Innovator

The Ontario Bar Association congratulates the 28 members who were elected to serve as Benchers of the Law Society of Ontario for the next four years.

The Ontario Bar Association (OBA) is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Association Awards. The recipients will be honoured at the OBA Awards Gala on May 31 in Toronto. 

On Thursday, March 23, 2023, the government tabled Building a Strong Ontario, the 2023 provincial budget. The government’s plan is to balance the budget with the province to start posting a budget surplus in 2024-2025. In 2022-23, Ontario is projecting a deficit of $2.2 billion.

The Ministry of the Attorney will be hosting 6 regional Justice Services Online (JSO) User Feedback Sessions, together with the Superior Court of Justice, Ontario Court of Justice and Federation of Ontario Law Associations.

As she takes the reins on March 1st, new OBA President Kelly McDermott is determined to ensure all Ontario lawyers come to know what she herself knows firsthand – the OBA is a supportive community that makes careers more satisfying and steps up when life and work collide. McDermott will focus her presidency on creating and formalizing reliable and accessible support networks to assist lawyers facing challenges in their careers and lives.

The Ontario Bar Association is recognizing two Windsor women for the significant impacts they have made through their access to justice work.

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.