Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) Research Project

Project Type: Research (memoranda used for internal purposes only)

Fields of Law: Constitutional Law, Public Law, Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Human Rights Law.

Positions Available: 1

This is a joint project in which University of Toronto students may work with students from other Ontario law schools.

About the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA):

CCLA is a national, non-partisan, non-profit organization that fights for the civil liberties, human rights, and democratic freedoms of all people across Canada. We are an independent, national, nongovernmental organization, working in the courts, before legislative committees, in classrooms and in the streets, protecting the rights and freedoms cherished by Canadians and entrenched in our Constitution

Project Details:

Students will be asked to conduct legal research and prepare memoranda on various topics by the CCLA’s Program Directors. This may include case briefs, reviews of draft or proposed legislation, policy reviews and research memoranda on fundamental freedoms, police powers, national security, privacy, criminal law reform, and equality. Students may periodically be asked to conduct social science research as well, used to inform CCLA’s advocacy and education work.

Will the student(s) be expected to show up for regular shifts each week, or is the schedule flexible?

The Program Director supervisors will work with students to determine either regular shifts or to allow for flexible work. Generally, flexibility should be possible.

Requirements and Expectations:

First-year (1L) students cannot volunteer for this project.

French fluency is an asset.

CCLA is looking for upper year students who have completed a course on constitutional/public law, and who have expressed an interest in CCLA and/or civil liberties/human rights work.