Information for Lawyers
Forms Library
Listed in this section is a collection of the various forms you may need while working for Legal Aid Ontario. If you have any problems with downloading or accessing any of these forms please contact the web team.
Forms are grouped alphabetically by subject
Last updated: May 2009
Accounts, Billing and Payments
Duty Counsel Statement of Account and Services:
Calculates hours and amounts automatically
Print version: a clean copy to photocopy and completing by hand
Legend for statement of accounts and services
Guaranteed Daily Rate for Northern Lawyers
- duty counsel/certificate account form (PDF 35 KB)
For printing only - does not perform calculations
Big Case Management
Change of Information
Lawyer Change of Information Form:
Only fill in the information that you are changing and leave the other sections blank.
Disbursement Forms
Discretion Forms
Request for Discretion
Should your account exceed the Tariff maximum and you wish LAO to consider paying the account billed with discretion, please attach this form when submitting your account or email it within 10 business days of submitting your account if you failed to do so orginally.
Request for Review
If you are dissatisfied with the disposition of an account, you may request a review within 60 days of payment.
Retroactive Discretion Request
If an account was settled at the Tariff maximum because you did not include a request for discretion with your account, you may submit a detailed discretion request for consideration of the outstanding balance within 60 days of settlement.
Attaching Documents
A short instructional video about how to attach documents when submitting your accounts.
Lawyer Empanelment Forms
Lawyer Empanelment Form:
For more information please refer to Panel Standards
Direct Deposit Authorization
Note: Lawyers must be registered for direct deposit in order to be entered onto the legal aid panels.
Lawyer's Annual Self-Report
Lawyer's Annual Self-Report
For more information regarding the report and instructions on how to submit it please refer to this link.
Panel Standards Application Forms
Criminal
Family
Refugee
Duty Counsel
Duty Counsel: Advice Lawyers
Extremely Serious Criminal Matters (ESM)
Consent and Capacity


