Legal Excellence Program Evaluation, Final Report
APPENDIX A: Legal Excellence Program Survey – Third-Year Law Students
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Section 1
- 1. When did you begin to plan the direction that your career in law would
take?
- High school
- Undergraduate studies
- First year of law school
- Second year of law school
- Third year of law school
- Other, please specify:
- 2. Which of the following sources
have you consulted in planning for your career upon completion of law
school? (Check all that apply.)
- Family/Relatives/Friends
- Career development office at the university
- Internet searches
- Law professors
- Practising lawyers I know
- Information from potential employers
- Career fairs, law days and/or open houses
- Other, please specify:
- 3. At what point did you first hear from
potential employers about career opportunities in their organizations?
- During first year of law school
- During second year of law school
- During third year of law school
- Other, please specify:
- 4. What form did the contact from potential
employers take? (Check all that apply.)
- Brochures and other written materials
- Invitations to visit the firm
- Invitations to career fairs
- Law school orientation activities
- Social events
- Other, please
specify:
- 5. Are you aware of the Legal Excellence Program offered by the Department
of Justice Canada to articling students?
- Yes (Go to Q6)
- No (Go to Q22)
- 6. How did you first become aware of 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 practising lawyer
- By attending a career fair or an open house
- Other,
please specify:
- 7. From which source did you learn the most about the Legal Excellence
Program at the Department of Justice Canada?
- University Career Advisor
- Department of Justice Canada Web site
- A brochure entitled “Do Your Career Justice”
- Handouts from open house, career fair, or law days
- Other, please specify:
Section 2
The next few questions ask about the Web site of the Department of Justice Canada where information about articling opportunities at the Department is available.
- 8. Have you ever visited the Web site of the Legal Excellence Program at
the Department of Justice Canada to search for articling opportunities?
- Yes (Go to Q9)
- No (Go to Q14)
- 9. Please indicate how easy it was to navigate the Web
site of the Legal Excellence Program.
- Very easy
- Fairly easy
- Not
at all easy
- 10. Please indicate how clear the description of the Legal
Excellence Program is on the Web site.
- Very clear
- Fairly clear
- Not
at all clear
- 11. Please indicate how complete the description of the
Legal Excellence Program is on the Web site.
- Complete
- Fairly complete
- Not
complete
- 12. While looking for a place to article, would you have liked
to have had a free online exchange of information, for example through
Facebook or MySpace, with Department of Justice Canada lawyers who recently
articled or students who are currently articling at the Department?
- Yes
- No, why not?
- Don't know
- 13. Do you have any suggestions for improving the description of the Legal Excellence Program on the Web site of the Department of Justice Canada?
Section 3
The next few questions concern the Legal Excellence Program brochure entitled “Do Your Career Justice”.
- 14. Have you seen the brochure entitled “Do Your Career Justice”?
- Yes (Go to Q15)
- No (Go to Q19)
- 15. Where did you obtain a copy of the brochure entitled “Do
Your Career Justice”?
- I attended a career day
- I attended an open house at the Department of Justice Canada
- Career office at the university
- Family/Relatives/Friends
- Other, please
specify:
- 16. Please indicate how clear the description of the Legal Excellence
Program is in the brochure “Do Your Career Justice”.
- Very clear
- Fairly clear
- Not at all clear
- 17. Please indicate how complete the description of
the Legal Excellence Program is in the brochure “Do Your Career
Justice.”
- Complete
- Fairly complete
- Incomplete
- 18. Do you have any suggestions for improving the brochure “Do Your Career Justice”?
Section 4
The next few questions concern any career fair, career day, law day, or open house you attended during law school.
- 19. During your first or second year of law school, were you informed of
any career fair, career day, law day, or open house at which the Legal Excellence
Program of the Department of Justice Canada was present?
- Yes (Go to Q20)
- No (Go to Q22)
- 20. How did you learn about the career fair, career
day, law day, or open house at which the Legal Excellence Program was
present? (Check all that apply.)
- Career development office at the university I attend
- I received a flyer or poster by e-mail
- I heard about it from another law student
- I heard about it from a law professor
- I found it on the internet
- Other, please specify:
- 21. Have you attended a career fair, career
day, law day, or open house at which the Legal Excellence Program was
present?
- Yes (Go to Q21a)
- No
(Go to Q22)
- 21a. 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:
- 21b. 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
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
Section 5
We are interested in your perception of the Department of Justice Canada as a place to article or work and in knowing what factors are important to you when making your decision.
- 22. How do you feel about the possibility of articling or working at the
Department of Justice Canada?
- The Department of Justice Canada is my top choice among all possibilities for articling or work.
- I am very interested in articling or working at the Department of Justice Canada.
- I am somewhat interested in articling or working at the Department of Justice Canada.
- I am not interested at all in
articling or working at the Department of Justice Canada.
- 23. Did you
apply for an articling position at the Department of Justice Canada?
- Yes (Go to Q24)
- No (Go to Q23a)
- 23a. Please explain why you are not interested in articling
or working at the Department of Justice Canada. (Check all that apply.)
- Working for the federal government does not interest me
- The salary is not high enough
- Not the right location
- Chances are slim for getting into the articling program
- Poor opportunity for employment offer after articling
- Other, please specify:
- 24. When you were choosing where to article,
how important were the following factors to you? Please rate each of
the following factors on a scale of 1 to7 (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
- 25. Do you have any suggestions for making articling or working at the Department of Justice Canada more appealing to law students?
Section 6 - 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.
- 26. Which law school do 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:
- 27. 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
- One of the Atlantic provinces
- Northern Region
- 28. What is your gender?
- Male
- Female
- 29. What is your first language (mother tongue)?
- English
- French
- Other,
please specify:
- 30. In which official language do you 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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