Legal professionals

Hundreds of dedicated volunteers from the legal community generously share their time and expertise to support our programs and help develop educational resources.

Who we are and what we do

OJEN is a not-for-profit public legal education organization which works mostly with youth. Interested in learning more about justice education? Check out our thoughts on how building young people’s legal capability is a great strategy for advancing access to justice. Browse our classroom and community programs to get a feel for what justice education actually looks like.

Get involved

The support of the legal community has been vital to OJEN’s success. Judges, lawyers, paralegals, court staff, police officers, law students and others all help us expand our reach to thousands of youth annually. There are a number of ways for justice sector workers to get involved.

OJEN’s programs are delivered across Ontario with the help of approximately 1200 justice sector volunteers, including:

  • judges,
  • justices of the peace,
  • lawyers,
  • paralegals,
  • police officers,
  • law school students,
  • court staff, and other justice sector professionals.

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