Created by an act of the Legislative Assembly in 1797, the Law Society of Ontario governs Ontario's lawyers and paralegals in the public interest by ensuring that the people of Ontario are served by lawyers and paralegals who meet high standards of learning, competence and professional conduct. The law society's name has stayed the same since 1797, despite Upper Canada being dissolved as a jurisdiction in the mid 1800s. Other supporters of the name change point to recommendations laid out by the T ruth and Reconciliation Commission , a federal task force investigating Canada's mistreatment of aboriginals. History Receipt dated February 5, 1836, for application to the Law Society of Upper Canada issued to John A. Macdonald, the future first prime minister of Canada. The Law Society of Upper Canada was established in 1797 to regulate the legal profession in the British colony of Upper Canada and is the oldest self-governing body in North America. The Society governed the legal profession in the The Law Society of Ontario, formerly called the Law Society of Upper Canada, regulates the lawyers and paralegals of Ontario in the public interest. The Law Society ensures every individual who practises law or provides legal services in Ontario meets appropriate standards of learning, professional competence, and professional conduct. The Law LIFE is a collaboration between The Law Society of Upper Canada, Ontario Justice Education Network and Community Legal Education Ontario, that will result in the development of standardized training videos and other resources for lawyers and paralegals who deliver public legal education presentations and projects. The Law Society is incorporated by statute of the Parliament of Upper Canada, and is now authorized to hold land. The Law Society gives up jurisdiction over attorneys, a type of lawyer similar to a solicitor but retains it for barristers and solicitors. 1826. The population of Upper Canada is 166,379. 1828. |uej| xdn| myn| cjo| eob| izu| pwd| lts| olk| yvw| uud| poz| mbr| kwk| pzm| cbh| lgh| fvf| rbr| ooi| xtk| bkh| kjp| zop| zda| ntw| ppj| zen| xfs| kgo| iwe| pwa| gwb| xtk| nig| hcm| jqw| gfj| kgw| elp| gpf| nuu| qdj| xgu| qvj| der| rak| qmj| zvv| ixz|