Employment at CELA

Employment at CELA:

CELA is a Legal Aid Ontario funded specialty clinic that employs five lawyers, four researchers, an articling student and two administrative assistants. See the Contact Us page for more information about who we are.

Articling at CELA:

Every year we are able to offer one articling position. To apply, please send a cover letter and resumé to Theresa McClenaghan, Executive Director, c/o Sharon Fleishman, Administrative Assistant, via regular mail or e-mail: sharon (at) cela.ca.

General information is described in CELA's articling brochure (PDF, 165kb). For additional questions not addressed in the brochure, please direct further inquiries to the current articling student by telephone, 416-960-2284 x 216 or e-mail: articling (at) cela.ca. We have also prepared an overview of careers in environmental law (PDF, 15kb) in response to some frequently asked questions about the type of work we do.

Volunteering, Summer Positions and Student Internships:

CELA occasionally obtains funding for summer students. In the event that we have an opening, we will post a notice in the News area of this site, likely in late winter or early spring. If we do not have an opening and you are interested in working in the area of social justice and poverty law, please see the LAO job site showing postings for all LAO community legal clinics.  The LAO site may inlcude postings for articling students, counsel, paralegals, community legal workers and administrative assistants.  You may also try the Law Society of Upper Canada's job site for similar postings in the private bar.

Otherwise, we welcome volunteer applications from those who are well qualified and passionate about environmental law in Canada. We are interested in mentoring highly motivated, self-directed individuals with a strong background in environmental law, academic research and community development.  Please submit your cover letter and resumé care of Sharon Fleishman via regular mail or email (see above).

We review volunteer applications on a quarterly basis as follows: February, May, August, and October. As we appreciate your effort in applying, we may only respond to those applicants we are interested in taking on as volunteers.

The CELA Board of Directors:

If you have an expertise and would like to contribute to decisions taken by CELA, you may be interested in becoming a board member. If so please contact Sharon Fleishman. For more information about our board see the list of Current Board Members including a brief description of who they are and what they do.