Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services

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  • Office Snapshot
  • Location: Toronto
  • Lawyers: 23
  • Articling Students: 1
  • Summer Law Students: 1
  • Types of Law: Aboriginal, Access & Privacy, Administrative, Commercial, Contract, Corrections, Criminal, Employment, Human Rights, Labour, Policing, Public Safety

Who we are

Counsel working with the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (MCSCS) Legal Services Branch (LSB) provide a full range of legal services in the following areas:

  • Policing
  • Firearms
  • Private investigators and security guards
  • Emergency measures
  • Fire services
  • Coroners
  • Human rights
  • Animal welfare
  • Corrections
  • Probation and parole
  • Freedom of information and protection of privacy. 

Our legal branch provides strategic legal advice and assistance to two deputy ministers, all MCSCS divisions and its six agencies.  The ministry employs approximately 15,500 police, corrections, probation and parole officers, medical, forensic and fire professionals, emergency management officers, and civilian and administrative staff who serve communities and regions throughout Ontario. Corrections and policing operate 24/7 throughout the province.