Welcome to the Ontario Justice Education Network
Key areas
TEACHER RESOURCES
Our resources are legally accurate, curriculum-linked, and tested with students.
The OBA/OJEN Competitive Mock Trials for High School Students
Join your local mock trial tournament.
TRAINING
Continuing Professional Development, facilitator training, and video resources.
ABOUT OJEN
Find out more about who we are and what we do.
JUSTICE EDUCATION PROGRAMS
We run programs in community settings and with special audiences.
BOOK A COURTHOUSE VISIT
Bring your class or youth group to visit a courthouse and watch court.
BOOK A GUEST SPEAKER
We can connect you with a legal expert who can talk to your audience.
Get Involved
Volunteer, donate, or work with us.
OJEN NEWS
Brampton Judge Receives Chief Justices’ Award
The Honourable Justice Nancy S. Kastner of the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton received the Ontario Justice Education Network’s (OJEN) Chief Justices’ Award at a virtual ceremony on Wednesday, November 17, 2021. Presided over by Chief Justice Lise Maisonneuve of the Ontario Court of Justice, Chief Justice Geoffrey B. Morawetz of the Superior Court […]
NAVIGATING POLICE ENCOUNTERS TRAINING – Justice sector professionals
OJEN is offering an online training session for justice sector professionals in Ottawa on how to facilitate OJEN’s Navigating Police Encounters program. Navigating Police Encounters is a two-session interactive justice education program that offers youth and young adults (ages 14-26) the opportunity to build their knowledge and understanding of the law governing rights and responsibilities […]
FROM THE OJEN BLOG
Nikisha (Niki) Browne – Profile of a Past Program Participant
“Justice education is a pillar for social change.” – Nikisha Browne Niki graduated from Cathedral High School in Hamilton in 2016. As a student in grades 11 and 12, she participated in several of OJEN’s school-based programs including Mock Trials, Twitter Moots and Sistahs in Law: Paving the Way. While in high school, Niki wrote […]
A message from OJEN’s executive director
Dear friends of OJEN, At the end of another challenging year, it’s nice to have some good news to share. OJEN is having a birthday! In 2022 we celebrate 20 years of building legal capability in young people. For the last two decades we’ve worked hard to form connections between people who work in the […]