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The Ontario Bar Association congratulates OBA Treasurer Ranjan Agarwal for receiving the South Asian Bar Association Toronto’s 2019 President’s Award.

On July 7, 2019, LAO implemented service changes across the province in order to align our operations to our provincial funding allocation for 2019. A principle we followed as part of this process was to monitor and adapt services as required. We have now determined that there is capacity to provide some additional family duty counsel services.

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.

The Family Law Limited Legal Service Scope project is the result of an unprecedented collaborative effort of the Ontario family justice community.

We are proud to partner with the CPA Associations in Toronto for the first ever CPA & Lawyer Networking Mixer!

As the 2019/20 Chair of the OBA's Family Law Section, I'd like to personally invite you to renew your section membership for the upcoming year.

Please note changes to the Family Law Rules, regarding experts and the child party, have been approved by the Attorney General. The changes will come into effect on September 1, 2019.

​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.

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.

The 2019-20 Section Executive Elections are now open. As a current section member, this is your opportunity to cast your online vote for your respective Section Executives.