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 a morning and give feedback to students on their Criminal Examinations-in-Chief or Cross-Examination Advocacy skills exercises or for a full day on their Mock Civil Trial.
- Author or update a topic area of the Practice Material, working closely with the Practice Material Editor to update the material annually.
Volunteer requirements
- Practising lawyer.
- Three years of practice experience.
- Willing to volunteer a minimum of half a day per year.
- Enthusiasm 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 publication.
- 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