Kopyto Licensing Saga Continues: Tribunal News
Former lawyer Hersch Harry Kopyto, of Toronto, has been ordered to pay $13,000 to the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC). Kopyto, who has been trying to get a paralegal licence since 2007, had filed a...
View ArticleTradition & Change: Conway Readies to Move On
As he heads into his last week as the 64th Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC), Thomas Conway admits to a certain philosophical mood. “It is an intense job,” Conway says in his offices...
View ArticleLaw Office of the Future – Fight Your Tickets Where You Shop?
Allowing Ontarians to purchase legal services where they buy their bananas is inching closer to reality. A report presented to June Convocation focuses on the next steps for the ABS Working Committee....
View ArticleJanet Minor Named LSUC’s 65th Treasurer
Janet Minor, a constitutional lawyer with the Ministry of the Attorney general, is the new Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC). Minor garnered 31 out of 60 votes cast in a single ballot...
View ArticleSole, Experienced Paralegals Get Most LSUC Complaints
Analysis of Complaints Received by the Professional Regulation Division in 2013 seems to indicate a troubling pattern. While sole practitioners constitute 52% of all practising paralegals, over 70% of...
View ArticleCoaching, Brokering – Helping More People Get Legal Services
Coaching self-represented litigants and brokering services for under-served Ontarians are among the innovative ideas in a report tabled today to Convocation. The Report on Next Steps on the Law...
View ArticleNow It’s Their Turn: 97 Lawyer Bencher Candidates Running for Convocation
Pending any drop-outs, the list of candidates for lawyer bencher sits at a whopping 97, vying for 40 seats at Convocation. Nearly half the lawyer benchers who will be elected April 30 will be new to...
View ArticleBy-laws, Reality Checks, Defences: New Scope-related Content at CanLII, Connects
CanLII Connects makes it faster and easier for legal professionals and the public to access high-quality legal commentary on Canadian court decisions. See Scope’s Publisher Page. Here are some recent...
View ArticleWriting in August? New Course Offers Review, Prep
Paralegal Candidates preparing to write the new licensing exam in August have a new way to calm their nerves. Emond Publishing, widely regarded as one of Canada’s leading academic law publishers, has...
View ArticleParalegal Competence Update, Convocation Reports – May
May 28 marked the first Convocation for 18 new lawyer Benchers elected last month, and the first for new Paralegal Standing Committee (PSC) Chair Michelle Haigh. “I am thrilled to provide my first...
View ArticleLicensing Exam Details, Employment & Human Rights Among Legal News
Carefully curated for paralegals, these articles have been chosen for their relevance to the paralegal scope of practice. News briefs are provided without charge by your only source of unbiased...
View ArticleDid You Hear… The Truth About the Paralegal Licensing Exam
You have probably heard the rumours. The August Paralegal Licensing Examination will be impossibly difficult. The exam will be ridiculously easy. The exam location keeps changing. The exam will take...
View ArticleReport Calls for Paralegals in Family Law; Expanded Scope Possible
Ontario paralegals who earn a “specialized licence in family law” should provide limited legal services in family matters. This is in the best interests of the public. So says Justice Annemarie...
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