Tamil-English Legal Glossary
The Ryerson Law Research Centre (Toronto, ON) will develop a Tamil-English legal glossary containing standardized legal words and phrases. The glossary will be available to the public online.
$ 14,842
October 24, 2012
Support of Native Law Centre's Mandate
The Native Law Centre will carry out research and educational activities on issues in Aboriginal and constitutional law. The NLC also maintains an online database of legal pleadings in cases of interest to practitioners of Aboriginal law, and publishes resources on developments in Aboriginal law with a focus on Aboriginal concepts of justice.
$ 20,000
October 24, 2012
Ontario Court of Appeal Inmate Duty Counsel Program
The Ontario Court of Appeal Inmate Duty Counsel Program will conduct a pro bono program where senior counsel from the appellate bar volunteer their time to provide duty counsel in Kingston and Toronto to unrepresented inmates in their appeals. The project seeks to formalize the administration of this 14 year old program.
$ 70,000
October 24, 2012
Ontario College Libraries: Proposal to acquire Quicklaw for thirteen college libraries which have accredited paralegal programs
Thirteen community colleges in Ontario will purchase a consortial subscription to Quicklaw, Canada's major legal information system. The subscription will allow the students and faculty of Ontario’s college paralegal programs full access to this standard electronic legal resource for both teaching and research purposes.
$ 71,805
October 24, 2012
Ontario Future Planning Online Resource Centre
PLAN Toronto will design, develop and distribute future planning resources, information and tools to families caring for a relative with a disability or mental illness.
$ 80,000
October 24, 2012
Expert Assistance for Phase 3 of the Ontario Community Legal Clinics Provincial Strategic Planning Project
The Association of Community Legal Clinics of Ontario's draft provincial strategic plan, developed after broad consultation during Phase 2 of the project, will be vetted with legal clinics and selected groups in Phase 3 to generate buy-in, make refinements, and design implementation strategies before the plan is finalized. The two consultants involved in the previous phases will facilitate the Phase 3 process and assist the Strategic Planning Steering Committee.
$ 25,141
October 24, 2012
Roy & Ria McMurtry Endowment 2012
The Second Chance Scholarship Foundation will provide a post-secondary education scholarship to a youth enrolled in a program relating to legal education, and who is currently, or has been, involved in the criminal justice system or who is at risk of such.
$ 5,000
October 24, 2012
Administration of Public Interest Articling Program November 1, 2011 to April 30, 2012
Pro Bono Students Canada will provide administrative support for the LFO’s Public Interest Articling Fellowship program.
$ 18,998
October 24, 2012
Access to Justice for Survivors of Torture - A Legal Education Project Part III
The Canadian Centre for International Justice will provide legal education that will target legal professionals, law students, front-line workers and stakeholders to increase the number of Ontario-based legal professionals working on a pro bono basis for survivors of torture, improve the quality of legal services provided, and increase the capacity of front-line workers to connect their clients with these services.
$ 100,000
October 24, 2012
Program Activities 2013
Pro Bono Law Ontario will continue to carry out its mandate to promote access to justice in Ontario by promoting opportunities for lawyers to provide pro bono (free) legal services to persons of limited means.
$ 800,000
October 24, 2012
