The Greater Vancouver Law Students Legal Advice Society (GVLSLAS) is hiring a Supervising Lawyer for its Law Students’ Legal Advice Program (LSLAP) located at the UBC Faculty of Law in Vancouver.  LSLAP is run by approximately 200 law students who provide legal assistance to over 4,000 low-income individuals at 23 legal clinics throughout the Lower Mainland each year.

The Supervising Lawyer is responsible for training and supervising student volunteers, providing training in LSLAP’s practice areas and all aspects of legal procedure and ethics, as well as regular supervision and advice on a wide range of legal matters, including criminal, residential tenancy, debt/debtor, small claims, consumer, employee/employer, employment insurance, workers’ compensation, social assistance, wills & estates, contract disputes, and several other poverty law areas. In addition, the Supervising Lawyer is appointed as an adjunct faculty member at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law and is responsible for assigning academic credit to student volunteers.

GVLSLAS requires legal supervision for LSLAP for a one-year contract from May 1, 2012 to May 1, 2013, with the possibility of subsequent renewal.

For more information on this job posting, click here. For more information on LSLAP, visit www.lslap.bc.ca .