Compensation (MMC) policy unless exempted.

We reserve the right in our sole discretion to restrict, remove or refuse to post any job posting without notice that we feel is inappropriate for our students and/or alumni without notice.

We will not post any job opportunity or otherwise circulate employment information where a non-lawyer is seeking a student to perform legal research or engage in any activities that could potentially be construed as providing legal advice.

Posting a Job for Common Law Students & Alumni

If you have a work opportunity for students or alumni that you would like to advertise in the uOttawa common law jobs database, please click here to fill out the Job Posting form.

You may choose to e-mail an existing job posting to [email protected] respectively, but please ensure it contains the following information:

The application deadline (required).

The intended audience for the position.(1st year students and/or 2nd year students, Articling students or Alumni.)

Please provide a list of required application materials. The standard documents are - CV, cover letter and photocopy of official transcripts; some employers also require reference names; reference letters and/or writing samples. Please specify.

Who is the contact and what email can applications be sent to?

If different from the above contact, who should the cover letter be addressed to?

The number of positions available (if more than one).

A description of the position and any required qualifications.

Any other information available that you would like to include, i.e. Start date, salary information, etc…

Would you like the job posting shared with other Canadian Law Schools?

Summer Opportunities & Structured Recruitment

Employers are not required to participate in a summer recruitment process to post summer positions. If you are unable to predict your recruitment needs to meet the timelines associated with the organized summer recruitment processes or are in a region that does not have set procedures, we will post summer positions for you at any time that is convenient for you, please refer to the instructions in the “Posting a Job for Common Law Students & Alumni” section.

Your firm or organization may choose to participate in the formal summer recruitment processes, often referred to OCI (on campus interviews) which take place at various times during the academic year. Recruitment begin as early as July and as late as February depending on the city in which you are located. Regulations are set out by the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) or the governing body in your jurisdiction.

The University of Ottawa takes the lead on the Ottawa summer recruitment process and the specialized summer intellectual property recruitment process in Ottawa and shares this information with law schools in common law jurisdictions across Canada.

If your firm or organization is interested in participating or receiving more information on structured recruitment processes, please complete this form and we will be in touch ahead of the recruitment cycle requested.

Articling Positions

This process is similar to summer recruitment, many firms in Ontario will follow the set deadlines (for articling positions which will start the following year) according to the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) guidelines.

This process begins in early May and continues through July depending on the geographic location of the employer. Many of our students are from out of town/province or have an interest in relocating, therefore we post articling positions for cities all across Canada. The governing bodies of each jurisdiction will provide procedures and timelines for larger city centers. If you are unable to specify your recruitment needs to meet the timelines associated with the formal articling recruitment processes or are located in a region that does not have set procedures, you can send us your articling postings at any time, and we will post them for you.

There are many benefits associated with taking on an articling student. If you don’t think you are able to accommodate a student full time, please remember that many students are interested in joint articles in which they are able to split their time between two different types of legal employers. Part-time articles are also an option. For more details on the articling recruitment process in Ontario, please consult the articling recruitment procedures set out by the LSO.

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