General Career Planning
www.workinfonet.ca | A comprehensive Canadian site with over 1800 links to information on jobs, recruiting and career planning |
www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infocecs/ CRC/manual |
A manual to guide you through all the stages of your job search, including self assessments |
www.workforcelink.com/html/ sassessment.asp |
Links to self assessment instruments on line |
www.wetfeet.com | Articles about self assessments and the legal profession |
www.profdev.lp.findlaw.com | Mark Byer’s Professional Development Site |
www.canonsofconstruction.com | University of Alberta Student Publication containing summer employment survey |
Job search engine. |
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A comprehensive job search engine that pulls postings from 6000 sources Canada-wide. | |
https://www.allaboutllms.co.uk/ | Search for LLM courses, browse law schools, get your daily fix of LLM news. |
Government
www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca | For information about jobs in Canada, including resources and links to other government programs/services |
www.gc.ca | Federal government employment opportunities |
www.youth.gc.ca | Includes information on the labour market, education and training, job search techniques, self-assessment tools, government programs and international opportunities |
www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca | Ontario government employment opportunities in various provincial ministries |
www.gov.on.ca/MBS/english/ summer/index.html |
Summer positions with the Ontario Government |
www.canada.justice.gc.ca/jobs | Department of Justice, Legal Excellance program for summer and articling |
Public Interest and International
www.charityvillage.com | Information about not-for-profit agencies, including job postings |
www.idealist.org | Volunteer and internship opportunities around the world |
www.equaljusticeworks.org | Information about summer and postgraduate internships, fellowships and jobs in public interest; provides training and support for public service career planning ***Windsor Law is a member school |
www.idrc.ca/awards/index.html | International internships |
www.hri.ca | Human Rights Internet |
http://www.learnhowtobecome.org/volunteer-and-nonprofit-careers/ | Volunteer and Nonprofit Careers |
PSJD.org | Public Service Jobs Directory |
Legal Links
www.lawsocietyalberta.com | Law Society of Alberta |
www.lawsociety.mb.ca | Law Society of Manitoba |
www.lawsociety.bc.ca | Law Society of British Columbia |
www.lsuc.on.ca | Law Society of Upper Canada |
www.nsbs.ca | Nova Scotia’s Barrister’s Society |
www.lawsociety.sk.ca | Law Society of Saskatchewan |
www.lawsociety.nt.ca | Law Society of Northwest Territories |
www.barreau.qc.ca | Barreau du Quebec |
www.flsc.ca | Federation of Law Societies of Canada |
www.canadianlawlist.com | Directory of lawfirms, judges and government |
www.martindale.com | Information about the legal profession worldwide, including lawyer locator, job postings and career planning |
www.acjnet.org | Access to Justice, a Canadian site for law and justice resource material |
www.lolaw.com | Comprehensive resources for legal services in Canada |
www.nalpdirectory.com | US employer survey’s |
www.canlaw.net/canlaw | The Canadian Legal Network: links to lawfirms, courts, governments, research, legal classifieds |
www.netlegal.com | The Surfing Lawyer, legal sites organized by theme |
www.lexpert.ca | List of leading practitioners in major Canadian cities |
www.chambersandpartners.com | Legal Reference publisher including The World’s Leading Lawyers, America’s Leading Business Lawyers, Guide to the UK Legal Profession, Student Guide to the Legal Profession |
www.agcas.org.uk | Graduate Studies information |
www.llm-guide.com | A guide to LLM Programs |
www.nalp.org | National Association of Law Placement – for summer and permanent associate positions in the US |
www.abanet.org | The American Bar Association – list of ABA approved law schools; bar requirements |
www.canadalegal.com | Legal information organized into 50 categories for 100 areas of law |
www.gahtan.com | Canadian legal resources |
www.canlaw.net | Legal search engine |
www.hg.org/lawfirms.html | Hieros Gamos World Wide Directory |
www.macarriere.gc.ca/careerverdict | Career Verdict Magazine with an online list of career resources |
www.cba.org | Canadian Bar Association |
www.canada.justice.gc.ca/en/ dept/pub/trib |
Information on Canada’s court system |
www.cjlt.dal.ca | The Canadian Journal of Law and Technology |
www.innovationlaw.org | The Centre for Innovation Law and Policy |
www.iael.org | The International Association of Entertainment Lawyers |
www.uchastings.edu/comment | University of California Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal |
www.entlawdigest.com | Entertainment Law Digest |