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The OBA’s Institute, Canada’s largest legal CPD event, will return February 7-11, 2017 in Toronto, Ottawa and online via live webcast.

View letter to Ontario Judicial Council

Le gouvernement du Canada a annoncé une réforme du processus de nomination des juges, lequel sera plus transparent et responsable et reflètera davantage la diversité de la société canadienne.

TORONTO, ON – November marks “Make A Will Month” for the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) – an important opportunity for Ontario lawyers to demonstrate their role as valuable educators in their communities and to remind the public of the importance of having a will.

A Law Times article highlights the OBA’s submission regarding the Pathways Pilot Project and Law Practice Program, which recommended the completion of the pilot’s five year run to allow for further examination of the articling alternative.

A Law Times article highlights the OBA’s submission regarding the Pathways Pilot Project and Law Practice Program, which recommended the completion of the pilot’s five year run to allow for further examination of the articling alternative.

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.