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For students: field placements for credit

Ask about a student placement

Tell us about your school, your program and the placement it needs. If it looks like a fit, we will speak with you and your placement coordinator. There is no fee, and asking commits you to nothing.

Start your enquiryHow a placement works

Before you apply

What to have ready, and who a placement is for.

Have these ready

  • The name of your school and program, and your year or term.
  • Whether your program requires or approves a placement for credit, and the hours it sets, if you know them.
  • Your placement coordinator’s name and email, if you have them.
  • Optionally, a link to your résumé. Please leave out your SIN, date of birth, ID, photo and immigration documents.

Who a placement is for

  • Students whose school approves the placement as part of their program: high school co-op (school board), Ontario college, university or registered private career college programs.
  • Not in such a program? Any work with us would be a paid position, at not less than Ontario minimum wage. You can still use this form to join our talent list: choose “None of these”.
  • This form is for applicants 18 and older. Under 18: only through your school board’s co-op program, with a parent or guardian’s contact details, so please ask your co-op teacher to contact us.

How we decide

What a placement depends on, and what asking does and doesn’t mean.

What a placement depends on

  • Your school approves this placement in writing.
  • A licensed paralegal can directly supervise you on the dates and hours your program needs.
  • We have the office capacity for the in-person part of the placement.
  • The result of our conflict check against the firm’s clients.

We may decline any enquiry, and we will tell you by email either way.

No fee, no obligation, and no promises

  • There is no fee to ask or for a placement, and a placement is never offered in exchange for a fee.
  • Asking commits neither of us. Either of us can decide not to go ahead before the placement starts, and once it starts your school’s agreement governs it.
  • We can’t promise a placement, any court or tribunal attendance, a job or a reference.
  • Outside a school-approved program, any work is paid at not less than Ontario minimum wage.

What students may and may not do

  • Legal research, and short memos on what you find, for the supervising paralegal.
  • Drafting letters, forms and other documents for the paralegal to review and sign.
  • Observing client meetings when the client agrees, and observing hearings, and taking notes.
  • Give legal advice to a client or anyone else.
  • Act as anyone’s legal representative, or use any title that suggests a Law Society licence. You are introduced as a student.
  • See any client file before your confidentiality undertaking and conflict-of-interest declaration are signed.

A licensed paralegal directs and reviews your work and is responsible for it. The full lists · The rules behind them

Your enquiry

A person at NEO reads every enquiry. Please don’t include details of any legal matter: sending this form does not create a lawyer-client or paralegal-client relationship.

Your school program

Unpaid placements are only for students whose school approves the placement as part of their program.

Days you could usually be available (optional)
Where you would like to work

We decide this with you and your school. Direct supervision and client confidentiality come first, so some or all of a placement may need to be at our office.

Areas that interest you (tick all that apply)

A shared file or profile page (for example LinkedIn, Google Drive or OneDrive). Please take your date of birth, photo and any ID numbers off it first.

For example what you hope to learn, or anything your school needs from a host. Please don’t include details of any legal matter, your own or anyone else’s, or your SIN, date of birth, ID, photo or immigration documents.

How we use your enquiry. We collect this information only to consider you for a placement (or, if you are not in an approved program, for paid roles) and to contact you, and your school’s placement office, about it. Only NEO’s principal and the people at NEO the principal has authorized to review enquiries see it, and a person reads every one. We keep it for up to 12 months after we decide (on the talent list, up to 12 months after you send it), then delete it, unless you go on to a placement or a role with us. To ask for a copy of your information, correct it, withdraw your enquiry or have it deleted sooner, email info@neolegalservices.com. We will not add you to any mailing list or send you marketing emails. See our Privacy Policy.

Under 18? We can consider you only through your school board’s co-op program, with a parent or guardian’s contact details. Please ask your co-op teacher to contact us at info@neolegalservices.com instead of using this form.

There is no fee for a placement. Questions first? Call 647-200-3526.

