Application Booklet 2014-2015 (Round 2)
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LEGAL CLINIC COURSE APPLICATION BOOKLET 2014-2015 Round II ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY: 5:00 pm Friday, May 9, 2014 by e-mail to [email protected] The information contained in this booklet applies to: Legal Clinic Course I (6 credits) Legal Clinic Course II (3 credits) & Legal Clinic III (3 credits) Legal Clinic Course placements are available for in the following terms: Summer 2014 Fall 2014 Winter 2015 Academic Year 2014-2015 Eligibility: Law students entering 3rd or 4th year Please address all questions to the Legal Clinic Coordinator at: [email protected] TABLE OF CONTENTS COURSE REQUIREMENTS & DESCRIPTION..........................................................................................................2 MAKING IT WORK: TIME & MONEY .......................................................................................................................5 NO WITHDRAWAL POLICY ........................................................................................................................................6 APPLICATION PROCEDURE .......................................................................................................................................7 SUMMARY OF ORGANIZATIONS ............................................................................................................................10 ACTION RÉFUGIÉS MONTRÉAL ................................................................................................................................................. 11 ALLIANCE DROIT SANTE DE LA FONDATION DOCTEUR JULIEN ...................................................................................... 12 CENTER FOR RESEARCH-ACTION ON RACE RELATIONS (CRARR)................................................................................... 13 CENTRE FOR AGING AND THE LAW ......................................................................................................................................... 14 CHEZ DORIS.................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 * CLINIQUE D'INFORMATION JURIDIQUE À MCGILL (LICM) : DIRECTORS.................................................................... 16 LEGAL INFORMATION CLINIC AT MCGILL (LICM) : SUMMER STUDENT....................................................................... 17 CLINIQUE JURIDIQUE DES ARTISTES DE MONTRÉAL (CJAM)............................................................................................ 18 COALITION DES ORGANISMES COMMUNAUTAIRES QUÉBÉCOIS DE LUTTE CONTRE LE SIDA (COCQ-SIDA)....... 19 CONCORDIA STUDENT UNION LEGAL INFORMATION CLINIC......................................................................................... 20 DANS LA RUE................................................................................................................................................................................. 21 ÉDUCALOI....................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 GROUPE D’AIDE ET D’INFORMATION SUR LE HARCELEMENT SEXUEL AU TRAVAIL DE LA PROVINCE DE QUÉBEC (GAIHST) ......................................................................................................................................................................... 23 * INDEPENDENT PLACEMENTS.................................................................................................................................................. 24 * INNOCENCE MCGILL - DIRECTORS ........................................................................................................................................ 25 INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DOUGLAS .............................................................................................. 26 JUST SOLUTIONS CLINIC - COMITÉ D’AIDE AUX RÉFUGIÉS............................................................................................... 27 JUST SOLUTIONS - MOBILE SENIORS LEGAL CLINIC ........................................................................................................... 28 MCGILL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTRE OFFICE OF THE OMBUDSMAN ...................................................................... 29 MILE END LEGAL CLINIC ............................................................................................................................................................ 30 NATIVE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE OF MONTREAL ....................................................................................................................... 31 NATIVE WOMEN’S SHELTER OF MONTREAL ......................................................................................................................... 32 NORTH AMERICAN COMMISSION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION (CEC)......................................................... 33 OPTION CONSOMMATEURS ....................................................................................................................................................... 34 PINAY – FILIPINO WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF QUEBEC..................................................................................................... 35 PORTAGE......................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 PROJECT GENESIS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 37 SHIELD OF ATHENA FAMILY SERVICES .................................................................................................................................. 38 SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (SPCA)................................................................................ 39 * STUDENT ADVOCACY – SENIOR ADVOCATES.................................................................................................................... 40 TATIANA GOMEZ .......................................................................................................................................................................... 41 WORLD ANTI-DOPING ASSOCIATION (WADA) ...................................................................................................................... 42 * Placements with separate recruitment procedures 1 COURSE REQUIREMENTS & DESCRIPTION COURSE DESCRIPTION The Legal Clinic Course (LCC) provides students with an opportunity to enrich their legal education through practical work experience in law-related fields. Students work in various community organizations and legal clinics providing legal information and assistance to socially disadvantaged individuals and groups. One aim of this course is to promote a deeper understanding of the legal system’s response to poverty and inequality. Students are confronted with the social reality of access to justice and the relationships between legal concerns and economic, psychological, ethical and other social problems. The course also allows students to pursue work in organizations devoted to promoting and researching public interest law. Students completing an LCC placement will be exposed to a variety of legal areas. Although different placements provide exposure to different areas of the law, placements typically offer exposure to family, elder, consumer, criminal, income security and social welfare, landlord-tenant, worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, immigration, animal rights, environmental and human rights law. Students who have completed four terms (i.e. those who are entering third or fourth year) in the Faculty of Law may earn up to 6 credits through the LCC by choosing to complete any of the following: A single 200-hour 6-credit course (WRIT 433D1/D2) A single 100-hour 3-credit course (WRIT 434) OR Two 100-hour 3-credit courses (WRIT 434 & WRIT 435) 6-credit courses may be completed over the summer or during any two consecutive terms. 3-credit courses may be completed during any term. CRITÈRES D’ADMISSIBILITÉ • Sont admissibles au cours de Clinique juridique les étudiants : o ayants complété au moins quatre sessions (2 ans d’études à la Faculté de droit de l’Université McGill) en droit avant de commencer le cours de Clinique juridique o munis d’une moyenne cumulative égale ou supérieure à 2,7 (la moyenne de chaque étudiant(e) sera vérifiée par le SAO avant le traitement de demandes) Les étudiants qui ont une moyenne cumulative inférieure à 2,7 sont invités à communiquer avec la Directrice du programme Me Helena Lamed afin de discuter de leur admissibilité. • Bien que cela ne soit pas obligatoire, on encourage les étudiants à faire du bénévolat au sein de la Clinique d’information juridique de McGill avant de s’inscrire au cours de Clinique juridique. NATURE OF THE WORK Students participating in the Legal Clinic Course can expect to perform tasks that are juridical in nature. During the course of a placement, students may be required to do any of the following: • Provide legal information either in person or by telephone. • Write legal memoranda. • Conduct legal research (library research, telephone inquiries). • Observe court and tribunal proceedings. • Lead public legal education activities (seminars, information meetings, etc.). 2 PLEASE NOTE! Clerical work or “court run”