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
Yes We Can
“Yes We Can” and its French-language version, “Tout droit vers le droit,” are new programs created and run by the Ontario Justice Education Network. Funded by the Ontario Bar Association and the Law Foundation of Ontario, they aim to teach middle school students from Black or other racialized backgrounds about the various professions and possible […]
Support OJEN’s year-end campaign
Dear Friends, My name is Makailah Paul, and I am the ambassador for OJEN’s 2024 annual year-end fundraising campaign. Today, I’m writing to ask you to join me in supporting justice education initiatives that empower youth across the province – initiatives that have shaped my own journey. I am a second-year undergraduate student at York […]
From The OJEN Blog
Preparations underway for 2025 OOCMT
Preparations for the OBA/OJEN Competitive Mock Trial (OOCMT) program are underway this month for many local tournaments across Ontario. Registration for high school teams opened in December in most regions, and tournaments will take place in late spring. Launched in 2014 in collaboration with the Ontario Bar Association and the Ontario Bar Association Foundation, the […]
Summer Law Institute kicks off the new school year
“Topical, current, informative” “I’m already thinking about what I’m going to use to breathe life into my classroom.” “I learned about a number of resources that I had not known, that I plan to incorporate in my classes.” Teachers from as far away as Windsor in the south and Dryden in the north met […]