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OBA member David Palumbo has been named one of 100 Leading LGBT Executives by OUTstanding, a professional network for LGBT and ally senior executives.

The Law Society of Upper Canada’s Professional Development and Competence Committee has released a final report with recommendations on the Pathways Pilot Project. Among the recommendations, the report proposes an extension of the current Pathways Pilot Project for two years – a recommendation included in the OBA’s submission to the Committee.

The OBA’s Equality Committee, working with a subcommittee and OBA Council members, recently brought forward ideas and recommendations to the OBA Board of Directors regarding diversity in leadership, focusing on inclusion and representation within the OBA. One of the recommendations was that the OBA adopt an organization-wide diversity statement affirming the OBA’s ongoing efforts to increase inclusion.

OBA executive members Paul Jonathan Saguil and Suhuyini Abudulai are among Canadian Business magazine’s 2016 Change Agents; innovators changing the face of Canadian business.

Ontario’s first Access to Justice Week marks an opportunity for members of the legal profession to advance access to justice conversations, awareness and solutions alongside other access to justice advocates.

In a Canadian Lawyer editorial, Dean Ian Holloway of University of Calgary’s Faculty of Law comments on a Law Society of Upper Canada committee’s recommendation to end the Law Practice Program.

Please note that the OBA office will be closed as of 1 p.m. on Friday, October 7th, and on Monday, October 10th.

Jordan Furlong, global legal market analyst, presents an argument in defence of the Law Practice Program following a Law Society report recommending its end.

A supplementary practice advisory issued by the Superior Court of Justice concerning Family Law long motions (over 1 hour) in the Toronto Region comes into effect on September 15, 2016.

A Law Society committee’s report recommending the termination of the Law Practice Program has raised concerns over the future of the licensing process, The Globe and Mail reports.