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2025 Community Champion Award

The Tenants of 2757 Kipling Avenue are the recipient of the 2025 Community Champion award, nominated for the award by Rexdale Community Legal Clinic.
The Community Champion Award is a way of recognizing those who advocate and fight on behalf of our clients, often in the trenches with clinics.

ACLCO Updates

Clinic Learning & Training Program

The Law Foundation of Ontario is pleased to announce a $1.1M grant has been approved to support the Association of Community Legal Clinics of Ontario’s Clinic Learning and Training Program. […]

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2024 Community Champion Award

BaBF is the recipient of the 2024 Community Champion award, nominated for the award by Willowdale Community Legal Clinic.
The Community Champion Award is a way of recognizing those who advocate and fight on behalf of our clients, often in the trenches with clinics.

Trudy McCormick – Dennison Award 2024

he ACLCO would like to congratulate Trudy McCormick who was the 2024 recipient of the Shirley Denison Award from the Law Society of Ontario.

John McKinnon – 2024 Dianne Martin Medal

The ACLCO congratulates John McKinnon as the recipient of the 2024 Dianne Martin Medal for Social Justice Through Law from Osgoode Hall Law School (York University). 

ACLCO Updates

Ann Schweighofer awarded the 2023 Sidney B. Linden Access to Justice Award

The ACLCO congratulates Ann Schweighofer as the recipient of the 2023 Sidney B. Linden Access to Justice Award. We are pleased to share LAO’s announcement below.

Our Tribute to Roy McMurtry

With much sadness, and with profound respect, the ACLCO pays tribute to Roland (Roy) McMurtry, who died on March 19, 2024 leaving an unparalleled legacy on justice, equality and democracy in Ontario.

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Tribute to Dr. S. Ronald Ellis

At the ACLCO, we are most saddened by the passing of Dr. Ron Ellis (on December 3, 2023), one of the architects of the Ontario community legal clinic system and a member of the Friends of the Clinics Committee.

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2023 Community Champion Award

Yvonne Kelly is the recipient of the 2023 Community Champion award, nominated for the award by Community Legal Clinic of York Region.
The Community Champion Award is a way of recognizing those who advocate and fight on behalf of our clients, often in the trenches with clinics.

Clinic Staff in Action

Meet Mohamed Bsat, a staff lawyer with the Hamilton Community Legal Clinic (HCLC) – and in his community – a rep program basketball coach making a unique difference in the lives of young men in his community.