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
NAVIGATING POLICE ENCOUNTERS TRAINING – Front Line Workers
The Ontario Justice Education Network (OJEN) is offering youth workers, youth leaders and frontline service providers in Ottawa a FREE professional development opportunity that builds knowledge and understanding of the law governing rights and responsibilities during encounters with police. Date: Nov 18, 2021 Time: 10:30 am – NOON Format: Webinar Topics to be covered include: […]
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
Book a Steps to Justice Workshop Facilitator for Your Law Class
New for fall 2021, teachers can request specially-trained legal volunteers join their classes to run any of OJEN’s Steps to Justice workshops! Designed to be delivered in 60-75 minutes, these workshops introduce students to Community Legal Education Ontario’s (CLEO) Steps to Justice website, a legally-accurate and up-to-date resource for finding answers and support for the […]
Introduce Your Students to 10 Areas of Law with Steps to Justice Modules
OJEN has developed a series of 10 classroom workshops that introduce students to 10 common areas of law. Using hypothetical scenarios as a starting point, students explore a range of legal issues using the Steps to Justice website, developed by Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO). This online resource gives practical step-by-step information about navigating legal […]