Law Society of Ontario
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The Law Society of Ontario is the law society responsible for the self-regulation of lawyers and paralegals in the Canadian province of Ontario. Founded in 1797 as the Law Society of Upper Canada, its
Receipt dated February 5, 1836, for application to the Law Society of Upper Canada issued to John A. Macdonald, the future first prime minister of Canada
Seal of the Society, 1889
Osgoode Hall stained glass window
James Chalmers McRuer
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James Chalmers McRuer was a Canadian lawyer, judge, commissioner and author in Ontario.
Law Society of Ontario
…the Royal Commission Inquiry into Civil Rights (1968), a wide-ranging set of law reform recommendations for Ontario developed under the leadership of James Chalmers McRuer. On October 27, 1994, the Law Society adopted a "role statement" holding that it "exists to govern the legal profession in the public interest" and has…
Photograph of James C. Mc Ruer
Federal Liberal Party candidates in Toronto and York County in 1935, including McRuer (back row, centre of photo)