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The Ontario Bar Association’s new president Charlene Theodore is ready to support the profession through these challenging times with two groundbreaking initiatives.

TORONTO – Following the close of the election today, the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) is pleased to announce its 2020-2021 Board of Directors. With the combination of experience and new perspectives, the board is ideally suited to continue supporting the profession through the current crisis and into the future.

Next week, legal eyes will be focused on the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) as it once again brings together the top minds of the legal profession for the 45th edition of OBA’s Institute.

Everyone needs a will that is properly drafted. That’s the message the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) and its members will once again be promoting this month as they mark Make A Will Month with nearly 80 free legal information sessions in every region of the province.

Today, OBA President Colin Stevenson announced the Ryerson Legal Innovation Zone (LIZ) as the 2019-2020 OBA Innovator-in-Residence, powering the next chapter in the OBA’s ground breaking initiative to help lawyers put innovation into practice.

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.

Members of the Ontario Bar Association are once again stepping up to help the next generation of lawyers. The OBA has launched a new Robe Bank program that will match people who want to donate or lend their robes with new lawyers who need them across all judicial regions of Ontario.

TORONTO – Ontario Bar Association President Lynne Vicars today named this year’s recipients of the OBA’s President’s Award.

Ontario Bar Association (OBA) President Lynne Vicars has outlined the association’s agenda for the upcoming year, including significant efforts to advance gender equality in the profession.

Today the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) launched its Innovator-in-Residence Program, which will create tools and services to help lawyers and law firms thrive in a rapidly changing world.