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Published November 15, 2016
Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) invites you to give feedback on how to make LAO’s work more transparent, and its data more publicly accessible. Earlier this year, LAO released a discussion paper: Open Government at Legal Aid Ontario: Promoting Transparency and Accountability in Ontario’s Justice System. Now, LAO wants to hear from you. The feedback collected…
Published November 7, 2016
Please note that all Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) offices, as well as our toll-free number, will be closed on Friday, Nov. 11 to observe Remembrance Day. All legal aid offices and our call centre will resume regular business hours on Monday, Nov 14.
Published October 28, 2016
Click here to download image. If you know someone worthy of this award and haven’t already nominated him or her, please complete the nomination form and send it to LAO’s Communications department. The deadline for submission-Friday, November 4-is only a week away. LAO created the Sidney B. Linden award to honour exceptional individuals who have…
Published October 27, 2016
Click here to download image. The Government of Ontario has reappointed John D. McCamus as Chair of the Legal Aid Ontario Board of Directors for another two years, effective September 28, 2016. Mr. McCamus was called to the bar in 1973 and has been LAO’s Board Chair since July 2007. Over the course of his…
Published October 26, 2016
In a vote conducted by the Ontario Labour Relations Board, a majority of Legal Aid Ontario’s staff lawyers have voted to be represented by the union the Society of Energy Professionals. In September, LAO allowed its staff lawyers, who are employed full-time by LAO, to explore options around representation by a collective bargaining regime. The…
Published October 24, 2016
Whenever you visit a lawyer, a lot of paperwork is always involved: every lawyer has to complete and then update many forms, often repeatedly, about every client. Plus, if you go to court, you may have to talk to different Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) lawyers and other staff, and they often have to fill in…
Published October 19, 2016
Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) is offering a one-time grant of $200,000 for two organizations to provide services to Black students facing suspension or expulsion hearings. Community organizations in Ontario that work primarily with Black students and/or their families are invited to apply for these grants worth $100,000 each. The funds must be used for projects…
Published October 7, 2016
TORONTO, Ont: Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) objects to an inaccurate, incomplete and misleading media release by the Society of Energy Professionals (“Legal Aid Ontario Thwarts Democracy by Refusing to Open Ballot Box at OLRB”, October 3, 2016) In their release, the Society of Energy Professionals, a trade union, asserts that the ballots in the certification…
Published September 6, 2016
Click here to download image. It’s time to send in your nominations for the Sidney B. Linden Award! The deadline for submission is Friday, November 4, 2016, at 5 p.m. The award is named after Justice Sidney B. Linden, the first Chair of Legal Aid Ontario (LAO), who has been involved with legal aid for over 35…
Published September 4, 2016
Test cases are important cases that possibly set a precedent in law. LAO takes on such cases because they can address system-wide issues that affect large numbers of low-income and vulnerable people. Test cases are a practical and realistic way to bring province-wide issues before the courts that would not otherwise happen. One such recent…
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