Legal Excellence Program Evaluation, Final Report
APPENDIX B: Legal Excellence Program Survey – Students Declining an Articling Position
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Section 1
- 1. How did you first hear about the Legal Excellence Program at the Department
of Justice Canada?
- Family/Relatives/Friends
- Through the career development office at the university
- From another student
- From a law professor
- From a flyer or poster
- By searching the Internet
- From a practicing lawyer
- By attending a career fair or open house
- Other, please specify:
- 2. From which source did you learn the most
about the Legal Excellence Program at the Department of Justrice Canada?
- University Career Advisor
- Department of Justice Canada Website
- A brochure entitled “Do Your Career Justice”
- Handouts from open house, career fair, or law days
- Other, please specify:
- 3. Have you attended a career fair, career day,
law day or open house at which the Legal Excellence Program was present?
- Yes (Go to Q3a)
- No
(go to Q5)
- 3a. Which event did you attend? (Check all that apply.)
- Open House at the Department of Justice Canada
- Career fair or career day
- Law day
- Other, please specify:
- 4. Please rate the presence of the Legal Excellence
Program at the career fair, career day, law day, or open house you attended
on a scale of 1 to 7 (1 being not at all useful and 7 being very useful).
- 1 - not at all useful
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7 - very useful
Section 2
We are interested in your perception of the Department of Justice as a place to article or work.
- 5. Please explain why you are not interested in articling or working at
the Department of Justice Canada.
- Accepted an offer from a private law firm
- Accepted an offer to clerk with provincial/federal court
- Accepted an offer from a provincial government
- Accepted an offer from an non-government organization
- The rotations offered by Justice Canada were not of interest to me
- Decided to pursue an academic career in law
- Decided to continue my education in law
- Decided not to pursue a law career after all
- Decided to put my career on hold for personal reasons
- Other, please
specify:
- 6. When you were choosing where to article and work, how important
were the following factors to you? Please rate each of the following
factors on a scale of 1 to 7 (1 being not at all important and 7 being
very important).
- a. A public service career
- b. Varied and interesting work opportunities
- c. Specific expertise/relevant field of study
- d. Prestige
- e. Salary
- f. Benefits
- g. Location
- h. Work-life balance
- i. Career advancement
- j. Positive work environment
- k. Bilingual work environment
- l. Opportunity for official language training
- m. Diverse workforce
- n. Employment Equity practices
- o. Mentoring program
- p. Formal training (seminars, conferences, etc.)
- q. Knowledge of the Department of Justice Canada
- r. Opportunity for employment at the
Department of Justice Canada after articling
- 1 being not at all important and 7 being very important
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
-
7.Even though you have
chosen to decline an offer of an articling position at the
Department of Justice Canada, would you recommend the Department to others as a place to article?- Yes (Go to Q7a)
- No
(Go to Q7b)
- 7a. Please explain why you would recommend the Department
of Justice Canada to others as a place to article. (Go to Q8)
- 7b. Please explain
why you would not recommend the Department of Justice Canada to others as
a place to article.
- 8. Do you have any suggestions for making articling or working at the Department of Justice Canada more appealing to law students?
Section 3 - Demographics
This survey is completely confidential and we are not asking you to sign it; however we would like to know a little about you. Please answer the following questions. The answers to these questions will help us in our analysis of the evaluation data.
- 9. Which law school did you attend?
- Dalhousie University
- McGill University
- Queen’s University
- University of Alberta
- University of British Columbia
- University of Calgary
- Université Laval
- University of Manitoba
- Université de Moncton
- Université de Montréal
- University of New Brunswick
- Université d’Ottawa (droit civil)
- University of Ottawa (common law)
- Université du Québec à Montréal
- University of Saskatchewan
- Université de Sherbrooke
- University of Toronto
- University of Victoria
- University of Western Ontario
- University of Windsor
- York University, Osgoode Hall Law School
- Other, please specify:
- 10. Which region of the country is your usual
place of residence?
- British Columbia
- One of the Prairie provinces
- Ontario (other than the National Capital Region)
- National Capital Region
- Quebec
- Atlantic Region
- Northern Region
- 11. What is your age category?
- 20 and under
- 21 – 25
- 26 – 30
- 31 – 35
- 36
and over
- 12. What is your first language (mother tongue)?
- English
- French
- Other,
please specify:
- 13. In which official language do your prefer communicating?
- English
- French
- Bilingual
Thank you for participating in our survey.
Don't hesitate to contact us:
Yuping Manga
Evaluation Manager
Evaluation
Division
613-952-8476
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