By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • The Law Society of Ontario’s (LSO) proposal for a Family Legal Services Provider licence for paralegals is based on “flawed data” with “utterly unrealistic expectations” and is unlikely to achieve its stated goal of providing access to justice for Ontario families, according to a statement by lawyers’ groups including […]
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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • With technology continuing to have an increasing impact on the legal profession, the Toronto Lawyers Association (TLA) is working to ensure lawyers are able to keep up with the ever-changing landscape. “COVID has sped up the use and change in technology in lawyers’ practices and in court proceedings,” says TLA professional
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By Tony Poland, LegalMatters Staff • The Toronto Lawyers Association (TLA) will be hosting an online forum next month to examine the federal government act that recognizes the rights of Indigenous communities to govern child and family services. An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families, or Bill C-92, came into force two
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The Toronto Lawyers Association (TLA) took on the important issue of funding for law libraries while providing its members with valuable educational and professional development courses throughout 2021. TLA president Brett Harrison began the year discussing the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on Ontario courts, noting everyone involved has made major strides to make the
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Time is running out to sign up for Powerful Speaking Skills for Lawyers, part of the broad range of online programs and sessions offered by the Toronto Lawyers Association designed to assist lawyers in their daily practice as they earn Continuing Professional Development credits. On April 13 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Bonnie Gross, CEO
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Members of the Toronto Lawyers Association can take advantage of a range of online programs and sessions that will assist them in running a practice as they earn Continuing Professional Development credits. “These programs are developed and attended by your local colleagues, lawyers from the Toronto area, and encompass subjects such as legal trends, advocacy,
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By Paul Russell, LegalMatters Staff • A decision by the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) to reduce funding to courthouse law libraries across the province will hurt not only smaller law firms that rely more heavily on those libraries but also the public’s ability to access justice, says Brett Harrison, president of the Toronto Lawyers
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By Paul Russell, LegalMatters Staff • Creating a new level of legal professionals in Ontario will not achieve the goal of improving access to justice in the area of family law, says Sarah Boulby, chair of the Family and Estates Committee of the Toronto Lawyers Association. That committee helped pen a response to a consultation
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By Paul Russell, LegalMatters Staff • Proposed amendments to the provincial Legal Aid Services Act seem to be driven more by a desire to cut costs than to service the needs of the disadvantaged, the Toronto Lawyers Association says in a letter to Attorney General Doug Downey and the Justice Committee. Section 1 of the
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By Paul Russell, LegalMatters Staff • Providing input about proposed changes to various pieces of provincial legislation has been a key focus of the Toronto Lawyers Association (TLA) during the past few months, says president Margaret Waddell. “The Ministry of the Attorney General has been keeping us very busy lately with many proposed changes to
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