J0926-0593

Job Location:

Toronto

Job Category:
Customer Service / Customer Associates

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As an integral partner in the Justice system, working at Legal Aid Ontario is more than just a job. It's an opportunity to help people who need it the most; to ensure each client receives the access to justice afforded to them under the law.

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Primary function
This position is responsible for supporting the Toronto Criminal Duty Counsel Office by advancing a client’s legal matter for clients who are being held at the Toronto East Detention Centre. The LAW will work under the direct supervision of a Manager Lawyer and will assess complex and high-risk cases and will have decision making authority in criminal matters. The LAW will review financial and legal information with clients and provide them with procedural information and referrals.

The LAW will provide directors, managers, supervisor and staff lawyers with the details of the client’s legal matter. The LAW will assist in bail preparation including interviewing clients, preparing surety affidavits and making appropriate referrals to external agencies when needed. The client will refer and triage complex legal matters to the staff duty counsel for legal advice. Home

Location:

Toronto East Detention Centre (55 Civic Road) Secondary Locations: TSDC, 10 Armoury Street, 2201 Finch Avenue West, 21 Panorama Court, and any other location in Toronto where Toronto district services are provided. Reporting to:
Manager of Legal Services.

Key accountabilities

Interview and triage clients being held at the Toronto East Detention Centre to determine their legal issue and to make the appropriate referral. Duties may include assisting the duty counsel lawyers with bail preparation by contacting sureties, preparing affidavits and referring matters to appropriate agencies when necessary.

Interviewing clients and triaging those clients needing legal advice to duty counsel lawyers.

Assist with certificate management and the certificate application process and particularly assist clients from vulnerable backgrounds who may be experiencing difficulty in making their legal aid application while in custody.

Review and determine financial eligibility of complex case files, including big case management.

Assist in managing mid-level and big case files in co-ordination with other…