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Osgoode Hall Law School of York University

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1994

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Can Ontario Sustain Cadillac Legal Services?, Frederick H. Zemans, Lewis T. Smith Jan 1994

Can Ontario Sustain Cadillac Legal Services?, Frederick H. Zemans, Lewis T. Smith

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Recently described in the American Lawyer as Canada's Cadillac legal services, the Ontario legal aid scheme--Canada's first and today its most costly-is in serious need of repair. This paper, which grows out of a presentation made by Robert Holden, Director of the Ontario Legal Aid Plan, describes both the introduction of legal aid services in Ontario and the evolution of the original pro bono scheme into a government-funded judicare scheme.

It is not surprising that in 1952, when contemporary legal aid was introduced into Canada, both the bar and government of Ontario looked to the United Kingdom for direction. In …


Lawyers And Family Life: New Directions For The 1990'S, Mary Jane Mossman Jan 1994

Lawyers And Family Life: New Directions For The 1990'S, Mary Jane Mossman

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