Executive Director to speak at access to justice CPDLCO Executive Director Dr. Patricia Hughes will be a panellist at the CPD event, "Improving Access to Justice" on April 8, 2015. For more information, see http://ojen.ca/A2JCPD.
On March 24, 2015, LCO Senior Lawyer Lauren Bates will be presenting a lecture on reform measures as part of the Osgoode Certificate in Elder Law. Participants will learn about the LCO’s 2012 recommendations for advancing substantive equality for older persons. The intensive program is designed to provide legal advisors and health care professionals with [...]
On March 6, 2015, the LCO will be in attendance at Public Interest Day proceedings at the Toronto Reference Library. The event is organized by the Career Development Offices of Osgoode Hall Law School and the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law.Public Interest Day gives students, lawyers and other professionals an opportunity to connect and [...]
On February 4, 2015, LCO Research Lawyer Sarah Mason-Case will be presenting at the Ontario Bar Association Institute 2015 as part of the Trusts and Estates Section program, "No Bones About It: Critical Issues and Essential Updates in Trusts and Estates Law". In a presentation entitled, "Emerging Issues in Capacity", the participants will learn about [...]
2015 National Class Actions Symposium: April 23-24, 2015Jason will be speaking at the annual National Class Actions Symposium in 2015. The Symposium, hosted by Osgoode Professional Development, will take place April 23-24, 2015 in Toronto. Jason will provide an update on the project, the pending report and proposed timelines for any changes to the CPA. [...]
Executive Director Patricia Hughes, LCO’s MAG Counsel in Residence Jason Balgopal and past MAG counsels will participate in discussions at the Ontario Government on “Reaching Out: Reaching Higher” as part of the Ministry of the Attorney General’s annual programming on Putting Public Input to Good Purpose in Government Law Making, Litigation and Legal Advice.
Executive Director Patricia Hughes will speak at the OBA's Council meeting on December 5, 2014, about the profession's opportunities to engage with the LCO.
On September 19, Senior Lawyer, Lauren Bates, will be speaking about the LCO’s project on capacity, decision-making and guardianship at Elder Abuse Ontario’s Central West Conference entitled, “Understanding Capacity Assessments.”
Executive Director Patricia Hughes will present on the LCO's final report in the Modernization of the Provincial Offences Act project at OPD's Certificate Program on Handling Provincial Offences Court, Small Claims Court & Landlord and Tenant Board Matters, on November 29th and will be visiting the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law in November.
Jason Balgopal, the LCO's MAG Counsel in Residence, will have an opportunity to talk to law studets about the LCO's class action project, in Professor Vasu Vasudev's class at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law on November 7 and in Professor Michael Rosenberg's course on November 19. Jason has been invited to speak at [...]
