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Ontario|Legal Organizations & Law SchoolsLegal Organizations & Law Schools 864 The Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) The Law Society of Upper Canada is the governing body of Ontario's legal profession. The Law Society was formed on July 17, 1797 and incorporated in 1822. The Law Society is responsible for the education, licensing, supervision and disciplining of the province's lawyers in order to ensure the public is provided with competent and professional legal services.
The Law Society's affairs are governed by 44 governors known as benchers - 40 of whom are elected by members of the legal profession every four years, and four, known as lay benchers, who are non-lawyers chosen from the general public and appointed by the Lieutenant Governor-in-Council.
The Mission Statement of the Law Society of Upper Canada states that the Law Society exists to govern the legal profession in the public interest by ensuring that the people of Ontario are served by lawyers who meet high standards of learning, competence and professional conduct; and by upholding the independence, integrity and honour of the legal profession; for the purpose of advancing the cause of justice and the rule of law.
Every lawyer practising in Ontario must be a member of the Law Society. To find out more about the Law Society, refer to its website at www.LSUC.on.ca.
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