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The Advocates’ SocietyPROMOTING EXCELLENCE IN ADVOCACYSubmissionsThe Advocates’ Society’s Response to the Final Report of the Law Society ofUpper Canada’s Articling Task Force: “Pathways to the Profession: A Roadmapfor the Reform of Lawyer Licensing in Ontario”Date: November 13, 2012Submitted to: The Law Society of Upper CanadaSubmitted by: The Advocates’ Society1700-480 University Ave., Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1V2Tel: 416-597-0243 Fax: 416-597-1588 E-mail: mail@advocates.ca Web site: www.advocates.ca
TAS Submissions Respecting theFinal Report of the LSUC’s Articling Task ForceTAS Submissions on Pathways to the Profession:A Roadmap for the Reform of Lawyer Licensing in OntarioTable of ContentsOverview ................................................................................................................................................... 2Continuing Hardship for Candidates Without Articling Placements ......................................................... 3Elimination of Cooperative Work Placement Component of LPP............................................................. 4Early Assessment of Project ...................................................................................................................... 4Classroom Training and Workplace Training Comparison and Assessment ............................................. 5Number of Candidates Affected ............................................................................................................... 6Overview1. The Advocates’ Society (“TAS”) recognizes that if it is the will of Convocation that a transitionaltraining pilot project be approved with both an articling component and an alternative Law PracticeProgram (“LPP”) component, it would be in the best interests of the profession to find acompromise position of the majority and minority reports. TAS’s “Recommendations” in respect ofthe compromise position are set out in the appendix to these submissions. The comments thatfollow set out the reasons for the Recommendations.2. TAS believes that the goals of the proposed pilot project can be accomplished and the hardships forcandidates mitigated at the same time if the project is implemented sooner, its length and relatedcosts are reduced, and the project is supplemented with a commitment to mentoring by theprofession.3. In brief, TAS recommends that the pilot project motion proposed to Convocation in the ArticlingTask Force Final Report, dated October 25, 2012, titled “Pathways to the Profession: A Roadmap forthe Reform of Lawyer Licensing in Ontario” (“Final Report”) be modified as follows:(a) Implement the transitional training pilot project at the earliest available date, by September1, 2013, but no later than January 1, 2014;(b) Reduce the length of the pilot project from the proposed five years to two years;—2—
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