APTPUO - WINTER 2025 - CML2179 WD

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:

Access to Justice: Ticket Defence Program

Course Code:

CML2179

Section:

WD

Course Description:

This course uses an experience-based learning format to teach students how to provide real-world, community-oriented legal assistance. Students will work individually and/or in groups, under academic and professional supervision, on various legal aspects relating to the “Ticket Defence” program, which is a program to defend clients charged with committing provincial offences, infringing municipal by-laws, or committing other poverty-related offences. The course will teach students how to work with clients, provide public legal education, do legal research, and engage in community lawyering. 

Posting limited to:

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

Date Posted:

October 03, 2024

Closing Date:

November 05, 2024

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above

Expected Enrolment:

15

Approval date:

October 03, 2024

Number of credits:

2

Work Hours:

26

Course type:

B

Posting type:

Régulier / Regular

Language of instruction:

Anglais | English

Competence in second language:

Passive

Course Schedule:

- - - TBD

Requirements:

The Common Law Section is seeking candidates who are leaders in the legal profession. An LL.B., J.D., or equivalent is required for this position. Membership in the Law Society of Ontario in good standing is also required. The successful candidate will have significant practical experience related to defending clients charged with committing provincial defences, violating municipal by-laws and other poverty-related offences. Familiarity with dealing with socio-economically disadvantaged and street-involved populations is an asset. Prior teaching experience is also valued.  

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:

The candidate may be required to teach this course either online, in-person or hybrid mode at the discretion of the Faculty and in accordance with public health guidelines

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 Univers