Toronto is home base to Canada’s BigLaw firms, so the Ontario Law Society (LSO) has powerful enemies as well as allies in a controversy that is exposing deep divisions within the legal profession. Law ...

TORONTO, June 18, 2025 /CNW/ - Today, the Law Society of Ontario's governing board, re-elected Peter C. Wardle as Treasurer for a second term. The Treasurer is the elected leader of the Law Society, ...

TORONTO, March 20, 2025 /CNW/ - Members of Ontario's legal professions will be recognized for their outstanding career achievements and contributions to their communities at the annual Law Society ...

One of North America's oldest legal regulators faces a backlash over an unapproved pay hike as a fractious June election for LSO treasurer nears. The Law Society of Ontario is under pressure to allow ...

TORONTO, March 27, 2025 /CNW/ - In furtherance of our fiduciary duties to protect the long term interests of this regulator and its stakeholders, including the legal professions and the public they ...

The Law Society of Ontario is attempting to suspend a Hamilton immigration lawyer-turned-tribunal adjudicator after a dozen people complained she took their money but never completed the work to help ...

A judge was wrong to block the Law Society of Ontario’s access to the youth records of a woman who murdered her mother in one of Canada’s most infamous crimes and who is now trying to be licensed as a ...

The hurdles future lawyers need to jump through in Ontario could soon change. The Law Society of Ontario (LSO) is considering ending the bar exam and replacing it with a skills-based course as some ...

Three members of the Faculty of Law community – Professor Jim Phillips and alumni Melissa Kluger and Yola Ventresca – have been recognized by the Law Society of Ontario. Phillips and Kluger received ...