2025-2026 Articling Student (151 positions)

Are you a law student looking to complete your experiential training required to be called to the bar in Ontario?

The Ministry of the Attorney General is now recruiting for our 2025-2026 articling positions.

The Ontario government is one of the largest employers of law students in Canada, hiring approximately 175 articling and law practice program students and 70 summer law students every year. Our law student programs offer the opportunity to gain legal skills in a supportive and collaborative environment. Students participate in work that has a real and meaningful impact on the lives of Ontarians. See our website for more information on our law student programs: Law student programs | Ontario.ca

Opportunities are offered in a wide variety of practice areas in locations around the province. Please visit ViLaw Portal to access the Articling Student 2025-2026 recruitment postings for details on each opportunity and to apply. If you cannot apply through ViLawPortal, please contact MAG.HR.LawStudents@ontario.ca for an accessible listing of the job postings.

This job ad will be amended to reflect an updated listing of opportunities that are currently open.

The hiring offices include:

Criminal Law Division - Regional Crown Attorney's Offices:
Barrie Crown Attorney's Office (two – 2 – positions)
Belleville Crown Attorney's Office (one – 1 – position)
Brampton/Peel Crown Attorney's Office (three – 3 – positions)
Brantford Crown Attorney's Office (one – 1 – position)
Complex Prosecutions Bureau (two - 2 -positions, 1 bilingual and 1 unilingual) - Toronto
Cornwall Crown Attorney's Office (two – 2 – positions: one – 1 – bilingual, one – 1 – unilingual)
Crown Law Office (Criminal) (CLOC) - part of the Human Trafficking Prosecution Team (two – 2 – positions) - Toronto
Crown Law Office (Criminal) (CLOC) (ten – 10 – positions) - Toronto
Dufferin Crown Attorney's Office (one-1-position)
Durham Crown Attorney's Office (two – 2 – positions)
Fort Frances (Rainy River) Crown Attorney's Office (one – 1 – position)
Guelph Crown Attorney's Office (one – 1 – position)
Halton Crown Attorney's Office (one – 1 – position)
Hamilton Crown Attorney's Office (two – 2 – positions)
Justice Centres (one – 1 – position)
Kapuskasing /Cochrane North Crown Attorney's Office (one – 1 – position)
Kenora/Dryden Crown Attorney's Office (two – 2 – positions)
Kingston Crown Attorney's Office (two – 2 – positions)
Kitchener Crown Attorney's Office (one-1-position)
London Crown Attorney's Office (two – 2 – positions)
Milton/Halton Crown Attorney's Office (one – 1 – position)
Newmarket Crown Attorney's Office (three – 3 – positions)
Niagara Crown Attorney's Office (two – 2 – positions)
Nipissing Crown Attorney's Office (one – 1 – position)
Oshawa/Durham Crown Attorney's Office (two – 2 – positions)
Ottawa Crown Attorney's Office – (three – 3 – positions, 1 bilingual, 2 unilingual)
Parry Sound Crown Attorney's Office (one – 1 – position)
Pembroke Brown Attorney's Office (one – 1 – position)
Peterborough Crown Attorney's Office (one – 1 – position)
Sarnia Crown Attorney's Office (one – 1 – position)
Sault Ste. Marie/Algoma Crown Attorney's Office (one – 1 – position)
St. Catharine and Welland/Niagara Crown Attorney's Office (two – 2 – positions)
Sudbury Crown Attorney's Office (one – 1 – position)
Temiskaming (Haileybury) Crown Attorney's Office (one – 1 – position)
Thunder Bay Crown Attorney's Office (one – 1 – position)
Timmins/Cochrane South Crown Attorney's Office – (one – 1 – position)
Toronto Crown Attorney's Office (ten – 10 – positions)
Windsor Crown Attorney's Office (two – 2 – positions)

Civil Law Division (all positions located in Toronto)
Constitutional Law (four – 4 – positions)
Crown Law Office - Civil (seventeen – 17 – positions)
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Legal Services Branch (one – 1 – position)
Ministry of Children, Community, and Social Services Legal Services Branch (two – 2 – positions)
Ministry of Children, Community, and Social Services Family Responsibility Office (four – 4 – positions)
Ministry of Education/Ministry of Colleges and Universities Legal Services Branch (one – 1 – position)
Ministry of Energy, Ministry of Red Tape Reduction, Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade Legal Services Branch (three – 3 – positions)
Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (three – 3 – positions)
Ministry of Finance Legal Services Branch (two to three - 2-3 - positions)
Ministry of Health and Ministry of Long-Term Care Legal Services Branch (two – 2 – positions)
Ministry of Indigenous Affairs Legal Services Branch (one – 1 – position)
Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development - Legal Services Branch (four – 4 – positions)
Ministry of Mines and Ministry of Northern Development, Legal Services Branch (one – 1 – position)
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing Legal Services Branch (one – 1 – position)
Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Legal Services Branch (one – 1 – position)
Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery/Infrastructure Legal Services Branch (four – 4 – positions)
Ministry of the Solicitor General (two – 2 – positions)
Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport/Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility/Ministry of Francophone Affairs/Ministry of Citizenship and and Multiculturalism (one – 1 – position)
Ministry of Transportation Legal Services Branch (two – 2 – positions)
Treasury Board Secretariat (three – 3 – positions)

Policy/Tribunals and Agencies Division (all positions located in Toronto)
Justice Policy Branch (one – 1 – position)
Tribunals Ontario (two – 2 – positions)
Ontario Human Rights Commission (one – 1 – position)
Ontario Land Tribunal (one – 1 – position)
Special Investigations Unit (one – 1 – position)

Court Services Division (all positions located in Toronto)
Operational Support Branch – (two – 2 – positions)
Ontario Court of Justice (one – 1 – position)

Victims and Vulnerable Persons Division (all positions located in Toronto)
Office of the Children's Lawyer (four – 4 – positions)
Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee (four – 4 – positions)

You can find out more about each of the listed branches – and others - at our practice page website here: Law student programs practice areas | ontario.ca

OPS Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism:

We are committed to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and to promote a diverse, anti-racist, inclusive, accessible, merit-based, respectful and equitable workplace.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black, and racialized individuals, as well as people from a diversity of ethnic and cultural origins, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions.

Visit the OPS Anti-Racism Policy and the OPS Diversity and Inclusion Blueprint pages to learn more about the OPS commitment to advance racial equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion in the public service.

We offer employment accommodation across the recruitment process and all aspects of employment consistent with the requirements of Ontario's Human Rights Code. Refer to the "How to apply" section if you require a disability-related accommodation.

What can I expect to do in this role?

Our articling positions support the fulfillment of the experiential-training-competencies experiential training competencies for candidates, established by the Law Society.

How do I qualify?

Mandatory

You are required to be a candidate who is entering or currently registered in the Law Society of Ontario's Lawyer Licensing Process Articling Program.

How do I apply?

Please visit ViLaw Portal to access the Articling Student 2025-2026 recruitment postings for details on each opportunity. Each position posting will list the required documents and number of reference names.

Incomplete applications may not be considered.

Deadline
Toronto: Friday, June 28, 2024 at 5pm
Ottawa: Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 5pm
All other cities/regions: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 5pm

If you cannot apply through ViLawPortal, please contact MAG.HR.LawStudents@ontario.ca for an accessible listing of the job postings.