Law Clerk - Commercial Transactions

Durham College
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
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Timeline
  • September 1, 2024
    Experience start
  • December 2, 2024
    Experience end
Experience
1/1 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any company type
Government, Legal

Experience scope

Categories
Law and policy
Skills
writing research and development communication skills
Learner goals and capabilities

Looking to elevate your organization, and bring it to the next level? Bring on learners from Durham College to be your learner-consultants, in a project-based experience. Learners will work on one main project over the experience of the semester, connecting with you as needed with virtual communication tools.


Learners in this program have knowledge of the substantive law of commercial transactions and creditors' rights including the sale of goods, consumer protection, guarantees, bailment, secured transactions, bankruptcy, construction liens, agency and employment law.



Learners

Learners
Diploma
Any level
20 learners
Project
24 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Individual projects
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Deliverables are negotiable, and will seek to align the needs of the learners and the organization. 


Some final project deliverables might include: 

  1. A 10-15 minute presentation on key findings and recommendations
  2. A detailed report including their research, analysis, insights and recommendations


Project timeline
  • September 1, 2024
    Experience start
  • December 2, 2024
    Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

Learners in groups of 3-5 will work with your company to identify your needs and provide actionable recommendations, based on their in-depth research and analysis.


Project activities that learners can complete may include, but are not limited to: 


  • Recognizing, understanding, and evaluating various issues and using the correct terminology and concepts common in commercial law
  • Reviewing commercial law problems, devising courses of action, and presenting cogent arguments
  • Improving on and utilizing existing research skills to solve increasingly complex legal problems
  • Researching and writing a complete memorandum of law on a reported case
  • Drafting simple commercial law documents
  • Supporting the needs of legal professionals


Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

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    How is your project relevant to the experience?  *