Jan Wong's New Book: Out of the Blue

ACCLO is please to recommend to members Jan Wong's new book, "Out of the Blue" due out May 5, 2012.

For more information, see Jan Wong's website:

For twenty years, Jan Wong had been one of her newspaper’s best-known reporters. Then one day she turned in a story that set off a firestorm of controversy, including death threats, a unanimous denunciation by Parliament and a rebuke by her own newspaper. For the first time in her professional life, Wong fell into a severe clinical depression. Yet she resisted the diagnosis, refusing to believe she had a mental illness. As it turned out, so did her company and insurer. With wit, grace and insight, Jan Wong tells the harrowing tale of her struggle with workplace-caused depression, and of her eventual emergence … Out of the Blue.

Book launch May 7, 2012 at North York Central Library.

Peace Through Music: April 1, 2012

ACCLO is pleased to recommend to its members the Peace Through Music benefit concert to raise funds for the Shropshire Music Foundation:

Performer Alicia Ault is the niece of longstanding ACCLO member, Dorinda Chiang, and Alicia and her sisters have performed FCCP and ACCLO events at various times in the past. 

Hope you are able to attend this worthy event.





Upcoming CLE from Toronto Lawyers Association

ACCLO is please to recommend to their members the following events:

2012 FACL GALA - May 8, 2012

The Federation of Asian Canada Lawyers cordially invites you to attend the 2012 FACL Gala on Tuesday, May 8, 2012.

Articling Task Force’s Consultation Report – Submissions Due March 15, 2012.

From the LSUC website:

The Articling Task Force considered the importance of ensuring transitional training, which is currently articling, has objective and demonstrable standards and does not have the unintended effect of creating unfair barriers to licensing. Those who clearly qualify should not be denied access to the profession simply because they lack an articling placement.

The task force has prepared a consultation report to seek the profession’s comments on five possible options for addressing the issues, as follows:

Option 1:  Maintain the status quo (Articling Requirement as it exists)

Option 2:  Maintain the status quo with quality assurance improvements (measurement tools to assess the delivery and acquisition of the program objectives)

Option 3:  Replace a pre-licensing transition requirement with a post-licensing transition requirement

Option 4: Introduce a choice of either an articling requirement or a practical legal training course (PLTC) requirement (“after law school” model or “during law school” model)

Option 5:  Introduce only a practical legal training course (PLTC) requirement

The Articling Task Force welcomes comments on all these and any additional proposed options. Participation of the profession and other interested organizations will contribute to a constructive process and meaningful solutions. The deadline for written comments is March 15, 2012.