Posts Tagged ‘Law Society of Ontario’
Self-represented or unrepresented?
There are many reasons women leaving abuse don’t have a lawyer, but none of those reasons is choice, which is implied by the term “self-represented.”
Read moreComments on the Law Society of Ontario’s Family Legal Services Provider Licence Consultation Paper
Prepared by Luke’s Place Support and Resource Centre for the Feminist Law and Policy Reform Coalition, endorsed by over 30 Ontario organizations, this is a response to the FLSP Call for Comment. We support the three guiding principles informing the development of the Law Society of Ontario‘s consultation paper: access to justice, public protection and…
Read moreLaura Legge Award Speech: Honouring women subjected to violence
On May 22, 2019, our Legal Director, Pamela Cross, was presented with the Laura Legge Award by the Law Society of Ontario. The following is her award speech, in print and audio. I am deeply honoured to be receiving this award tonight. Many, many thanks to the people who put together my nomination package and…
Read moreLaura Legge Award: The work of Legal Director Pamela Cross recognized
Last night, Luke’s Place Legal Director, Pamela Cross received the Laura Legge Award from the Law Society of Ontario. From an interview with the Kingston Whig-Standard: “All of my work is on the issue of violence against women and supporting the survivors of that violence,” Pamela Cross said on the phone from Toronto prior to…
Read moreLaw Society awards Luke’s Place Legal Director, Pamela Cross
PRESS RELEASE Oshawa, Ontario – Luke’s Place is pleased to announce that the Law Society of Ontario has recognized our Legal Director, Pamela Cross, as the 2019 Laura Legge Award recipient. “It is an honour to have been selected for this award,” says Cross. The work I do is inspired by the countless women in…
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