Seven pairs of focus groups
with racialized licensees and one pair with non-racialized licensees across Ontario
Not exact matches
Consider the countless resources put into The Challenges Faced by
Racialized Licensees Working Group over 4 years, all to come up
with the conclusion that there is widespread discrimination by lawyers against other lawyers on the basis of race.
As Co-Chair of the Equity and Aboriginal Issues Committee and Vice - Chair of the Challenges Faced by
Racialized Licensees WG, together with my colleagues, I have led initiatives to strengthen our commitment to Aboriginal justice and to supporting the racia
Racialized Licensees WG, together
with my colleagues, I have led initiatives to strengthen our commitment to Aboriginal justice and to supporting the
racializedracialized bar.
The creation of these Statements,
with the greatest respect to the Law Society's
Racialized Licensees Working Group, is not sufficient.
Background: In September 2017, Ontario lawyers were informed by the Law Society of Ontario that they were expected to comply
with a set of strategies adopted by the Law Society to address barriers to admission and within the profession faced by
racialized licensees and other equality seeking groups.
Another of the association's submissions to the law society dealt
with the regulator's report on issues faced by
racialized licensees.