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Access to Justice v. Law Society of (Ontario): What’s in a name?

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LSUC votes to change its name to the Law Society of Ontario in an attempt to promote public engagement. On November 2, 2017, a majority of 17,000 licenced lawyers voted to replace “Upper Canada” with “Ontario” in their governing body’s name. The law society officially becomes the Law Society of Ontario on January 1, 2018. The vote resulted from a decision made by the LSUC Benchers in September to...

The LPP: Not What We Bargained for

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In these pages lies Student Caucus (SC)’s response to the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC)’s Pathways Report on the future of articling.  It is a commendable and articulate effort, to be sure, especially in view of a rather tight deadline, which the response notes.  But alas! I’ve been forgotten again.

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