Ryerson University and the University of Ottawa, as providers of the Law Society’s Law Practice Program, work with candidates and the profession to arrange for work placements. Through partnerships with the legal community across the province, the LPP provides candidates with work placement opportunities in a variety of practice areas and contexts, including traditional law firms, in-house legal departments, non-governmental organizations and legal clinics. Work placements are arranged on an ongoing basis during the training course component of the LPP. Candidates are required to engage in a screening and interview process in order to secure a work placement. The placement process takes into account candidates’ interests and preferences as well as employers’ needs. Final selection of candidates who receive offers for work placements is determined by the employer.
Placements may be paid or unpaid. The level of pay in paid placements will vary across different organizations and areas of the province. The providers of the LPP will work to ensure that as many work placements as possible are paid.
The diverse nature of available work placements means that opportunities are located throughout the province. Candidates may therefore be required to consider temporarily re-locating for the four-month period of their work placement.