A new evaluation by The Law Foundation of Ontario provides insights into how articling programs can increase access to justice for linguistic minorities and rural and remote residents.
August 2, 2017
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August 2, 2017
Participate this fall to help design access to justice solutions for youth
The Law Foundation of Ontario recently made a grant to Ryerson University’s Legal Innovation Zone, working closely with the Ontario Justice Education Network, for a project called the Youth Access to Justice Initiative. It will apply technology and the law…
August 1, 2017
Reem Bahdi receives 2017 Guthrie Award
The Law Foundation of Ontario is pleased to announce that the 2017 Guthrie Award recipient is author, researcher, and human rights expert Professor Reem Bahdi.
June 7, 2017
SURVEY: How to support community workers?
Please complete this brief survey to help The Law Foundation of Ontario gain a deeper understanding of the role of frontline community workers in helping people with their legal problems.
April 19, 2017
New funding available for ‘breakthrough’ family law ideas that advance access to justice
The Law Foundation of Ontario opened a new call for applications today to fund innovative legal projects in the area of family law through its national Access to Justice Fund. The call for applications includes one round for small grants, those under $15,000, and one round for major grants, those up to $250,000. The deadlines for applications are June 30, 2017 and October 2, 2017 respectively.
February 21, 2017
Two new projects support innovative, youth-led tech solutions to justice problems
The Winkler Institute at Osgoode Hall Law School and Ryerson University’s Legal Innovation Zone have each received a grant to examine the roles technology and innovation can play to improve access to justice for young people.
December 16, 2016
2015 annual report: Putting people at the heart of justice
Putting people at the heart of justice. That’s both our newly adopted vision statement and the theme of our 2015 annual report. The report gives an overview of the Foundation’s granting highlights, organized in the four broad areas in which…
September 12, 2016
Isfahan Merali appointed to Board of Trustees
The Law Foundation of Ontario is pleased to announce the appointment of Isfahan Merali, B.A., LL.B. to its Board of Trustees.
August 3, 2016
Eight new Access to Justice Fund grants aim to better understand and protect vulnerable investors
The funded investor rights projects range from hands-on help for individual investors at a first of its kind legal clinic, public legal education and information for seniors about their legal rights when it comes to investing, and a broad range of research exploring: supported decision making; vulnerable investor protective action; remedies under the Ontario Securities Act for corporate misreporting; investor vulnerability and disciplinary action by self-regulatory bodies; investor rights and remedies in Canada; and the experience of low-income families and group plan RESPs.
July 5, 2016
Linda R. Rothstein B.A., LL.B. to lead The Law Foundation of Ontario Board
The Law Foundation of Ontario Board of Trustees elected Linda R. Rothstein B.A., LL.B. as its new Chair; the first woman to hold this position. Ms. Rothstein is a partner of Paliare Roland and has served as a Foundation Trustee since 2014.