Primary Function

This Duty Counsel will provide criminal duty counsel services in Kingston and throughout the Eastern District. The role may require travel throughout the district on occasion; applicants with readily available transportation are preferred.

Key Accountabilities

• Assisting unrepresented clients charged with criminal offences.
• Representing clients at bail hearings, guilty pleas and remands, both in‑person and remotely.
• Assessing clients’ needs, including early identification of vulnerable clients, to facilitate referrals to appropriate services.
• Providing criminal law services as defense counsel in the Ontario Court of Justice.
• Providing assistance and representation at federal, provincial, and youth, remand, bail and plea courts, including specialty courts (Drug Treatment Court, Mental Health Court, Gladue Court).
• Providing summary legal advice (SLA).
• Interviewing clients, ...