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RSS FeedsLawyers challenging part of Law Society of Upper Canada plan to address racism
(The Star Health)

 
 

24 october 2017 01:07:11

 
Lawyers challenging part of Law Society of Upper Canada plan to address racism
(The Star Health)
 


A key aspect of the Law Society of Upper Canada`s plan to address systemic racism in the legal profession is coming under fire.The issue is whether Ontario`s legal regulator should be requiring lawyers and paralegals to adopt and abide by a so-called statement of principles that “acknowledges (their) obligation to promote equality, diversity and inclusion generally, and in (their) behaviour towards colleagues, employees, clients and the public,” as described in an email sent last month by the law society to all licensees, reminding them that the statement is mandatory. Licensees can either adopt a statement of principles prepared by the law society, or come up with their own, but they must indicate whether it`s been done in their annual report to the law society, the regulator says. They do not have to submit the actual statement to the law society for approval.The statement of principles was one of the recommendations stemming from a law society working group that looked into the challenges faced by racialized licensees, and which were adopted unanimously (with three abstentions) at the law society`s board meeting last December.Toronto lawyer Joe Groia, a member of the board of directors (known as “benchers”), said he fully supports efforts to improve equality and diversity in the profession, but takes issue with the fact that the statement is mandatory. He will be bringing a motion at the board meeting this December that would allow an exemption for those who have a “conscientious objection” to the requirement, which is proving to become a divisive topic in the profession.“Not that these are not laudable objectives, because they are, and not that lawyers don`t occupy a special position, they do, but I think that the real question is: Is this requirement, which I think amounts to compelled speech, compelled belief, is that something that the law society is allowed to do? And even if it is, is it something that the law s ...


 
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