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OBA members are encouraged to provide MAG with input on its e-Filing system

The OBA will host a series of OBA Solution Circles over the coming months. OBA Solution Circles will address certain issues that we know are barriers to advancing gender equality (e.g., work interruptions and their impact on a legal career).

Several changes were recently announced to the Rules of Civil Procedure, including changes to Estate forms, procedure on Applications, and clarifying the requirements for the evidence filed on a motion for removal of a lawyer of record

The OBA offices will be closed for the holidays between 1:00 p.m. on Friday, December 21, 2018 and 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, January 3, 2019.

The Ministry of the Attorney General has enhanced the civil claims online filing service (Ontario.ca/civilclaims) based on feedback from legal associations and users.

Blockchain is slowly, but surely, revolutionizing commerce, banking, service, technology, and information industries.

Ontario Bar Association President Lynne Vicars appeared on CTV Ottawa’s Morning Live on Monday, Nov. 18 to talk about the OBA’s Make A Will Month

Up North: According to an Angus Reid survey from earlier this year, half of Canadians don't have a last will and testament in place. So the Ontario Bar Association is promoting November as "Make a Will Month".

The OBA would like to acknowledge our members who were recently named Lexpert Rising Stars: Leading Lawyers Under 40.

The Ontario Bar Association (OBA) would like to congratulate Benjamin Zarnett for his appointment as Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal for Ontario. Justice Zarnett is a former recipient of our Award for Excellence in Civil Litigation.