Are you interested in human rights, mental health law, and disability justice? Have you reflected on the violence that legal systems inflict on consumers/survivors of the psychiatric system? Are you excited by the prospects of reimagining health equity as liberation?
Join the Mental Health Justice Clinic for credit during the academic year or for hire during the summer months!
The MHJ Clinic is funded by the Law Foundation of Ontario. Students will support the work of the Empowerment Council, a voice for the collective community of mental health and addiction service users primarily in the Toronto area. Students will conduct research to support the development of legal and other strategic responses to the access to justice barriers facing consumers and survivors of the psychiatric system. Areas of law will predominantly centre around mental health law, family law, housing justice and immigration/refugee law.
Upper year (2L and 3L) students are invited to apply for this 3-credit experiential learning opportunity at the Mental Health Justice Clinic.
Four students will be selected each term. Students will participate in a weekly clinic seminar and attend in-person four times a semester at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto. Mental Health and the Law and/or relevant lived experience is a pre-or co-requisite.
Mental Health Justice Clinic Application Form
Upper year (2L and 3L) students are invited to apply for a summer employment position at the Mental Health Justice Clinic.
No. of Positions: 1
Rate of Pay: $22.80/hour ($20/hour + benefits and vacation pay)
Term of Employment: 12 weeks, 40 hours/week
Students will work predominantly remotely, although in-person attendance will be necessary in Toronto on most Friday afternoons. Mental Health and the Law, Public Health Law and/or relevant lived experience is a pre-requisite.
Mental Health Justice Clinic Summer Hire Application Form
Applications for the Summer 2025 term are due on February 24.
Contact Prof Tess Sheldon, Clinic Director, for more information.