The Law Society's initiatives relate to our mandate to protect the public interest in the administration of justice. Track our progress here.
Initiative
Current status
Reports and related material
Rule / other changes
Licensed Paralegal Task Force Report
Final report of the Futures Task Force
Assessment of factors and forces that are likely to influence the future delivery of legal services and regulation of the legal profession
Recommendations approved at October 30, 2020 Benchers meeting.
Futures Task Force consultation paper
Licensed Paralegals for areas of unmet need in the legal services market
Strategic Plan goal 1-1(b)
Recommendation to open innovation sandbox to licensed paralegal pilots approved at October 30, 2020 Benchers meeting.
2018 AGM resolution
Report of the Legal Services Regulatory Framework Task Force, Dec. 2014
Legal Service Provider Task Force Final Report, Dec. 2013
Proposed amendment to fiduciary property rule (Rule 3-55) for compliance with anti-money laundering
Strategic Plan goal 3-2
Discussed at July 15, 2019 Bencher meeting. Revisions being considered for Bencher decision in 2020.
Federation Backgrounder on Model Trust Accounting Rules
Requirement for practising lawyers to complete Indigenous intercultural competency course
Strategic Plan goal 1-3(c)
Course under development for introduction in 2021.
Joint Recommendation Report of the Truth and Reconciliation and the Lawyer Education Advisory Committees
Truth and Reconciliation Action Plan
Law Firm Regulation: Firm Self-Assessment
Strategic Plan goal 4-2
Approved for profession-wide implementation in 2021
Final Report of the Law Firm Regulation Task Force
Professional Elements Report
Second interim: December 2017
Highlight: July 3, 2020
Interpretation guidelines for handling fiduciary property