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Published July 3, 2018
Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) has posted its fourth quarter report for 2017/18. The report provides an overview of its major initiatives and provides a snapshot look at the organization’s service levels and financial health. The fourth quarter report, which covers the period of January to March 2018, highlights: the increased financial eligibility threshold for LAO’s…
Published April 27, 2018
Legal Aid Ontario has agreed to fund the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers (CABL) to engage in law reform work that benefits Ontario’s Black communities. This agreement is part of LAO’s commitment to ensure that there will be no reduction in clinic law services to Black Ontarians after LAO withdrew its funding of the African…
Published April 5, 2018
If you’re an experienced criminal lawyer who’s interested in advising Legal Aid Ontario on cases that are either factually or legally complex, then we want to hear from you. We have an advisory committee made up of criminal lawyers who: review written materials including budget requests hear oral submissions from lawyer applicants help lawyer applicants…
Published April 3, 2018
Thanks to an investment from the province of Ontario to ensure that more low‑income Ontarians can obtain legal services, community legal clinics and student legal aid services societies throughout the province will receive an additional $7.3 million in funding in 2018/19. Legal Aid Ontario funds 73 community legal clinics throughout the province. These clinics are independently…
Published March 26, 2018
Starting April 1, 2018, when someone applies for legal aid, we’ll be asking them about their race because this helps Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) to improve how we deliver services and to create the types of programs that certain racialized groups need. What do we mean by “racialized” Racialized communities refer to all people who don’t consider…
Published March 20, 2018
On April 1, 2018, Legal Aid Ontario is raising the eligibility threshold by six per cent for its certificate program and for clinic law services. LAO implemented the first of multiple six per cent increases on Nov. 1, 2014. Certificate program The certificate program provides eligible, low income Ontarians publicly funded legal representation. A certificate is…
Published March 14, 2018
Recently, people calling Legal Aid Ontario have been waiting longer than usual to get a hold of someone to either discuss their file or to apply for legal aid. We are aware of this and we apologize. Over the next several months, we will be working on the staffing issue, which has led to the…
Published March 13, 2018
As a requirement under the Broader Public Sector Executive Compensation Act, 2014 (BPSEC), Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) is developing an Executive Compensation Framework. The BPSEC establishes requirements that designated public sector employers must meet when setting executive compensation. This Framework is a written program that describes the compensation LAO provides to its leadership team. The…
Published February 15, 2018
Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) has posted its third quarter report for 2017/18. The report provides an overview of its major initiatives and provides a snapshot look at the organization’s service levels and financial health. The third quarter report, which covers the period of October to December 2017, highlights: LAO’s ongoing racialized communities strategy consultation the…
Published January 11, 2018
Click here to download image. Grace Pluchino, a community legal worker at the forefront of tenants’ rights for the past 30 years, is this year’s recipient of the Sidney B. Linden Award given by Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) to honour exceptional individuals who help low-income Ontarians in the pursuit of access to justice. In a nomination jointly…
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