What happens next

Nothing is arranged until your school has approved the placement in writing, and either of us can decide not to go ahead before you start.

  1. Step 2: We contact your placement coordinator

    If it looks like a fit, we talk with you and your placement coordinator or co-op teacher about the hours, the dates, your learning goals and your school’s forms.

  2. Step 3: Your school approves the placement in writing

    We need your school’s written placement agreement or approval for this placement (for high school co-op, the school board’s Work Education Agreement). Your word alone is not enough, and nothing is arranged before we have it.

  3. Step 4: Workplace insurance, through your school

    Your school confirms how workplace insurance is arranged for the placement, and we agree with your school the steps to follow if anyone is hurt.

  4. Step 5: Confidentiality and conflicts

    You sign a confidentiality undertaking and a conflict-of-interest declaration, and we check for conflicts with the firm’s clients. You see no client file until both are signed.

Then your supervisor, your schedule and the placement itself: every step, and an hours planner. Placement coordinators: hosting information.

Licensed paralegal? See For Paralegals. Ontario lawyer? See For Lawyers.

Questions about asking

Is the placement paid?

A placement your school approves as part of your program is unpaid, which Ontario’s Employment Standards Act allows for these school programs. That is the only kind of unpaid work we offer. If you are not in such a program, any work with us would be a paid position, at not less than Ontario minimum wage. Any hours beyond what your school approves, or any work outside the placement, would be paid work too. There is never a fee for a placement.

I’m not in a school program. Can I still get experience with you?

Not without pay. Under the Employment Standards Act, someone who does work for a business, or is trained in the skills its team uses, is generally an employee unless their school has approved the placement. So outside an approved program, we take people on only in paid roles, at not less than Ontario minimum wage. You can join our talent list by sending the student form and choosing “None of these” (or, if your program has no placement, answering “No”). We may contact you if a suitable paid role opens, but we can’t promise that one will.

Is there a fee?

No. There is no fee to ask, and none for a placement, for the student or the school. A placement is never offered in exchange for a fee.

What do I sign before I start?

A confidentiality undertaking and a conflict-of-interest declaration, and we run a conflict check. You will not see any client file until both are signed. Your school’s own placement agreement is signed too, before your first day.

I’m under 18. Can I apply?

Only through your school board’s co-op program, with a parent or guardian’s contact details. Please ask your co-op teacher to contact us at info@neolegalservices.com. The online form is for applicants 18 and older.

What happens to my information?

We use your enquiry only to consider you for a placement (or, outside an approved program, for paid roles) and to contact you and your school’s placement office about it. Only NEO’s principal and the people the principal has authorized see it. We keep it for up to 12 months after we decide (on the talent list, up to 12 months after you send it), then delete it, unless you go on to a placement or a role with us. To see, correct, withdraw or delete it sooner, email info@neolegalservices.com. We never add you to a mailing list. See our Privacy Policy.

Can I ask about my own legal matter?

Please don’t include it in your enquiry. The student form does not create a lawyer-client or paralegal-client relationship, and the people who read it are deciding about a placement. If you need legal help, contact the firm separately.

General information only, not legal or employment advice. NEO Legal Services Professional Corporation is a licensed paralegal firm regulated by the Law Society of Ontario, not a law firm. Each placement is arranged with the student’s school, and the school’s agreement governs it.

General information only

We are NEO Legal Services Professional Corporation, a licensed paralegal firm (Mo. Farooqui, Licensed Paralegal, LSO licence P21785), and we are not a law firm. This page is general information, not legal or employment advice, and sending an enquiry does not create a placement, a job or any other agreement. Questions: 647-200-3526 or info@neolegalservices.com.

Student placements

Questions before you ask?

Call or email us first if you would like to talk it through. Placement coordinators and co-op teachers are welcome to contact us directly.

Mo. Farooqui, Licensed Paralegal, LSO licence P21785.

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