Location:

Main Campus

Session:

Faculty:

Section de Common Law / Common Law Section

Unit:

Faculty of Law - Common Law Section_PT

Course Title:

CML2184

Course Code:

Access to Justice Practicum: Prison Law Clinic (Level I Enhanced)

Section:

C

Course Description:

This course provides a small number of upper-year students with the unique opportunity to undertake hands-on work in prison law in support of the Jail Accountability and Information Line (JAIL Line), a phone line operated by community volunteers working in solidarity with people who are incarcerated at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (OCDC) and their loved ones.

This innovative course blends substantive learning in prison law with practical, hands-on experience providing legal information to the Ottawa community. Students will receive training on how to take phone calls on the JAIL Line. They will also support the JAIL LINE’s work by researching complex legal issues faced by prisoners at the OCDC.

Student work will be partially self-directed, and will include a mix of foundational lectures, student-led projects, and work in the community. Class time may be put to a variety of uses, including: overview lectures, group discussions, and research-team meetings. Team meetings and appointments with project supervisors will be expected and may need to be scheduled outside class time.

Posting limited to:

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

Date Posted:

April 14, 2025

Applications must be received BEFORE:

May 15, 2025

Expected Enrolment:

20

Approval date:

April 14, 2025

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:

- - - Winter 2026 Tuesday 9:30 – 10:50 Thursday 17:30 – 18:50

Requirements:

Additional Information and/or Comments:

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.

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