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OBA Launches Province-wide Robe Bank Initiative

  • June 05, 2019

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.

2019-2020 OBA Section Executive Elections

  • May 29, 2019

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.

OBA Names Winners of Annual Association Awards

  • March 13, 2019

TORONTO – The Ontario Bar Association is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s Association Awards. The recipients will be honoured at the annual OBA Awards Gala on April 17 in Toronto.

OBA Office Holiday Closure

  • December 20, 2018

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.

Nominations are now open for the 2019 Ron Ellis Award for Excellence in Workers' Compensation Law

  • December 19, 2018

Every year the Workers’ Compensation Law Section of the OBA celebrates one of its members, acknowledged by peers as a leading practitioner and contributor to Workers’ Compensation Law in Ontario through the OBA Ron Ellis Award for Excellence in Workers’ Compensation Law. This is your opportunity to recognize the colleagues, peers or mentors who have had the most meaningful impact on the practice in Ontario and in the advancing the profession as a whole.

Peter Aprile

OBA Innovator-in-Residence Wins Financial Times Award

  • December 18, 2018

OBA Innovator-in-Residence Peter Aprile has once again demonstrated he’s on the cutting edge of innovation, finding new ways to bring better service to clients in today’s rapidly changing legal environment.

OBA president sits down with CTV Ottawa

  • November 19, 2018

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