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TLA addresses professionalism and civility in the legal profession

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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • Concerned about a decline in civility and professionalism within the legal profession, the Toronto Lawyers’ Association (TLA) has released a comprehensive report examining “the palpable change in the way lawyers engaged with each other” to open dialogue and find answers to the problem. The Report on Civility and Professionalism is a months-long […]

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Tickets are going fast for the Billiards with the Bar fundraiser

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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • The Toronto Lawyers Association (TLA) invites members to dive in for a fun night of pool in support of the hunger relief efforts of The Law Society Foundation. “Billiards with the Bar is one of the most important fundraising events we help host every year on behalf of the foundation’s Toronto Lawyers Feed

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TLA’s Women in Law course returns with a focus on intention

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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • Toronto Lawyers Association’s (TLA) sixth annual Women in Law program returns next month with the aim to show “how successful leaders in law live, work, thrive and succeed with intention.” “It is essential for women to learn about the wide range of different opportunities that now exist in the legal profession,”

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TLA applauds proposed Legal Aid pay increases, modernization

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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • Proposed amendments to improve Legal Aid payments along with $166 million in Ontario government funding to expand online legal services were hailed as “positive advances” by the Toronto Lawyers Association (TLA). Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) reforms on rates and tariffs paid to defence counsel represent a “significant investment in the defence bar,” says

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TLA Advocacy Committee provides ‘the voice of our members’

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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • Finding ways to improve the processes and procedures of the legal profession is at the heart of the Toronto Lawyers’ Association (TLA) Advocacy Committee’s mandate, says chair Jennifer Arduini. “We are here to represent the interests of Toronto lawyers,” she tells LegalMattersCanada.ca. “We are the voice of our members, and we do our

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‘We ensure our voices are heard’: new TLA president

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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • Incoming Toronto Lawyers’ Association (TLA) president Aitan Lerner says if you want to get something done give it to a busy person – an appropriate adage considering his new role. Erin O’Donovan, outgoing president, hands over the mantle of command to Lerner, an Assistant Crown Attorney with the Ministry of the

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TLA programs take aim at firearm prosecution, Indigenous law

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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • The Toronto Lawyers Association (TLA) is presenting two unique and timely educational programs in March, starting with The Gun Show and Tell before closing out the month with Indigenous Law and the Practical Realities.  The Gun Show and Tell will be presented in the TLA lounge on March 22 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. followed

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Fight to save Osgoode Hall grounds will take ‘strong leadership’

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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • Even if Metrolinx wins the right to cut down trees on the venerable Osgoode Hall property, the fight to find an alternative site for a new subway station will continue, vows the Toronto Lawyers’ Association (TLA). “The sound we are hearing is Law Society of Ontario (LSO) benchers of the past

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New lawyers get valuable insight with TLA’s multi-series forum

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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • The Toronto Lawyers Association (TLA) is launching Tell Me the Truth Tuesdays: 6 Programs for Lawyers Under 6 Years of Service, a new Continuing Professional Development (CPD) series beginning Feb. 21. “We were looking to do something new,” says Gabriel Latner, a member of the TLA’s Young Lawyers Committee. “We wanted to put together a program that

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LSO paralegal decision will not solve access to justice problem: TLA

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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • The Toronto Lawyers Association (TLA) did not oppose a Law Society of Ontario (LSO) decision that allows paralegals to provide some family law services but says it will have little impact on the issue it was intended to address. “We are not saying that we are convinced it is a useful

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