2021

Toronto, ON – The Ontario Bar Association (OBA), representing more than 16,000 lawyers working in the province, has won an international award for its efforts to provide education and training to lawyers that encourage personal and professional well-being.

Many OBA members were among those honoured by The Law Society of Upper Canada at its annual awards ceremony recognizing outstanding members of the legal profession on Wednesday.

Several OBA members have been nominated for Canadian Lawyer's2015 Top 25 Most Influential list, including OBA President Orlando Da Silva. Da Silva’s nomination acknowledges his leadership in guiding the OBA’s work to advance a conversation about mental health in the legal profession through the OBA Opening Remarks campaign.

A motion put forward at the LSUC's annual general meeting that proposed to force some law firms to accept articling students has lawyers weighing in on the issue, including OBA Second Vice-President David Sterns. Read their comments in the Law Times.

Several OBA members are set to perform in The Lawyer Show, Nightwood Theatre's annual fundraising event.

The OBA's 2015 Tom Marshall Award of Excellence for Public Sector Lawyers winner, Mississauga City Solicitor Mary Ellen Bench, has been recognized by the City of Mississauga after receiving her award at a council meeting earlier this month.

OBA member Ian Binnie has been appointed as a special arbitrator to the Senate.

A study co-authored by law professor Lawrence Krieger, who recently spoke at an OBA Mindful Lawyer CPD program as part of the OBA's Opening Remarks mental health campaign, continues to provide valuable insight into lawyers' mental health. Details of his latest study, which he spoke about with OBA members, have been featured in a recent New York Times article.

The OBA Law Day Mock Trial Tournament provided schools from Ontario’s Central South region an exciting opportunity to learn more about the justice system, the Brantford Expositor reported.

City Solicitor Mary Ellen Bench has been named the winner of the Ontario Bar Association’s 2015 Tom Marshall Award of Excellence for Public Sector Lawyers and will receive her award at the next General Meeting of the Mississauga City Council.