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
OJEN announces new Executive Director
The Board of Directors of the Ontario Justice Education Network (OJEN) is pleased to announce that Kristy Pagnutti has been hired as OJEN’s next Executive Director. This announcement follows an intensive recruitment period, which attracted a wide range of highly qualified candidates. “We are thrilled that Kristy will be the new Executive Director of OJEN. […]
Call for applications: Justice Education Fellowship 2023-24
The Ontario Justice Education Network (OJEN) invites applications from Ontario paralegal students and law school students for its Justice Education Fellowships. OJEN’s Justice Education Fellowships expand the reach of our mandate and mission and public legal education (PLEI) programs, allowing us to offer in-depth PLEI training to a select group of paralegal students and law […]
From The OJEN Blog
Meeting a former OJEN mock trial participant
The 2022 Summer Law Institute Webinar Series for educators featured a session about Ontario’s Justice Centres. These centers are part of a new and innovative strategy to move justice out of traditional courtroom settings and into community spaces. There are four Justice Centres in Ontario, one in Thunder Bay, one in London and two in […]
A Week in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut
I arrive at the airport in Rankin Inlet on the flight from Iqaluit. My plane will continue on to Yellowknife today, and be back in a week for the next flight in. The airport is itself just one very charming turquoise building, about the size of a school gym. They are serving coffee and homemade […]