2019

The culmination of a year’s worth of efforts to advance gender equality in the legal profession, the OBA’s Momentum Summit will bring together leaders from across sectors and across the globe on September 10 in Toronto to spearhead applicable and sustainable solutions for putting equality into practice.

The OBA's Workers' Compensation Law Section is pleased to announce John Bartolomeo as the recipient of its 2019 OBA Ron Ellis Award for Excellence in Workers' Compensation Law

The OBA's Privacy & Access to Information Law Section is pleased to announce Shariar Aboosaidi as the recipient of its 2019 OBA Karen Spector Memorial Award for Excellence in Privacy Law

Article featured in The Lawyer's Daily.

TORONTO - Following the close of the election today, the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) is pleased to announce its 2019-2020 Board of Directors. An essential ally, advocate and community for lawyers, the OBA continues to drive critical advancements in practice innovation, access to justice, and equality, diversity and inclusion in the legal profession.

​The Ontario Bar Association is building Momentum through a unique campaign that shines a light on some of the unconscious biases that can lead to gender inequality in the legal profession.

The OBA's International Law Section is pleased to announce Valerie Hughes as the recipient of its 2019 OBA Award of Excellence in International Law

Article in the Law Times.

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s cabinet shuffle today has resulted in an increase in the number of lawyers holding ministerial or associate ministerial portfolios, from four to seven.