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By Susan McNeil

Internship

North Battleford, Prince Albert and Melfort among communities to get law student interns

Sep 4, 2024 | 11:09 AM

Five Legal Aid and public prosecution offices in Saskatchewan will get some help while also helping five law students learn the trade for one semester.

The province paid $100,000 for the program that is shared with the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Law, with two of the students starting almost immediately.

“Our hope is that by working with the College of Law and expanding the range of practical work placements for credit, we will attract the best and brightest graduates to public prosecutions, Legal Aid, and the Ministry of Justice,” Justice Minister and Attorney General Bronwyn Eyre said in a news release.

Of the five, two students will be placed with Legal Aid offices in Moose Jaw and Prince Albert in the fall semester, and three students will be placed in the North Battleford Legal Aid Office, North Battleford Public Prosecutions office and Melfort Public Prosecutions office in the winter semester.

The students get real world experience and course credits, and the province hopes in turn to convince them to practice in the public sector.

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The internship allows them to apply their learning to the real world and they will be mentored in either family or criminal law, meeting clients, reviewing disclosure of evidence, researching and preparing legal documents.

They are expected to live in the community they are working in. Students must be in their second or third year of law school to be eligible.

“Legal Aid Saskatchewan (LAS) is extremely pleased with the initial response to the Rural and Regional Externship program offering with the College of Law,” Legal Aid Saskatchewan CEO Jayne Mallin said.

Applications for next semester placements are open until November 18.

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