Modernization consultations: Summer 2019 closed

Overview

This consultation explored ways the legal aid system can become more client-focused and efficient. Through this process, and building on LAO’s strategic plan, we, together with service providers, aim to make the legal aid system more innovative, accessible and cost-effective.

Below are a selection of submissions we received permission to post. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of Legal Aid Ontario.

Please note that these submissions are available in English only.

Resources

LAO Modernization consultation: Summary of consultation input and themes
PDF

Consultation questions
PDF

Summary of client feedback
PDF

LAO review: terms of reference
PDF

Submissions

• Aboriginal Legal Services (ALS) submission on LAO’s Modernization Project Consultation
  • Appendix
  September 6, 2019 / PDF

• Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO): Submission to the Legal Aid System Modernization Project Consultation
  September 6, 2019 / PDF

• Anthony N. Doob: Some comments on “Legal Aid Modernization” at Legal Aid Ontario
  From Anthony Doob, Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto
  August 17, 2019 / PDF

• ARCH Disability Law Centre: Submission to Legal Aid Modernization Project
  September 6, 2019 / PDF

• Association of Community Legal Clinics of Ontario (ACLCO): Legal Aid System Modernization Project Consultation
  August 27, 2019 / PDF

• Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA): Legal Aid Services Act Modernization Consultation
  September 6, 2019 / PDF

• Centre for Immigrant and Community Services (CICS): Legal Aid Modernization Project 2019
  September 9, 2019 / PDF

• Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic (CSALC): Legal Aid Modernization Project (2019)
  September 3, 2019 / PDF

• Community Advocacy & Legal Centre (CALC): Submission to Modernization Review
  September 6, 2019 / PDF

  • Supplemental modernization review submission (Sept. 13, 2019 / PDF)
  • Supplemental letter to LAO regarding Clinic Modernization Consultations (Sept. 30, 2020 / PDF)

• Community Legal Clinic – Brant Haldimand Norfolk: Legal Aid System Modernization Project Consultation Submission
  • Attachment: HayGroup Report – March, 2016
  September 2019 / PDF

• Community Legal Clinic of York Region (CLCYR): Legal Aid Modernization Project (2019) – Submission
  September 5, 2019 / PDF

• Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA): Legal Aid Modernization Project 2019
  September 9, 2019 / PDF




• Criminal Lawyer’s Association: Written Submission to Legal Aid Ontario
  September 11, 2019 / PDF

• Defence Counsel Association of Ottawa: Written Submission to Legal Aid Ontario
  September 6, 2019 / PDF

• Durham Community Legal Clinics (DCLC): Legal Aid Modernization Project
  September 6, 2019 / PDF

• Elgin-Oxford Legal Clinic: Legal Aid System Modernization
  September 6, 2019 / PDF

• Federation of Ontario Law Associations (FOLA) submission regarding the review of the Legal Aid Services Act
  September 10, 2019 / PDF

• Hamilton Community Legal Clinic (HCLC): Legal Aid System Modernization Project Consultation submission
  September 5, 2019 / PDF

• HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario (HALCO): Legal Aid Modernization Project
  September 6, 2019 / PDF

• Immigrant Services Guelph-Wellington: Legal Aid Modernization Project 2019
  September 9, 2019 / PDF

• Jane Finch Community Legal Services: The importance of its being
  September 5, 2019 / PDF

• Justice & Health Partnerships for Better Client Outcomes: A submission to the Legal Aid Ontario Modernization Project
  Submitted by the Ontario Justice & Health Partnerships Community of Practice
  September 6, 2019 / PDF

• Justice for Children and Youth (JFCY): Submissions to LAO Modernization Project
  September 6, 2019 / PDF

• Lake Country Community Legal Clinic: Submissions regarding Review of Community Legal Clinic Services and the Legal Aid Services Act
  September 2019 / PDF

• Legal Assistance of Windsor (LAW) and Community Legal Aid (CLA): Modernization of Legal Aid Services
  September 5, 2019 / PDF

• Legal Clinic of Guelph and Wellington County: Submissions regarding the modernization of Legal Aid
  September 6, 2019 / PDF

• Manitoulin Legal Clinic: Submission for the Legal Aid System Modernization Project
  September 4, 2019 / PDF

• Mental Health Legal Committee: Submissions respecting review of Legal Aid Services Act, 1998
  September 23, 2019 / PDF

• Mississauga Community Legal Services (MCLS): Submission to the Legal Aid Modernization Project Consultation
  September 13, 2019 / PDF

• Neighbourhood Legal Services London & Middlesex (NLSLM): Submission for Legal Aid System Modernization Project Consultation
  September 5, 2019 / PDF

• North Peel & Dufferin Community Legal Services: Legal Aid Modernization Project Submission
  September 2019 / PDF

• Northumberland Community Legal Centre: Submissions on Legal Aid Modernization
  August 2019 / PDF

• Ontario Association for Family Mediation (OAFM): Letter to Legal Aid Ontario
  August 28, 2019 / PDF

• Ontario Bar Association (OBA): Comments on the Legal Aid Ontario Modernization Project
  October 2019 / PDF

• Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC): A Response to Legal Aid Ontario’s Modernization Project
  August 2019 / PDF

• Parkdale Community Legal Service (PCLS): Legal Aid Services Modernization Project
  September 6, 2019 / PDF

• Professor Martin Friedland: Modernization submission
  Professor Martin Friedland submitted for consideration by the Consultation Committee an excerpt dealing with ‘Access to the Law’ from an address he delivered to the Law Society’s Call to the Bar ceremony in 2014.”
  August 2019 / PDF

• Punjabi Community Health Services (PCHS): Legal Aid Modernization Project 2019
  Support letter for principles proposed by SALCO
  September 9, 2019 / PDF

• Scarborough Community Legal Services (SCLS): Submission to the Legal Aid System Modernization Project Consultation
  September 6, 2019 / PDF

• S.E.A.S Centre: Legal Aid Modernization Project 2019
  September 9, 2019 / PDF

• Student Legal Aid Services Society (SLASS): Submission regarding the LAO Modernization Project
  September 6, 2019 / PDF

• South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (SALCO): Legal Aid Modernization Project 2019
  September 6, 2019 / PDF

• Vietnamese Association, Toronto (VAT): Legal Aid Modernization Project 2019
  September 13, 2019 / PDF

• West Scarborough Community Legal Services (WSCLS): Legal aid system modernization project consultation
  September 6, 2019 / PDF