Starting this year, all lawyers or paralegals in Ontario registering as a sole practitioner for the first time must complete the Foundations of Sole Practice course. The Law Society of Ontario designed the online program to address key areas that often lead to complaints or negligence claims. KEY DETAILS 30-Hour Online Course: The LSO broke […]
Are you aware of the new Family Legal Services Provider license for paralegals at the LSO? Below we discuss the new FLSP program: Starting in 2025 paralegals, after completing a specialized program, may seek authorization from the Law Society of Ontario to become a Family Legal Services Provider. Family Legal Services Providers will be able
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Client contingency planning or mandatory succession planning is coming into effect for Ontario Lawyers on January 1, 2025. Are you prepared? This blog post tells you what you need to know!
Whether you are a solo lawyer with one legal assistant or a growing law firm looking to hire more associates, running a law firm in 2024 is no easy task. As we step into the new year, law firm management teams face many challenges on the horizon, including addressing and adopting technological advancements, evolving client
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The Law Society of Ontario, the regulatory body responsible for governing the legal profession in the province, is set to hold an election this month for its benchers (its Board of Directors). Voting opens on April 19 and closes on April 29, 2023. All LSO licensees whose licenses have not been suspended as of April
Professional regulation may be a boring topic for some, but you only have to look back to the 2019 Law Society of Ontario (LSO) Bencher election to realize it is not without its controversies. And while the 2019 election was arguably more contentious than past elections, it still revealed the continuing trend of decreasing voter
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The Law Society’s Access to Justice (A2J) Committee has launched a Call for Comment on a proposed new type of licensee (in addition to the current lawyer and current paralegal licensees) called a Family Legal Services Provider or FLSP. This new proposed category of licensee comes from the Family Law Action Plan implemented by the Law Society
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It’s easy for lawyers to sit back and complain about the lack of progress in our profession, whether it be with advances in technology; access to justice; equality, diversity and inclusion, etc. However, now is your chance to get involved and (hopefully) make a difference: the next Law Society of Ontario (LSO) bencher election is taking place
Lawyers are a self-governing profession in Ontario and we oversee our own regulation through the Law Society of Ontario. This month the LSO published a “Call for Comment” seeking feedback on suggested changes to the LSO’s governance structure. Comments are due October 15, 2018. Many lawyers may have missed the email, so we’ve summarized the
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Did you miss the Law Society of Ontario’s solo and small firm conference this year? We’ve attended this conference every year for the last four years and each year we are impressed with the topics and programs. This conference is always appropriately geared toward issues that solo and small firms face and provides great networking opportunities throughout
