To accompany the sophomore season of our public legal education podcast Law Syrup, we developed a suite of accompanying resources for each of the individual episodes. Check out the resource below to enhance your students’ learning and expand the different ways to engage with the various legal topics and issues that we tackled during the […]
OJEN’s Apps for Justice program is a creative, collaborative way for students to explore access to justice (A2J) through the lens of technology. Developed in partnership with the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law and Professor Amy Salyzyn, this program invites students to think critically about real-world barriers to justice and imagine innovative solutions that […]
Each year at OJEN’s Toronto Summer Law Institute, a leading jurist or professor identifies five cases that are of significance in the educational setting. The 2021 cases were selected and discussed by Professor Sonia Lawrence of Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. Professor Lawrence is a leading scholar in Canadian constitutional law and a prolific […]
This Income Assistance Law resource is a collaboration between the Ontario Justice Education Network (OJEN) and Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO). OJEN’s Steps to Justice workshops introduce audiences to common legal problems and familiarize them with a specific area of law. Using hypothetical scenarios, workshop participants explore a legal topic by navigating the practical step-by-step […]
Two Halton area lawyers were granted leave to appeal the family law case known as F v N at the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC). They discuss the details of the case and offer insight into how they were preparing for their day at Canada’s highest court. The case touched on the principle of “best […]
The OJEN TwitterX Moot is an online debate. Students from across Ontario participate in the discussion by tweeting their opinions either individually or in teams/classes. The OJEN committee in Hamilton came up with this fun and engaging justice education initiative for Hamilton-area schools. In the fall of 2020, for the first time, OJEN ran the […]
This Family Law resource is a collaboration between the Ontario Justice Education Network (OJEN) and Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO). OJEN’s Steps to Justice workshops introduce audiences to common legal problems and familiarize them with a specific area of law. Using hypothetical scenarios, workshop participants explore a legal topic by navigating the practical step-by-step information […]
In any given 3 year period, nearly half of Canadian adults will experience at least one legal problem. Few will have the resources to solve them. The curriculum-linked Access to Justice game increases students’ understanding of the challenges faced by individuals accessing the justice system to resolve a variety of common legal difficulties, from landlord […]
This resource, produced in partnership with the University of Toronto Faculties of Law and Social Work, Law in Action Within Schools (LAWS), and the South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (SALCO), allows students to explore ideas about youth and agency in Canada’s legal culture, and their implications for reflecting on decisions to marry and emancipation. […]
The Family Law for Young Parents (FLYP) program empowers young parents by equipping them with the knowledge and skills they need to handle legal challenges confidently. The workshop series uses experiential learning to address common legal issues they may face. Over the course of 3-5 sessions, lawyers work with young parents to build legal life […]
The Understanding Canadian Law, Grade 11, Workplace Preparation (CLU3E) course is a valuable opportunity for students to build on the legal knowledge gained in grade 10 Civics, while enhancing students’ interest in the law. This teaching resource, developed by the Ontario Justice Education Network with the support of the Toronto District School Board and the […]
