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Legal Aid Summit 2025

Date

Thursday, November 6, 2025 (9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.)

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CPD Hour(s)
0 Substantive
5 h 30 m Professionalism
30 m EDI Professionalism
Location

Donald Lamont Learning Centre, 130 Queen Street West, Toronto

Co-Chairs
  • Neha Chugh
    Chugh Law Professional Corporation
  • Sara Wisking
    Frank A. Cameron Law Office
Description

If you are thinking about opening your own law practice, you might wonder whether legal aid work is a good fit for you. Or maybe you want to know whether joining the Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) roster might offer mentorship opportunities to you as an established practitioner? At this inaugural Legal Aid Summit, you get valuable tips on what LAO work can offer to you, to your practice, and to your identity as a legal professional. Learn how to successfully navigate LAO's billing system, how to become duty counsel (even on a per diem basis), and why many of your colleagues regularly support their communities through their Legal Aid participation. Understand more about how your legal skills and knowledge benefit the public everyday, and how you can become part of that solution.

  • Learn about LAO's Indigenous Services Department
  • Understand the top ten errors made when submitting accounts
  • Get perspectives on legal aid matters from the judiciary and experienced counsel

Presenters

  • Neha Chugh, Chugh Law Professional Corporation
  • Sara Wisking, Frank A. Cameron Law Office
  • The Honourable Justice Andrew J. Brouwer, Federal Court of Appeal
  • Christopher Pang, Legal Aid Ontario
  • Darcy DesLauriers, Legal Aid Ontario
  • Amy Shoemaker, Legal Aid Ontario
  • Fallon Melander, Legal Aid Ontario
  • The Honourable Justice Sheilagh O'Connell, Senior Advisory Family Justice, Ontario Court of Justice
  • The Honourable Mara Greene, Ontario Court of Justice
  • Amy Grubb, Account Executive, Affinity Consulting
  • Peter Howie, Legal Aid Ontario
  • Tisha Hasan, Cheadles LLP
  • Olivia Oprea, Oprea Law
  • Paul Macleod, Legal Aid Ontario
  • S. George Joseph, Petrone Hornak Garofalo Mauro

Steering Committee

  • Lisa Bernstein, Director, External Relations, Strategy & Public Affairs, Legal Aid Ontario
  • Patti Latimer, Strategic Policy Counsel - Policy, Law Society of Ontario
  • Jason Pichelli, Manager, External Relations, Law Society of Ontario
  • Samantha Spence, PMP, Senior Advisor, External Relations, Legal Aid Ontario

Registration Options

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A light lunch will be provided for in-person registrants.

Only PDF materials will be provided. CPD is now fully paperless.

To view your program: click "My Account" and sign in. Click "Purchased Programs" and look for the program name. Click the "Details" link on the right. Click the "Click here to access the webcast" link to load the webcast.

For In-person, register before November 3, 2025 11:59 p.m.

For Live Webcast, register before November 6, 2025 10:00 a.m.

Individual registrations may use this printable order form

Group registrations, please see our FAQs for group rate information. If you are registering a group of 2 or more, please send an email to cpdreg@lso.ca including the full name, email address, and licensee number (if applicable) of each registrant along with a reference to the order number.

If you place an order via email, please do not provide your credit card information (number and security code) in the message. A member of the CPD Registration team will contact you to obtain the payment information.

All prices are subject to applicable taxes.

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