Membership on this panel is mandatory in order to accept certificates for these cases, starting October 2, 2000. Applications for membership will be accepted starting July 31, 2000. Cases will be assigned to lawyers accepted on the special panel in order of receipt of applications. The Legal Aid Ontario Research Facility plays a vital role in providing support to legal aid service providers. Lawyers who are working on a legal aid certificate have access to over 500 standard research memoranda.
Specialized research is also available free of charge on request.
Recently, the Research Facility received a letter from an Ottawa area lawyer thanking them for their excellent work. I won't enter the courtroom without one of your recent memos. This issue of LAOutlook contains the most recent Research catalogue. The Legal Aid Tariff Manual is being rewritten and should be available later this year. As a first step towards making it easier to send your legal aid accounts, lawyers will soon be able to e-mail some kinds of accounts for fees and disbursements.