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The Ontario Bar Association (OBA) and Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN) are encouraging Ontarians to register consent for organ and tissue donation this April, and to make a Power of Attorney to ensure that health related wishes are honoured.

The issue of accreditation of Trinity Western University’s proposed law school is examined in a story by writer Charlotte Santry in the current issue of the Law Times.

Ontario Bar Association is very pleased to welcome United States Consul General Jim Dickmeyer to the Ontario-New York Legal Summit.

TORONTO -- The Ontario Bar Association is calling on the Law Society of Upper Canada to adopt a non-discrimination requirement for all current and future law programs in order for their graduates to be recognized for admission to the bar in Ontario.

The Ontario Bar Association’s position raising concerns about Bill 69, the Prompt Payment Act, was noted in a recent story by Andrew Reeves of QP Briefing.

A story in FrancoPress.ca takes note of the Ontario Bar Association’s support for calls for the appointment of judges to superior courts and appeal courts who are fully capable of hearing cases in both official languages.

“In a recent article in SooToday, some northern mayors claimed that ‘there is no need for Bill 83.’

“Lawyers from Toronto and New York will meet in both cities to talk about cross-border issues and how to serve their clients better,” the Law Times reports.

The Ontario Bar Association is calling for the government’s proposed anti-SLAPP legislation, now being debated at second reading, to proceed to committee.

The Hon. Annemarie Bonkalo, Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice, and l’AJEFO, l’Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario, will be honoured as recipients of the Ontario Bar Association’s President’s Award.