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The Globe and Mail's coverage of committee hearings examining bail reform featuring representatives from the OBA.

A segment on The Agenda features Bhuvana Rai, vice-chair of the OBA’s Taxation Law Section.

In a feature article in CBA/ABC National, OBA Innovator-in-Residence Mante Molepo discusses her professional trajectory and alternative career paths for lawyers.

An article from Village Media includes a statement from OBA President Karen Perron about how the chief justice is appointed in Ontario.

An article about the Family Legal Services Provider licence in The Lawyer's Daily features a statement from Kathy Batycky, chair of the OBA’s Family Law Section.

An article in The Globe and Mail includes a statement from the OBA about how chief justice is appointed in Ontario.

The Lawyer’s Daily reports on the OBA announcing Mante Molepo, the founder and CEO of Mante Molepo Consulting, as our new Innovator in Residence.

Mante Molepo has been named the 2022-23 Ontario Bar Association Innovator in Residence and will lead the association’s new career accelerator for Indigenous and racialized lawyers in emerging areas of law.

On November 1, 2022, two new mediation programs will launch in Hamilton Unified Family Court by its court-connected mediation and information service provider, AXIS Family Mediation Inc. (“AXIS”).

November is Make a Will Month, and the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) is once again spearheading a campaign to educate the public about the need for a will and how lawyers can help people draft one properly. Throughout the month, volunteers from the OBA will be leading free information sessions for the public in communities across Ontario.