Equity Advisory Group

Invitation to apply for membership: The Law Society’s Equity Advisory Group

The Law Society of Ontario is inviting applications from lawyers, paralegals, law students, licensing candidates, and representatives of legal organizations and associations for membership in the Equity Advisory Group (EAG).

The Equity Advisory Group provides advice to the Law Society on equity and diversity issues, and is responsible for identifying, reviewing and reporting on issues affecting diverse communities in the legal profession. Members are committed to equality and diversity principles and have experience working with issues affecting (but not limited to) communities of racialized individuals, immigrants and refugees, people with disabilities, people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, queer, questioning or Two-Spirited (2SLGBTQI+) Francophones, and women.

The EAG meets monthly by videoconference and holds ad hoc meetings when working on special projects. Members serve three-year terms. All positions are served on a voluntary basis. For more information on roles, responsibilities and time commitments, please contact eag@lso.ca.

If you are interested in applying for an appointment as an individual member, please send a letter of interest and curriculum vitae. If you are applying as a legal organization or association, please send a letter of interest that includes information about your organization or association’s membership, mandate, activities, community engagement, and other relevant information.

All applications must be submitted electronically to eag@lso.ca by June 28, 2024, to the attention of:

Equity Advisory Group
Law Society of Ontario
130 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON M5H 2N6

Mandate

To assist the Equity and Indigenous Affairs Committee/Comité sur l'équité et les affaires autochtones (EAIC), in the development of policy options for the promotion of equity and diversity in the legal profession by:

• Identifying and advising the Committee on issues affecting equity communities, both within the legal profession and relevant to those seeking access to the profession;
• Providing input to the Committee on the planning and development of policies and practices related to equity, both within the Law Society and the profession; and
• Commenting to the Committee on Law Society reports and studies relating to equity issues within the profession. Members of the Equity Advisory Group 

Members

Individual Members

Krishna Badrinarayan
Jacqueline Beckles
Nima Hojjati
Prasanna Balasundaram
Fatema Dada
Kyle Elliott
Kate Forget
Romona Gananathan
Sasha Hart
Michelle Liu
Njeri Damali Sojourner-Campbell
Djawid Taheri

Organizational Members

Organization	Representative
AJEFO	Edith Pérusse McCallum
Arab Canadian Lawyers’ Association	Dania Majid
ARCH Disability Law Centre	Ilinca Stefan
Canadian Association of Black Lawyers	Kristian Ferreira
Canadian Association of Nigerian Lawyers	Eyitayo Dada
Canadian Hispanic Bar Association	Nadia Halum
Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers	Ken Jim
Law Students’ Society of Ontario	Ocean Enbar
Ontario Association of Black Paralegals	Royland Moriah
Roundtable of (Legal) Diversity  Associations	Juliet Chang Knapton
South Asian Bar Association of Toronto	Gurvir Sangha
Women’s Law Association of Ontario	Najma Jamaldin

To contact EAG please email eag@lso.ca