Response to LSO Consultation About Piloting Pro Bono as an Eligible CPD Activity

The Access to Justice Committee of the Law Society of Ontario has requested feedback on its proposal for a three-year pilot project to count eligible pro bono towards CPD (further information available here). CALE/ACEJ has responded to this request per the letter below.

Annual Meeting 2023

On October 21, 2023, CALE/ACEJ held its annual meeting of members at the Faculty of Law, University of Victoria. In his report, President Stephen Pitel outlined CALE/ACEJ’s activities over the past year, including: the transition of the Chief Information Officer role from Amy Salyzyn to Basil Alexander; transitioning the listserv from UOttawa to Google Groups; implementing a Travel Grant Program to support graduate students and post-doctoral fellows attending the conference; partnering with the CBA and FLSC for the 2023 Ethics Forum; submissions to the FLSC’s National Requirement Review Committee re: ethics and professionalism and to the FLSC’s Model Code Committee re: former judges returning to practice; and other director submissions and activities that build awareness of CALE/ACEJ.

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