Equity Advisory Group

For Information: Law Society of Ontario’s Statement of Principles & Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategies


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	Lori Anne Thomas
Canadian Association of Somali Lawyers	Samia Hussein
Canadian Hispanic Bar Association	Nadia Halum
Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association	Faisal Mirza
Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers	Gerald Chan
Law Students’ Society of Ontario	Trevor Fairlie
Ontario Paralegal Association	Colleen Wansbrough
Roundtable of Diversity Associations	Dina Awad  Adrian Ishak
South Asian Bar Association	Vibhu Sharma Sunira Chaudhri

 To contact EAG please email eag@lso.ca

 

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