Professional regulation

The duty to accommodate mental health illness: What Ontario’s law says

The duty to accommodate mental health illness: What Ontario’s law says

Employers are expected to know their legal duty to accommodate mental health illness. Learn more about this and how it operates in the workplace

LSO benchers approve increased fees, allow paralegals to provide more family law services

LSO benchers approve increased fees, allow paralegals to provide more family law services

Benchers lauded the new paralegal program and approved 2025 budget

FullStop takes another LSO bencher seat following judicial appointment

FullStop takes another LSO bencher seat following judicial appointment

Lisa Bildy fills the seat left vacant by Jasminka Kalajdzic, who was appointed an Ontario judge

Law Society Tribunal publishes 2023 annual report

Law Society Tribunal publishes 2023 annual report

The tribunal's active caseload at the end of 2023 was the lowest since 2017

New OBA President Kathryn Manning pinpoints ‘polarization’ as priority issue

New OBA President Kathryn Manning pinpoints ‘polarization’ as priority issue

Manning began her tenure as president on Sept. 1

LSO revokes license of lawyer who misappropriated funds from trust to cover expenses, repaying later

LSO revokes license of lawyer who misappropriated funds from trust to cover expenses, repaying later

Admits the biggest mistake she was "not valuing" herself and the services she provided properly