Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Professor Sujit Choudhry, a faculty member of the U of T Faculty of Law, and Raj Anand, a graduate of the U of T Faculty of Law ('78), President of the Law Alumni Association, and partner at WeirFoulds LLP, have been appointed by the Ontario Government to the Board of Directors of Legal Aid Ontario.

Legal Aid Ontario (LAO), one of the world's largest publicly funded legal aid organizations, is an independent government funded agency with a legislated mandate to ensure that low income Ontarians have access to quality legal services. Through a network of 51 area offices, 79 independent community and specialty legal clinics, and 6 Student Legal Aid Services Societies including U of T's Downtown Legal Services, LAO provides legal assistance in every region across Ontario.  Each year, LAO provides legal help to over one million low income Ontarians.  Board members are responsible for overseeing and evaluating all programs of the LAO, and are accountable to ensure the highest quality and most relevant service possible for LAO clients.

Read the full press release.

Read the announcement from Legal Aid Ontario.