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Orillia lawyer Doug Downey is leading the Ontario Bar Association’s (OBA) effort to assist Ryerson University with the launch of the law practice program, a new, alternative path to the licensing of lawyers

Ship, an associate at McCarthy Tétrault, has been awarded the Ontario Bar Association’s 2013 Markus Cohen QC Memorial Award for Excellence in Franchise Law, in recognition of his outstanding written contribution to the development of franchise law in 2013.

Ryerson University will offer a new Law Practice Program (LPP), a three-year pilot program born out of a strategic partnership with the Ontario Bar Association to address the growing number of Ontario law students who can’t find articling work

Ryerson University will offer a new Law Practice Program (LPP), a three-year pilot program born out of a strategic partnership with the Ontario Bar Association to address the growing number of Ontario law students who can’t find articling work

The OBA’s role in assisting Ryerson University’s delivery of a new alternative path to the licensing of lawyers was noted in the Financial Post section of the National Post.

Ontario Bar Association in strategic alliance with Ryerson University to assist in delivering new Law Practice Program

Ontario Bar Association in strategic alliance with Ryerson University to assist in delivering new Law Practice Program

TORONTO – A submission by the OBA Trusts & Estates Section has significantly improved the new lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct recently adopted by the Law Society of Upper Canada.