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Legal aid advisory groups
Last updated: December 21, 2009
Announced October 8, 2009, five advisory groups worked to improve the legal aid system and give advice to the Attorney General.
A MAG initiative, each group looked at how the recent $150 million investment by the government can best support the most vulnerable Ontarians and help drive significant reforms in our courts.
John McCamus, Board Chair of Legal Aid Ontario, chaired each of the five working groups, and Justice Sidney Linden assisted each group. The groups included representatives from Legal Aid Ontario, Ontario Bar Association, Criminal Lawyer’s Association, Law Society of Upper Canada, Family Lawyers Association, Refugee Lawyers Association, the County and District Law Presidents’ Association, the Advocates’ Society, the Ontario Association of Family Mediators, the Association of Community Legal Clinics of Ontario and the Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation.
Letter to the Attorney General
Letter from John McCamus, Chair of the LAO Board of Directors, and Justice Sidney Linden, to the Attorney General with the advice obtained during the Legal Aid Advisory Committee process.
Groups focused on one of the following areas:
Major Criminal Cases
October 26 Meeting
Material: Introduction and Background
Material: Discussion Primer/Overview & Issues
Material: LAO LeSage-Code Submission
November 16 Meeting
Material: Expenditure and Revenue Information
Standard Criminal Cases
October 27 Meeting
Material: Introduction and Background
November 23 Meeting
Material – Expenditure & Revenue Information
Family Law
November 10 Meeting
Material: Introduction and Background
December 1 Meeting
Material: Expenditure and Revenue Information
Poverty Law
November 5 Meeting
Material: Introduction and Background
Material: Poverty Reduction Strategy
November 30 Meeting
Material: Expenditure & Revenue Information
Material: Connecting Across Language and Distance
