Employment Opportunities
Employment Opportunities relating to the legal profession are welcomed for posting on our site. To post a career opportunity please submit your advertisement to lawsociety@lspei.pe.ca.
- Employer: Newfoundland & Labrador Legal Aid CommissionLocation: Grand Falls-WindsorJob Title: Staff Solicitor (Permanent)Closing Date: Friday, October 27, 2017The Newfoundland & Labrador Legal Aid Commission is proud to provide an innovative and collaborative legal aid system that responds to the needs of low income persons. Our services promote access to justice through the provision of quality legal assistance for criminal, family and some administrative law matters. Legal services are provided through a staff based delivery model via eleven full service offices, five project offices and duty counsel services province wide.
The successful applicant will have a mixed practice with a wide range of responsibilities including but not limited to: conducting hearings, trials and appeals in the Gander Office and in other judicial centers across the province, providing legal opinions and ensuring that legal services are provided in a timely, effective and efficient manner in order to provide the highest level of service to clients.
View Job Posting - Employer: Newfoundland & Labrador Legal Aid CommissionLocation: St. John'sJob Title: Staff Solicitor - I year contractual positionClosing Date: Friday, October 27, 2017The Newfoundland & Labrador Legal Aid Commission is proud to provide an innovative and collaborative legal aid system that responds to the needs of low income persons. Our services promote access to justice through the provision of quality legal assistance for criminal, family and some administrative law matters. Legal services are provided through a staff based delivery model via eleven full service offices, five project offices and duty counsel services province wide.
The successful applicant will have a mixed practice with a wide range of responsibilities including but not limited to:
- conducting hearings, trials and appeals in the St. John’s Office and in other judicial centers across the province
- providing legal opinions
- addressing legal problems which are complex and unique and require initiative, creativity, research and self-direction
- ensuring that legal services are provided in a timely, effective and efficient manner in order to provide the highest level of service to clients
- providing duty counsel services to persons arrested by the police who are appearing in Provincial or Youth Court who would otherwise be unrepresented
- taking carriage of complex files on short notice which may require travel to various locations, including overnight stays
View Job Posting - Employer: Public Prosecution Service of CanadaLocation: various PPSC regional officesJob Title: ProsecutorsClosing Date: Friday, September 29, 2017Seeking lawyers to work in regions across Canada
Are you ready to make a difference? Whether you are a law student, a recent grad or an experienced lawyer, joining our team of prosecutors will be a transformative experience – both professionally and personally. You will work in the public interest, by prosecuting a broad range of criminal offences related to drugs, organized crime, terrorism, money laundering, human trafficking, war crimes, and so on. Your role will also include advising the RCMP and other investigative agencies, all while having an opportunity to learn about the culture, unique experiences and attractions in one of our 11 regional offices across Canada.View Job Posting - Employer: Newfoundland & Labrador Legal Aid CommissionLocation: Multiple locationsJob Title: Staff SolicitorsClosing Date: Monday, September 25, 2017The Newfoundland & Labrador Legal Aid Commission is proud to provide an innovative and collaborative legal aid system that responds to the needs of low income persons. Our services promote access to justice through the provision of quality legal assistance for criminal, family and some administrative law matters. Legal services are provided through a staff based delivery model via eleven full service offices, five project offices and duty counsel services province wide.
We are currently seeking Staff Solicitors to join our teams in the following locations:
Stephenville – Permanent
Stephenville – 12 month contractual
Clarenville – Permanent
Gander - Permanent
Solicitors will have a mixed practice with a wide range of responsibilities including but not limited to: conducting hearings, trials and appeals, providing legal opinions and ensuring that legal services are provided in a timely, effective and efficient manner in order to provide the highest level of service to clients.
View Job Posting - Employer: Newfoundland & Labrador Legal Aid CommissionLocation: Happy Valley Goose BayJob Title: Staff SolicitorClosing Date: Monday, September 25, 2017Come for the career, stay for the lifestyle. Make the move to Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Newfoundland and Labrador Legal Aid Commission is currently searching for a Staff Solicitor (permanent) for a unique opportunity in a diverse northern community.
The Newfoundland & Labrador Legal Aid Commission is proud to provide an innovative and collaborative legal aid system that responds to the needs of low income persons. This is your opportunity to live in a Northern Community where your passion for access to justice and your love of the outdoors combine to provide a fast-paced, fulfilling work life balance.
The successful applicant will have a mixed practice with a wide range of responsibilities including but not limited to: conducting hearings, trials and appeals in the Happy Valley Goose Bay area and in other judicial centers across the province, providing legal opinions and ensuring that legal services are provided in a timely, effective and efficient manner in order to provide the highest level of service to clients.
View Job Posting - Employer: Nova Scotia Barristers' SocietyLocation: Halifax, Nova ScotiaJob Title: Executive DirectorClosing Date: Wednesday, November 1, 2017
The Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society (NSBS) regulates the legal profession in Nova Scotia in the public interest by ensuring that lawyers are competent, ethical, and practice law in accordance with the standards set by the Society. Through linkages with the Courts, government departments and participants, the Society seeks to facilitate dialogue and cooperation that will improve all aspects of the justice system for Nova Scotians.
Reporting to the Council and working closely with the President of the NSBS, the Executive Director (ED) is responsible for the management and coordination of the Society’s operations, finances, organizational structure, and governance through a proactive, principled, and proportionate approach to all aspects of regulation.
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- Employer: Cox & PalmerLocation: Summerside, PEIJob Title: LawyerClosing Date: Saturday, September 30, 2017
The Summerside office is currently seeking a lawyer. The successful candidate will have a minimum of one year legal experience post-call (but could have considerably more), with demonstrated competency in property, wills and estates, and corporate commercial work. Family, litigation or fisheries law experience is considered an asset. Cox & Palmer is a full-service, top-ranked Atlantic Canadian law firm with knowledge and experience clients rely on for solid legal solutions.
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