Job Posting Information:
Work Term: May 5, 2025 to August 22, 2025
Job Type: Paid internship
Job Title: Law Student
Number of Job Openings: 1
Job Category (NOC): 1242 Legal Secretaries
Level:
Region: Head Office - Ottawa
Work Term Duration: Approximately 4 months, from May to August 2025
Job Summary:
**Attention Law Students**
Are you looking to explore your legal career path between law school semesters? Do you want to get a feel for in-house legal work at a federal Crown corporation?
Look no further; Defence Construction Canada (DCC) is looking to hire a Law Student for the summer term starting in May 2025. This is a great opportunity to work at our Head Office located in the National Capital Region with a team of professionals, supporting their efforts in research and analysis. The candidate will provide support to the Governance and Legal Affairs department (GLA), which offers a variety of services within DCC (i.e. legal, governance, privacy, risk management and analysis, drafting of various documents, etc.). We offer a fast-paced work environment where your critical thinking and interpretation skills will be used. This successful candidate will report to the Legal Counsel, Corporate Services.
WHO WE ARE
Throughout 2024-25, DCC is celebrating over 70 years of excellence. Our people are participating in some of Canada's most challenging and innovative infrastructure and environmental projects. As a trusted partner of the Government of Canada and the Canadian construction industry since 1951, we provide the right infrastructure and environment solutions to support our defence and security Client-Partners, at home and abroad.
Times change, and so has DCC.
We have developed the expertise and know-how to deliver an extensive range of infrastructure and environmental projects: everything from civil works to buildings, from runways to hangars, from target systems to radar stations, and from civil works to environmental remediation. Our teams of engineers, technicians and technologists, experienced administrators, tradespeople and other professionals, are counted on to provide a host of innovative and expert value-added services, including project support, contracting, environmental services and operational support services – in short, we do what needs doing, and we do it right.
WHAT WILL YOU DO?
As a contributing member of the Governance and Legal Affairs (GLA) team; some of your main duties will include:
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
Additional Information:
o Cover letter
o Resume
o Copy of law school transcripts
o List of upper year courses
To begin a career with Defence Construction Canada (DCC), you must be a Canadian Citizen or a permanent resident of Canada. As a condition of employment with DCC, a minimum reliability security status clearance is required and some roles may require secret security status clearance.
DCC is responsible for the Personnel Security Clearance process. Typically to be eligible for a "Reliability" clearance, you must have five years of verifiable background information and to be eligible for a "Secret" clearance, you must have 10 years of verifiable background information. The process usually involves reference inquiries, verification of qualifications, criminal records checks, and credit checks (as required) and may require fingerprints. For more information about obtaining a security clearance, please review the Standard on Security Screening.
The appropriate security clearance is a condition of employment and it is the candidate’s or employee’s responsibility to ensure, they are able to obtain and maintain their required security level clearance to begin or continue their employment with DCC. Failure to obtain or maintain, the appropriate level of security clearance means either the candidate or employee will not receive a job offer, the conditional offer will be rendered null and void or their employment will be terminated with cause. A thorough security clearance process will be applied to all candidates or employees considered for an appointment; this process includes inquiries, verifications and assessments regarding matters such as, but not limited to:
Be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace!
At DCC, we are committed to ensuring everyone has a voice and can be their authentic selves in our workplace. We actively encourage applications from all, including but not limited to, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, visible minorities and members of the LGBTQ2+ community. We also welcome applications from those who are not Canadian citizens who are eligible to work in Canada and have at least 5 years of verifiable background information.
DCC is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all requests for accommodation based on a medical contraindication, religion or another prohibited ground for discrimination under the Canadian Human Rights Act. Should you require accommodation, please email careers@dcc-cdc.gc.ca.