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Published January 28, 2021
LAO congratulates the Vanier Community Service Centre (CSC) for achieving full four-year accreditation through the Canadian Centre for Accreditation (CCA). The community legal clinic has worked diligently since 1980 to improve the quality of life for citizens of Ottawa-Vanier and surroundings. Their accreditation is the result of a stringent process based on recognized best organizational practices that…
Published December 17, 2020
On behalf of Legal Aid Ontario, I’m pleased to welcome Jennifer Gold to the Board of LAO. Jennifer brings a wealth of experience, particularly in her practice of Family Law and Mediation with Wood Gold LLP, and as President of the Women’s Law Association of Ontario. We are all looking forward to having Jennifer work with…
Published September 15, 2020
It’s time to send in your nominations for the Sidney B. Linden Award! The deadline for submission is Friday, October 30, 2020, 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 years. LAO created the Sidney B….
Published August 17, 2020
Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) is beginning a consultation process that will see a new structure for oversight between LAO and community legal clinics across Ontario. This new framework will replace the previous memoranda of understanding and funding agreements between LAO and the clinics, which have been in place for the past 20 years, and will enable…
Published July 16, 2020
The new Legal Aid Services Act, 2020, part of Bill 161, the Smarter and Stronger Justice Act, 2020, has been passed by the Ontario legislature. The new act establishes a new framework for Legal Aid Ontario to provide legal aid services to low‑income Ontarians. At the same time, the organization will continue as an independent corporation,…
Published July 10, 2020
As part of its commitment to better serve its clients, Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) began in 2018 to ask its clients to voluntarily indicate if they self-identified as part of a racialized group and, if so, how they identified themselves. Over the past two years, 85 per cent of our clients have indicated their willingness to…
Published June 19, 2020
In a virtual ceremony at the Legal Aid Ontario board meeting on June 19, 2020, Timothy Lutes, a staff lawyer working in LAO’s Provincial Case Management Office, was formally honoured with the Sidney B. Linden Award. The Sidney B. Linden Award is given by Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) to exceptional individuals who help low‑income Ontarians in the…
Published June 5, 2020
A message from David Field, president and CEO, Legal Aid Ontario The past several days have been some of the most troubling this past year. As I watch the news, I am saddened and angered by the anti-Black racism and police brutality we have seen on both sides of the border. Anti-Black racism and police…
Published March 27, 2020
On April 1, 2020, Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) is raising the eligibility threshold by six per cent for its certificate program and for clinic law services.
Published March 24, 2020
As part of our response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) is working to offer more resources to clients through the telephone and online.
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