PROJECT OFFERINGS 2025-2026

2025-2026 Project Guide
The following guide is a comprehensive overview of everything PBSC! It provides a description of all PBSC projects, important dates, and student volunteer FAQs!

Please review the list of available projects. Volunteer applications will open on September 15th at 1:30 pm and close on September 19th at 12 pm.

Trans ID Clinic

Organization: Trans Wellness Ontario

Area of Law: Identification (ID) law, human rights law, poverty law

Seeking: 3-5 1L-3L students

Assets: Member of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community or a strong ally, enrolled in or completed administrative law/domestic human rights law/poverty law classes, clinical placement experience.

The Trans ID Clinic provides free legal information, form-filling services, and referrals in a trans-positive, anti-oppressive, and inclusive environment. PBSC student volunteers and lawyer supervisors will work
collaboratively to assist the 2SLGBTQIA+ community with obtaining vital identification documents.

Youth ID Clinic

Organization: Windsor Youth Centre (WYC)

Area of Law: Identification law, poverty law, family law

Seeking: 6-8 1L-3L students who are available on the last Tuesday of every month from 5-7 pm.

Assets: Strong interpersonal skills

Possessing current and valid photo identification is a necessity of daily life that intersects with one’s ability to access housing, open a credit card, and utilize community resources. The Youth ID Clinic aims to address these barriers by helping homeless and at-risk youth gain indispensable photo identification. Students will conduct client intake and help clients complete forms for Ontario Photo Cards and/or birth certificates.

Bilingual Legal Clinic Wills Clinic

Organization: Bilingual Legal Clinic

Area of Law: Property, wills & estates

Seeking: 6-8 2L-3L students who have taken or are enrolled in the Wills & Succession course.

Assets: Available either on Fridays or Tuesday mornings from 9 am – 11 am, bilingual in French and English, work/course/volunteer experience in wills & estate planning.

Student volunteers on this project will work with a local lawyer to draft wills and/or Powers of Attorney (POA) for low-income clients who are eligible for pro bono legal services. Students will meet with clients at the Bilingual Legal Clinic, conduct client intake, and draft wills or POAs in close collaboration with experienced lawyer supervisors.

Youth Drop-In Clinic

Organization: Windsor Youth Centre (WYC)

Area of Law: Criminal, family, landlord & tenant law

Seeking: 4-6 2L-3L students who are available on the last Tuesday of every month from 5-7 pm.

Assets: Strong interpersonal skills

Students will visit the WYC and meet with youth who are seeking legal information on various legal topics, specifically criminal law, family law, and landlord and tenant law. After conducting client intake, students will prepare accessible and clear memos for clients, refining their client-facing skills and legal research and writing skills.

Pro Bono Radio Project

Organization: CJAM 99.1 FM Student Media

Area of Law: All areas of law

Seeking: 4 1L-3L students

Student volunteers will produce, edit, and publish hour-long bi-weekly episodes for CJAM Radio highlighting the PBSC projects at the University of Windsor, as well as corresponding and current legal issues in the local community. Two groups of students will produce 2 episodes (per semester), each. 

LTEC Presentation Series 

Organization: Law and Technology Lab (LTEC)

Area of Law: Technology law, labour & employment law, contract law

Seeking: 3-4 1L-3L students

Student volunteers will produce a set of legal memoranda, presentations, and high-level pamphlets to educate the Greater Windsor Community about selected topics related to artificial intelligence (AI). Topics include AI’s impacts on labour & employment, contract and other legal fields.              

Rapha Youth Outreach Service and BLSA Presentation Series 

Organization: Rapha Youth Outreach Services (RYOS)

Area of law: Criminal, employment

Seeking: 2-4 1L-3L students

This project is in collaboration with the Windsor Law Black Law Students Association (BLSA), as a result, the volunteers for this project will be BLSA members. In this project, student volunteers will present two previously created RYOS presentations (Employment & Education Discrimination and Guide to Policing Interactions) and create a third clear, accessible resource on relevant legal issues for RYOS to provide their clients and/or members.

Harmony in Action – Memos and Presentation Series 

Organization: Harmony in Action

Area of Law: Wills and estates, disability law, family law

Seeking: 3-4 1L-3L students

Student volunteers will produce a set of legal memoranda, presentations, and high-level pamphlets to educate parents, families, and guardians about selected topics. Topics will include: wills and estate planning for parents (with a focus on special needs trusts), powers of attorney for adult disabled children, and, briefly, when to consider guardianship. An in-depth project on guardianship will be undertaken by a separate group working with Harmony in Action, so volunteers working on this project will only cover when parents should consider a guardianship application.       

