PLTC Volunteers
The Professional Legal Training Course (PLTC) values the outstanding volunteer commitment of hundreds of practising lawyers who serve as guest instructors in the classroom and as authors for the Practice Material. These volunteers supplement the efforts of our full-time instructors and staff.
Guest instructors offer PLTC students their valuable, first-hand knowledge and expertise, which becomes an integral part of the students' legal education.
Volunteer opportunities
- Become a guest instructor to a group of 20 students for one three-hour interactive lesson
- Give a one to two hour lecture to a larger group of students in your preferred area of practice
- Serve as a judge for the students' Criminal Cross-Examination Exercise or their weekend Mock Civil Trial and give them feedback on their advocacy skills
- Author or update a topic area of the Practice Material, working closely with the Practice Material Editor to update the material annually
Volunteer requirements
In order to be a PLTC volunteer you must:
- Be a practicing lawyer
- Have at least three years of practice experience
- Be willing to volunteer a minimum of half a day per year
- Be enthusiastic about teaching your area of law
benefits of being a volunteer
- an opportunity to serve the profession
- recognition and appreciation from students, colleagues, PLTC faculty and Law Society staff
- enhanced expertise in a practice area
- detailed lesson plans, notes and readings provided in advance
- an opportunity to meet other volunteers
- formal recognition on the Law Society website and its written publications
- CPD credit for writing, teaching and preparation
Subject areas for which volunteers are needed
- Mediation
- Buying and Selling a Business
- Civil Trial Advocacy
- Corporate Practice
- Criminal Advocacy
- Family Practice
- Personal Property Security
- Wills
Sign up to be a volunteer
To volunteer to be a guest instructor, please contact Lynn Burns, PLTC Deputy Director. Please state the subject areas you are volunteering to teach and the PLTC session or sessions for which you are available:
To volunteer to be an author, please contact Alexis Kazanowski.
