Are you entering your second or third year of law school at Windsor Law? 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 Windsor Law’s “Mental Health Justice” clinic this coming academic year for credits! Professor Sheldon is taking applications for a 3-credit experiential education experience. The 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 (https://empowermentcouncil.ca/).
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. Four students will be selected each term. Students will participate in a two-hour weekly clinic seminar, and attend in person three 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.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: MENTAL HEALTH JUSTICE CLINIC, F2024/W2025
Join Windsor Law’s Mental Health Justice Clinic this coming academic year! Are you entering your second or third year of law school at Windsor Law? 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 Windsor Law’s “Mental Health Justice” clinic this coming academic year for credits! Professor Sheldon is taking applications for a 3-credit experiential education experience. The 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 (https://empowermentcouncil.ca/).
To learn more about the clinic please visit: https://www.uwindsor.ca/law/341/clinical-and-experiential-learning. 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. 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. To apply for this for-credit opportunity, please apply online by 4:00pm on June 24, 2024 via Qualtrics survey at: Experiential Learning Clinic Application.
Selected candidates will undergo virtual interviews shortly thereafter. Any questions can be directed to Professor Sheldon (Tess.Sheldon@uwindsor.ca). Good luck with your applications!
*Please note that the application survey will be launched shortly. Please return to check for updates soon.
Are you entering your second or third year of law school at Windsor Law? Are you interested 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 Windsor Law’s “Mental Health Justice” clinic this summer!
Professor Sheldon is taking applications for the summer program, “Mental Health Justice Hub” 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 (https://empowermentcouncil.ca/). 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, disability law, human rights and inquest law.
One student will be hired, who will be paid $19.38/hr for 18 hours a week for 14 weeks between early May and mid-August.
Students will work remotely for the most part, 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.
To apply for this summer opportunity, please send a brief cover letter outlining your interest in the summer program, a CV, and your unofficial transcript to Tess.Sheldon@uwindsor.ca by 12pm on March 8, 2024. Interviews for selected candidates will be conducted virtually in the week of March 18, 2024.