Location:

Main Campus

Session:

2025 Trimestre d'hiver | Winter Term

Faculty:

Section de Common Law / Common Law Section

Unit:

Faculty of Law - Common Law Section_PT

Course Title:

Ecojustice Environmental Law Clinic

Course Code:

CML3180

Section:

W

Course Description:

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the practise of legal advocacy in relation to issues of environmental law and justice. This is an experiential learning course in which students work under the supervision of clinical legal educators (lawyer-instructors) on environmental problems and cases, on behalf of community and environmental groups. The course is operated in partnership with Ecojustice, the country’s largest public interest environmental law organization. The clinical legal educators will provide opportunities for students to be directly involved in various aspects of providing environmental law services to community and non-profit groups, such as: researching potential cases, writing legal memoranda, developing legal strategy, drafting pleadings and other written documents, and assisting with law reform efforts, litigation and other legal matters.

Posting limited to:

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

Date Posted:

November 26, 2024

Applications must be received BEFORE:

December 27, 2024

Expected Enrolment:

12

Approval date:

November 26, 2024

Number of credits:

1.5

Work Hours:

19.5

Course type:

B

Posting type:

Régulier / Regular

Language of instruction:

Anglais | English

Competence in second language:

Passive

Course Schedule:

- - - Tuesdays 11:30 – 12:50 Thursdays 10:00 to 11:20

Requirements:

Additional Information and/or Comments:

This is a consolidated posting for CML 3180 W and CML 3580 H which are taught in an integrated format in Winter term.

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 [email protected] 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.