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Colin Lachance will work with lawyers to integrate AI into profession

The Ontario Bar Association (OBA) is excited to introduce Colin Lachance as its 2024-25 Innovator-in-Residence. In this role, he will spearhead a groundbreaking initiative aimed at assisting lawyers with effectively integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into their practice to better serve their clients.

The Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) will be moving to the Sensitive Content Management (SCM) service which is now available. This is to ensure continued service for LAT’s stakeholders as EATS will be decommissioned effective March 1, 2024. Lawyers have the option to begin using SCM immediately. The Enterprise Attachment Transfer Service (EATS) will be decommissioned, effective March 1, 2024.

We live in unsettling times and it is affecting lawyers personally in many ways, including worries about loved ones in harm’s way, growing tensions in the workplace and a rise in acts of hate.

OBA Annual meeting will be held on Friday, February 2, 2024 at 12:00pm EDT

The Ontario Bar Association has introduced a new award to encourage and recognize initiatives that improve mental health in the profession. The award will be named in honour of Orlando Da Silva, a former OBA president whose 2014 Opening Remarks initiative opened up a critical conversation about mental health in the profession, and who bravely shared his own story to help reduce stigma.

On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we spotlight the unique challenges faced by many lawyers. The demanding nature of our work, coupled with personal struggles, underscores the critical need for a supportive community.

Legal Aid Ontario has announced amendments to the Legal Aid Services Rules (Fees and Disbursements). This section impacts the fees that private bar lawyers are paid for legal aid services.

TORONTO – The Ontario Bar Association (OBA) is launching a first-of-its-kind Peer Support Network for Lawyers Living with Disabilities, providing a robust complement of constructive resources, tools and engagement opportunities for lawyers.

The Ministry of the Attorney General filed a regulation amending Reg. 194 under the Courts of Justice Act (Rules of Civil Procedure), amending 3 probate application forms, and creating transition rules to permit service and filing of the old forms. The regulation is in force as of July 6, 2023.