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UPDATE: Recruiting Centre: Hamilton Regular/ Reserve: Regular Officer/NCM: Officer Trade Choice 1: Legal Officer Online Application: March 12, 2014 First contact: March 14, 2014 CFAT: April 3, 2014 Medical: July 14, 2014 Med Docs completed: July 24, 2014 Interview: July 24, 2014 Further Medical...

Welfare does not equal bad credit.  Credit is something attached to a single person, not a family.  If you are unsure of what your credit looks like, get your reports from Equifax.  If your only credit is a single credit card that you pay regularly, it seems unlikely that credit is going to be...

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice deals with Criminal, Family and Civil law matters.  While there is some appeal work done by the Divisional Court (a part of the Superior Court), the SCJ usually deals with matters at first instance. 

I can't believe this is the first time a military judge has transitioned into the Superior Court.  I think this is great news.  I heard he will be sitting in Milton (if anyone is interested). Appointment of military judge to Superior Court a first A 35-year-veteran of the Canadian military...

Hi All, I occasionally check the Forces site to see if LegalO goes "in demand" and I noticed that the "video" portion has been removed.  All of the other jobs have videos on training and what can be expected with each of the respective positions.  Legal used to have such a video, but it seems...

This is exactly what I thought. This letter is hardly going to make anyone change their mind and now he's going to be in a challenging position to get a good civilian job. I do recruiting for my firm and if I came across a letter like this for an applicant, I would immediately pass. It's one...

I'm not overly familiar with the Officer Separation Board, but this appears to be merely a method of cutting the fat.  I would think that there are officers with lesser offenses that are also subjected to the Officer Separation Board.  He is claiming that he has been fired, so I'm hoping someone...

100% accurate.  This is why it is so difficult for small boutique firms to take on students.  If there are only a couple of lawyers and they spend half their time teaching, they won't make any money.  Large Bay St. firms have the luxury of having departments dedicated to it.  I think we could...

They sure are... of course by that I mean they've organized some committees and a task force.  There is some talk of letting students shadow for free at sole practitioners.  I think they're doing some other "experimental" programs.  Not sure if any of them will take.  It's still easier to get an...

Theoretically speaking, could you remain on the merit list indefinitely?

UPDATE: Recruiting Centre: Hamilton Regular/ Reserve: Regular Officer/NCM: Officer Trade Choice 1: Legal Officer Online Application: March 12, 2014 First contact: March 14, 2014 CFAT: April 3, 2014 Medical: July 14, 2014 Med Docs completed: July 24, 2014 Interview: July 24, 2014 JAG Board...

Ok great!  Thank you for your prompt response!

Hi, I was under the impression that the JAG Board only met once per year.  However, today I overheard a recruiter tell someone that they needed to get their information in quickly (applying for Leg. Officer) because Legal Officer is currently open.  This gave me the impression that they meet...

Congrats!  Well here's hoping you get through quickly.  Best of luck at ACS!  :salute:

True story.  I was expecting it to take much longer.  I'm just hoping it's all done for the next selection (June 2015).