Media Room

The Law Society of Ontario is committed to developing and maintaining professional working relationships with all media to promote public awareness and understanding of our role as regulator of the legal professions.

Our purpose is to serve the public interest by ensuring that the people of Ontario are served by lawyers and paralegals who meet high standards of learning, competence and professional conduct.

Our duty is to protect the public interest, to maintain and advance the cause of justice and the rule of law, to facilitate access to justice for the people of Ontario, and to act in a timely, open and efficient manner.