Harmony in Action – Guardianship 

Organization: Harmony in Action

Area of Law: Wills and estates, disability law, family law

Seeking: 2-3 1L-3L students

Student volunteers will produce a legal memorandum, presentation, and high-level pamphlet to educate parents, families, and guardians about guardianship applications. More specifically, volunteers will research the types of guardianship and their associated court processes, the legal responsibilities of a Guardian, and alternatives to guardianship.   

Survivors’ Family Legal Rights Presentations

Organization: Hiatus House

Area of Law: Family

Seeking: 3-4 1L-3L students

Assets: Family law classes, experience at family law clinics/firms/volunteer roles, involvement with survivor/feminist organizations

Student volunteers will prepare and conduct hour-long, in-person presentations on legal topics which are relevant to survivors of domestic abuse at Hiatus House. Some topics include: how to apply for and/or appeal a denial of Legal Aid, the meanings of “Decision Making Responsibility” and “Parenting Time,” how to complete family law court forms, family court etiquette and procedures, and what to do if an abuser is sponsoring a victim for immigration purposes.

Sexual Assault Crisis Centre PLE

Organization: Sexual Assault Crisis Centre (SACC)

Area of Law: Criminal

Seeking: 2-4 1L-3L students

Assets: Upper-year criminal law classes, participation in criminal law associations/clubs and/or sexual assault prevention organizations

Student volunteers will produce a guidebook and/or brochure on a topic communicated to volunteers and approved by PBSC related to the SACC’s mission. Past topics have included a guidebook consisting of reporting sexual assault, an overview of the court process, and sentencing procedures.

PBSC x South Asian Centre: Community Legal Information Series 

Organization: South Asian Centre (SAC)

Area of Law: Human rights law, wills & estates, immigration law

Seeking: 4-6 1L-3L students

Assets: Fluency in Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Tamil, and Bangla, clinical experiences, immigration/housing law courses, client-facing roles

Student volunteers will prepare a series of hour-long, in-person presentations on select legal topics relevant to the South Asian community served by the South Asian Centre of Windsor. Additionally, through an online form supplied by the Centre, attendees will have the opportunity to submit related questions on the topic. The questions on related topics will be grouped together from which students will then draft memos, under the supervision of the lawyer supervisor. 

Presentations for Families: Educational Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Organization: Windsor-Essex Family Network

Area of Law: Education law, human rights law, disability law

Seeking: 2-4 1L-3L students

Assets: Upper-year courses in disability law, involvement in clubs/clinics related to disability law

Student volunteers will produce a set of presentations and a pamphlet to educate parents, families, and guardians about the educational rights of persons with disabilities. The presentations and pamphlets will help increase awareness of various legislative rights and allow those with disabilities or who care for someone with a disability to advocate for their rights.   

Persons with Disabilities Police/School Interactions Guide​​  

Organization: Windsor-Essex Family Network

Area of Law: Education law, criminal law, human rights law, disability law

Seeking: 2-3 1L-3L students.

Assets: Upper-year courses in disability law, involvement in clubs/clinics related to disability law

Student volunteers will create a clear, accessible pocket-sized resource to educate young persons with disabilities and their families on their rights and what to do if police officers or school administrators breach them, so that they can protect themselves, gain confidence and advocate for themselves.    

CLA Hybrid Wills PLE/Clinic 

Organization: Community Legal Aid (CLA)

Area of Law: Wills and Estates

Seeking: 2 2L-3L students

Assets: Experience in disability/human rights work. Other experience in areas relevant to the handbooks (education, employment, housing, healthcare, transportation, built environment, consumer services, etc.).

Students will be responsible for reviewing and updating a select number of the eight legal information handbooks CNIB developed in 2019 to increase access to justice for people who have low vision, are blind, or are Deafblind. The handbook topics include: Built Environment, Education, Employment, Government and Consumer Services, Healthcare, Housing, Transportation, and Self-Advocacy and Essential Legal Information.

Inclusion Canada Disability Case Monitoring Project

Organization: Inclusion Canada

Area of Law: Disability law, intersecting with multiple other areas

Seeking: 1 2L-3L student

Assets: Interest in equality and access to justice. Lived experience is an asset.

Student volunteers will support the Strategic Litigation Committee at Inclusion Canada by monitoring disability and equality related case law from their assigned regions (BC, prairie provinces, and the Territories). Students may also be asked to conduct legal research and prepare memorandum to support internal litigation strategies on issues related to sections 7 and 15 Charter arguments.