2026 Summer Law Student (2L) - 113 Positions

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING FINAL CLOSING DATES AND TIMES FOR SUBMISSIONS:

Monday, July 21, 2025, at 5 pm: Toronto

Monday, July 7, 2025, at 5 pm: East Region (Ottawa)

Monday, July 21, 2025, at 5 pm: Belleville, Cornwall, Cobourg/Lindsay/Peterborough, Durham (Oshawa), Guelph, Kenora/Dryden, Kingston, Kitchener, London, North Bay, Renfrew (Pembroke), Sault Ste. Marie, St. Thomas, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Timmins, Windsor and York (Newmarket)

Friday, August 1, 2025, at 5 pm: Simcoe (Barrie)

Friday, October 24, 2025, at 5 pm: Sarnia

Are you a law student looking to have a summer law student (2L) contract as part of your learning pathway towards being called to the bar in Ontario?

The Ministry of the Attorney General is now recruiting for our 2026 2nd year (2L) Summer Law Student positions.

The Ontario government is one of the largest employers of law students in Canada, hiring approximately 100 summer law students and 200 articling / law practice program / integrated practice curriculum students every year. Our law student programs offer the opportunity to gain legal skills in a supportive and collaborative environment. Students participate in work that has a real and meaningful impact on the lives of Ontarians. See our website for more information on our law student programs: Law student programs | Ontario.ca

Opportunities are offered in a wide variety of practice areas in locations around the province. Please visit ViLaw Portal to access the Summer Law Student 2025 recruitment postings for details on each opportunity and to apply. If you cannot apply through ViLawPortal, please [email protected] for an accessible listing of the job postings.

This job ad will be amended to reflect an updated listing of opportunities that are currently open.

About the job

The Ontario government is one of the largest employers of law students in Canada, hiring approximately 100 summer law students and 200 articling / law practice program / integrated practice curriculum students every year. Our law student programs offer the opportunity to gain legal skills in a supportive and collaborative environment. Students participate in work that has a real and meaningful impact on the lives of Ontarians. See our website for more information on our law student programs: Law student programs | Ontario.ca

Opportunities are offered in a wide variety of practice areas in locations around the province. Please visit ViLaw Portal to access the Summer Law Student 2026 recruitment postings for details on each opportunity and to apply. If you cannot apply through ViLawPortal, please [email protected] for an accessible listing of the job postings.

2026 1L Summer Law Student recruitment will begin in January 2026.

What you bring to the team

Mandatory requirements

You are required to be a law student (LL.B, J.D. or equivalent) who will be completing their 2nd year of law school in 2026 and entering the Law Society of Ontario's lawyer licensing process Articling/LPP/IPC program in 2027-2028.

How to Apply

Please visit ViLaw Portal to access the 2nd year (2L) Summer Law Student recruitment postings for details on each opportunity. Each position posting will list the required documents and number of reference names.

Incomplete applications may not be considered.

Deadlines

Monday, July 21, 2025, at 5 pm: Toronto

Monday, July 7, 2025, at 5 pm: East Region (Ottawa)

Monday, July 21, 2025, at 5 pm: Belleville, Cobourg/Lindsay/Peterborough, Cornwall, Durham (Oshawa), Guelph, Kenora/Dryden, Kingston, Kitchener, London, North Bay, Renfrew (Pembroke), Sault Ste. Marie, St. Thomas, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Timmins, Windsor and York (Newmarket)

Friday, August 1, 2025, at 5 pm: Simcoe (Barrie)

Friday, October 24, 2025, at 5 pm: Sarnia

If you cannot apply through ViLawPortal, please [email protected] for an accessible listing of the job postings.

How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility

We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer  accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please  contact us.

Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:

• diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• accessibility
• Anti-Racism Policy

What we offer

Our summer law student positions are part of the learning pathway that will support the  experiential-training-competencies for lawyer candidates, established by the Law Society of Ontario.

The following job posting has a deadline of Monday, July 7, 2025, at 5pm:

East Region (Ottawa) Crown Attorney's Office (two (2) bilingual, two (2) unilingual)

The following job postings have a deadline of Monday, July 21, 2025 at 5pm:

