In the Spring volume of Ontario Lawyers Gazette, there is an interesting article about the vital role of sole practitioners and small firms in promoting access to justice. The article starts off with the statistic that 63% of Ontario lawyers in private practice are either sole practitioners or in firms of between 2-10 lawyers.
These are the lawyers catering to common person who need a will drafted, needs to buy or sell a home, or has a business issue they need answered.
The article goes on to say that the graying of the bar is an important issue and that succession planning is something that cannot be ignored. To this end, the Law Society has taken active steps to help solo and small firm practitioners – for example, by providing a Resource Centre on their website, by working with the County & District Law Presidents’ Association and the Ontario Bar Association to provide support for these practitioners in a collaborative way, and by holding the 4th annual Solo and Small Firm Conference and Expo.
On the latter note, I will be attending this Thursday. I was (and still am) hoping to showcase Dynamic Lawyers at the Expo but I haven’t heard back from the Law Society of Upper Canada organizers. In fact, I’ve reached out on a number of occasions to the Law Society and am still waiting to hear what they think about my website…
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