Information for Lawyers
Information for new lawyers
Working for legal aid as a private lawyer
If you want to do legal aid work for Legal Aid Ontario, you must complete and submit a lawyer empanelment form to your district area director. An empanelment form is an application to join a panel for the type of law that you practice.
In order to be accepted to a panel, you must meet the panel standards that are in place for family, criminal, refugee, consent and capacity certificate and duty counsel panels.
Application forms for these panels must also be submitted to your district area director. Please see the panel standards section for more information.
Submission Checklist
(Required forms are listed below)
Step 1: Complete the lawyer empanelment package, which includes the:
o lawyer empanelment form
o request for panel membership
o direct deposit authorization
o tier level increase form (if you have four or more years of experience)
Step 2: Complete applicable panel standard forms
Step 3: Return all forms to your district office
Once all forms are completed and returned, the empanelment process takes about four weeks.
Lawyer empanelment forms
Before filling out these forms, please read the General Terms and Conditions.
Lawyer Emplanelment Package
Application Form for Tier Level Increase
Direct Deposit Authorization
