Job Description
Housing Lawyer – Tenant Support Program
Our team is hiring a housing lawyer for our Tenant Support Program team. This unique program involves delivery of legal services in addition to working closely with community partners to provide support and education. The successful candidate will work alongside a paralegal and law clerk within the legal clinic to provide housing law services with a focus on N12, N13, AGI matters. This is a full time position, subject to funding through the City of Hamilton.
Qualifications
- Housing law experience, preferably in a community legal clinic.
- Demonstrated effective advocacy skills and a keen interest in housing law
- Membership in good standing of the Law Society of Ontario
- Passion for social justice issues
- Commitment to working within an anti‑racist, anti‑oppressive client‑centered, trauma‑informed framework
- Strong ability to handle multiple priorities in a hi...