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While civil claim e-filing has been available since 2015 in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, it has been limited to the Small Claims Court Division (i.e. for claims less than $25,000.00).  A new pilot project is expanding e-filing for claims above $25,000.00, but there are some limitations...

If you are a lawyer or law student in Ontario, you’ve likely heard something about the debate over the future of the lawyer licensing process in this province. What is the best way to vet future lawyers? The Law Society of Upper Canada (“LSUC”) wants to find out, and they want to...

In November you might have seen a Tweet, email, or LinkedIn share announcing the launch of the Coach and Advisor Network (CAN) at the Law Society of Upper Canada and you might have wondered, what is this? We certainly did. Our interest was piqued, so we did a little investigating. According...

This is the 7th post in our series “How I Became a Freelance Lawyer” by our Flex lawyers. Today’s post is by Carol MacPherson. I have been a lawyer for over thirty years. I started my career as a junior partner in a three person firm, the first all-female firm in Mississauga in fact....

This is the fifth post in our series “How I became a Freelance Lawyer” by our Flex Lawyers. Today’s post is by Lauren Heuser: I have always loved reading and writing. It’s the reason I chose to do an undergraduate degree in English Literature and one of the reasons I chose to pursue...