Assistant Deputy Minister's Office - Criminal Law Division (Toronto) (one – 1 – position)
Belleville Crown Attorney's Office (one – 1 – position)
Complex Prosecutions Bureau (Toronto) (two – 2 – positions)
Constitutional Law Branch (Toronto) (Up to four (4) positions)
Cornwall Crown Attorney's Office (two – 2 – position)
Crown Law Office – Civil (Toronto) (8 unilingual, 1 bilingual)
Crown Law Office – Criminal (Toronto) (10 positions)
Crown Law Office - Criminal - Human Trafficking Team (two - 2 - positions)
Guelph Crown Attorney's Office – (one – 1 – position)
Durham (Oshawa) Crown Attorney's Office (three – 3 – positions)
Kenora/Dryden Crown Attorney's Office (two – 2 – positions)
Kingston Crown Attorney's Office (two – 2 – position)
Kitchener (Waterloo) Crown Attorney's Office (two – 2 – positions)
Law Enforcement Complaints Agency – Legal Unit (Toronto) – (one – 1 – position)
MEDJCT / Energy / MRTR Legal Services (Toronto) (two – 2 – positions)
Middlesex (London) Crown Attorney's Office (two – 2 – positions)
Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services Family Responsibility Office (Toronto) (two – 2 – positions)
Minister of Finance – Legal Services Branch (Toronto) (three – 3 – positions)
Ministry of Health and Long Term Care – Legal Services Branch (Toronto) (two – 2 – positions)
Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development - Legal Services Branch (Toronto) (four – 4 – positions)
Ministry of Natural Resources - Legal Services Branch (Toronto) - (two - 2 - positions)
Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement / Infrastructure – Legal Services Branch (Toronto) (two – 2 positions)
Ministry of the Solicitor General – Legal Services Branch (Toronto) (four – 4 – positions)
North Bay Crown Attorney's Office (one – 1 – position)
Office of the Chief Coroner Inquest Unit (Toronto) (two – 2 – positions)
Office of the Children's Lawyer (Toronto) (four – 4 – positions)
Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee - Legal Services Branch (Toronto) (four – 4 – positions)
Peterborough Crown Attorney's Office (includes Cobourg & Lindsay) – (one – 1 – position)
Renfrew County (Pembroke) Crown Attorney's Office (one – 1 – position)
Sault Ste. Marie Crown Attorney's Office (two – 2 – positions)
St. Thomas Crown Attorney's Office (one – 1 – position)
Sudbury Crown Attorney's Office (two – 2 – positions)
Thunder Bay Crown Attorney's Office (two – 2 – positions)
Timmins Crown Attorney's Office (one – 1 – position)
Toronto Crown Attorney's Office (10 positions)
Treasury Board Secretariat, Legal Services Branch (Toronto ) (two – 2 – positions)
Tribunals Ontario (Toronto) (two – 2 – positions)
Windsor Crown Attorney's Office (two – 2 – positions)
York (Newmarket) Crown Attorney's Office (three – 3 – positions)


The following job posting has a deadline of Friday, August 1, 2025, at 5pm:

Simcoe (Barrie) Crown Attorney's Office (three – 3 - positions)

The following job posting has a deadline of Friday, October 24, 2025, at 5 pm:

Sarnia Crown Attorney's Office ( one - 1- position)

 Additional information: 

Apply by: Friday, October 24, 2025 11:59 pm EDT 

Position details:

• 3 Bilingual English/French Temporary, duration up to 4 months, Any City, Anywhere in Ontario , Criminal Record Check
• 106 English Temporary, duration up to 4 months, Any City, Anywhere in Ontario , Criminal Record Check
• 4 English Temporary, duration up to 4 months, Any City, Anywhere in Ontario , Criminal Record and Judicial Matters Check

Compensation group: Association of Law Officers of the Crown 

Work hours: Schedule 11

Category: Legal Services 

Posted on: Tuesday, June 10, 2025 

Note: 

• This ad is also available in French.
• About security checks:
  A criminal or other federal offence record does not automatically disqualify you from the position. We consider each situation based on the position's responsibilities.
  If a check is needed and you've lived outside of Canada in the past 5 years for 6 or more months in a row, or if you are not a Canadian resident, you'll need to provide an out-of-country police clearance certificate from the country you lived in.
  Employment screening checks are only reviewed and evaluated by the Transition and Security Office, which also maintains them and keeps them strictly confidential.

 How to apply:

1. You must submit your application using only one of the methods identified below.
2. Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the  Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.
3. Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. We rely on the information you provide to us.
4. Be sure to quote the Job ID number for this position.
5. OPS employees are required to quote their WIN EMPLOYEE ID number when applying.

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Language requirements and assessment:
All external Ontario Public Service (OPS) job ads are posted in English and French. Check the "position(s) language" section at the top of each job ad for the language requirements. For all roles, candidates are assessed in English, the business language of the OPS. If the position is bilingual (English/French), you'll also need to pass a French-language proficiency test. 

Exigences en matière de langue et évaluation:
Toutes les offres d'emploi externes de la fonction publique de l'Ontario (FPO) sont affichées en français et en anglais. Consultez la section « Langue du ou des postes » en haut de chaque offre d'emploi pour connaître les exigences linguistiques. Pour tous les postes, les candidats sont évalués en anglais, la langue d'affaires de la FPO. Si le poste est bilingue (anglais/français), vous devrez également passer un test de compétences linguistiques en français. 


All external applicants (including former employees of the Ontario Public Service) applying to a competition in a ministry or Commission public body must disclose (either in the cover letter or resume) previous employment with the Ontario Public Service. Disclosure must include positions held, dates of employment and any active restrictions as applicable from being rehired by the Ontario Public Service. Active restrictions can include time and/or ministry-specific restrictions currently in force, and may preclude a former employee from being offered a position with the Ontario Public Service for a specific time period (e.g. one year), or from being offered a position with a specific ministry (either for a pre-determined time period or indefinitely). The circumstances around an employee's exit will be considered prior to an offer of employment.

Information collection notice

We are collecting your personal information to assess how well you meet the qualifications for employment with the Ontario Public Service, and for related recruitment purposes. The collection of personal information is necessary to the proper administration of OPS Careers, which is an authorized common service in accordance with s. 6 of the Ministry of Government Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.25.

Please do not include any more personal information than is needed for your application (for example, do not include your photograph or social insurance number).

If you have any questions about how your information is collected, used, shared or saved, please contact us.

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