Equity Advisory Group
Invitation to Apply for Membership to the Law Society Equity Advisory Group
The Law Society of Ontario is inviting applications from lawyers, paralegals, law and paralegal 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 in 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 (LGBTIQ2S+), Francophones and women.
EAG meets monthly in person or by teleconference 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 Friday, April 30, 2021 to the attention of:
Equity Advisory Group
Law Society of Ontario
130 Queen St. W.
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
Nima Hojjati (Chair)
Jacqueline Beckles (Vice-Chair)
Jonathan Davey (Vice-Chair)
Jeffrey Adams
Krishna Badrinarayan
Lisa Borsook
Leonard Kim
Sudevi Mukherjee-Gothi
Beatriz Corona
Shibil Siddiqi
Moya Teklu
Brenda Young
Organizational Members
Organization |
Representative |
Arab Canadian Lawyers’ Association |
Dania Majid |
AJEFO |
Liliana Mora |
ARCH Disability Law Centre |
Mariam Shanouda |
Canadian Association of Black Lawyers |
Kristian Ferreira |
Canadian Association of Somali Lawyers |
Faiza Hassan |
Canadian Hispanic Bar Association |
Nadia Halum |
Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association |
Faisal Mirza |
Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers |
Gerald Chan |
Law Students’ Society of Ontario |
Victor Turcanu |
Ontario Paralegal Association |
Colleen Wansbrough |
Roundtable of Diversity Associations |
Juliet Knapton
Adrian Ishak |
South Asian Bar Association |
Vibhu Sharma
Sunira Chaudhri |
To contact EAG please email eag@lso.ca