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Introducing OJEN’s 2025 – 26 Justice Education Fellows
OJEN’s Justice Education Fellowships are year-long placements that offer law and paralegal students in-depth training in public legal education theory and methods. Each Fellow plans and delivers a minimum of 3 justice education projects in schools in their communities, with support from OJEN’s staff and volunteers from the local legal community. The Fellowship program helps […]
Legal Studies, Social Change essay contest winners 2024-2025
Contest participants answered the question: What role is there for law reform in creating positive social change? Thank you to all the students who participated. The judges were impressed by the quality and thoughtfulness of the essays submitted! The contest winners are: First place: Zainab from Father Michael McGivney Catholic Academy, Pickering Reforming Canadian Law […]
From The OJEN Blog
Nadine Tawdy – Volunteer with “Tout droit vers le droit”
Volunteering with the “Tout droit vers le droit” program was Nadine Tawdy’s first volunteer experience with OJEN. She helped deliver this career modelling program to racialized, French-speaking middle school students during the 2024-25 school year. As the school year wrapped up, we asked her to share her impressions of the program. “I think this program […]
Justice Education Fellow Profile: Christina Rajkumar
Spotlight on our Strategic Plan Engage youth directly to increase the diversity of youth served OJEN’s Justice Education Fellowship (JEF) program, launched in 2017, offers Law and Paralegal students training and experience delivering Public Legal Education (PLE) for youth. Since its inception, more than 70 students have learned about OJEN’s unique approach to PLE and […]