Principles of Civility for Advocates / Principles of Professionalism for Advocates
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An Advocate’s Guide to Good Mentoring
The Advocates’ Society is committed to providing effective mentoring to advocates who are in the early stages of their practice. In addition to our regular mentoring dinners and receptions throughout the province, we offer our booklet titled “An Advocates’ Guide to Good Mentoring,” with helpful advice for both mentors and those seeking a mentor.
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Streamlining Justice: Final Report
The Advocates’ Society has long been a champion of the need for enhanced resources for the justice system. In 2006, we invited a diverse selection of participants from across the province -- including representatives of the bench, the bar, government, the Ministry of the Attorney General, legal organizations, academia, and the public sector -- to a day-long policy forum to find ways of promoting more efficient, less expensive dispute resolution in our courts. An overview of the policy forum discussions and conclusions was published in a booklet titled “Final Report: Streamlining the Ontario Civil Justice System.”
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Report of the Advocacy Task Force
In 2003, The Advocates’ Society struck a task force in response to complaints and concerns about the lack of opportunity for trial and hearing-room experience for advocates, especially young advocates. We discussed the issue with the heads of other Ontario legal organizations, with the judiciary, with the Attorney General of Ontario and with advocates throughout the province, and in 2004, we hosted a Policy Forum on Advocacy. The recommendations of our task were published in a booklet titled “Report of The Advocates' Society Task Force on Advocacy.”
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To view or print papers from the Policy Forum on Advocacy, please click the title below:
Advocacy and Professionalism
Opportunities for Advocacy in the Ontario Court of Justice
Creating Opportunities for Advocacy and Preserving the Adversarial Tradition
On the Teaching and Learning of Advocacy
Rethinking How We Litigate to Ensure We Continue to Litigate
Working toward a Cost-effective Trial Advocacy System
Summary of Panel Discussion
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