2019

I am pleased to provide you with this report on the outcome of the 2013-14 OBA Board of Directors’ elections.

Thanks to all the donors and participants in the OBA Foundation’s inaugural fundraiser, “Repartee”, held on June 13th, more than $10,000 was raised to support the OBA Foundation Chief Justice of Ontario Fellowships in Legal Ethics and Professionalism!

Greg Crone, a seasoned journalist, Queen’s Park correspondent and top-level communications advisor, joined the Ontario Bar Association this week as our Media Relations and Communications Manager.

Thanks to all the donors and participants in the OBA Foundation’s inaugural fundraiser, “Repartee”, held on June 13th, more than $10,000 was raised to support the OBA Foundation Chief Justice of Ontario Fellowships in Legal Ethics and Professionalism.

The Attorney General introduced the Protection for Public Participation Act 2013, anti-SLAPP legislation designed to deter and remedy strategic litigation brought for the purpose of stifling public debate.

Esteemed family law lawyer and writer Michael Cochrane has been nominated by the Kenneth R. Wilson Awards for his June 2012 JUST. article, Hearts Broken All Around.

A new name heralds the future of the Ontario Bar Association’s (OBA) charity, and the acquisition of the prestigious Chief Justice of Ontario Fellowships in Legal Ethics and Professionalism

A new name heralds the future of the Ontario Bar Association’s (OBA) charity, and the acquisition of the prestigious Chief Justice of Ontario Fellowships in Legal Ethics and Professionalism

At the April 3 dinner meeting of the Ontario Bar Association Franchise Law Section, the topic of ethical issues for franchise lawyers was addressed. This was Round 2 of a thought-provoking ...

On Thursday, April 25, members of the bar and judiciary congregated in Toronto to recognize members of the profession who have made an outstanding contribution to the practice of law in Ontario and to the Ontario Bar Association.