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The Roundtable of Diversity Associations (RODA) held its sixth annual diversity soirée in partnership with the OBA on Tuesday, November 29th . The event featured a keynote address by Ontario’s Attorney General Yasir Naqvi. The Law Times was there and captured some great photos from the event.

The Office of the Auditor General of Ontario released its Annual Report on November 30, 2016. The report acknowledges that Ontario’s courts are using outdated technology, an issue OBA President David Sterns has been speaking about during his term.

Congratulations to the many OBA members among the Women’s Executive Network’s 2016 Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winners, including founder, past Chair and current executive member of the OBA’s Class Actions Law Section Sylvie Rodrigue and Lisa Borsook, recipient of the 2014 OBA Award of Excellence in Real Estate.

Run in cooperation with the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Osgoode Hall Law School, the Pro Bono Students Canada Wills Project is an initiative to help low income Torontonians obtain wills and powers of attorney documents.

The OBA’s Institute, Canada’s largest legal CPD event, will return February 7-11, 2017 in Toronto, Ottawa and online via live webcast.

View letter to Ontario Judicial Council

The Government of Canada has announced reforms to the judicial appointments process which will make the process more transparent, accountable and reflective of the diversity of Canadian society.

TORONTO, ON – November marks “Make A Will Month” for the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) – an important opportunity for Ontario lawyers to demonstrate their role as valuable educators in their communities and to remind the public of the importance of having a will.

A Law Times article highlights the OBA’s submission regarding the Pathways Pilot Project and Law Practice Program, which recommended the completion of the pilot’s five year run to allow for further examination of the articling alternative.

A Law Times article highlights the OBA’s submission regarding the Pathways Pilot Project and Law Practice Program, which recommended the completion of the pilot’s five year run to allow for further examination of the articling alternative.