Please note: This report was amended during Convocation.
A revised version will be posted.
Interim Report To Convocation
January 24, 2008
Licensing and Accreditation Task Force
Task Force Members
Vern Krishna, Chair
Constance Backhouse
Carole Curtis
Carol Hartman
Laurie Pawlitza
Purposes of Report: Information
Decision
Prepared by Policy Secretariat
(Sophia Sperdakos 416-947-5209)
TASK FORCE PROCESS
1.
To date, the Task Force has met on April 17, 2007, May 24, 2007, June 26, 2007,
June 28, 2007 (with the Ontario law school Deans), July 6, 2007 (all day
meeting), August 9, 2007 (all day meeting), September 11, 2007, September 24,
2007, October 4, 2007, October 23, 2007, November 20, 2007 and January 10,
2008.
2.
In addition to the Task Force members, the Treasurer and the Chief Executive
Officer have attended some of the meetings. Staff members to the Task Force are
Diana Miles, Nancy Reason and Sophia Sperdakos.
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MOTION
3.
That Convocation approve the dissemination of this report to the profession,
law schools and legal organizations for the purposes of receiving written
comments on Part 3 (Skills and Professional Responsibility) and Part 4
(Articling).
4.
That written comments be accepted until April 3, 2008 after which the Task
Force will prepare a further report for Convocation’s consideration.
Background and Introduction to the Issues
5.
In March 2007 Convocation approved the recommendation of the Professional
Development and Competence Committee to establish a Licensing and
Accreditation Task Force whose mandate is to,
• undertake an analysis of and make recommendations on the most effective
means by which the Law Society’s established competency requirements for
call to the bar of Ontario can be achieved within the pre-and-post-call
continuum of legal education;
• review the criteria for approving law degrees, and make recommendations on
more appropriate criteria; and
• analyze