Several months ago I wrote that there was some discussion about abandoning articling.
http://www.lawschoolbound.ca/blog/_archives/2008/2/21/3537467.html

The Ontario Bar Association "OBA" (predictably) has committed itself to the position that articling should be retained. The "OBA" does not regulate the legal profession and is really nothing more than a lobby group. Could it be that Ontario lawyers would benefit from the retention of the articling requirement?

The article begins as follows:

OBA warns against abandoning articles Print E-mail
Don’t ‘throw the baby out with the bath water’
By Jeffrey H. Waugh | Publication Date: Monday, 22 September 2008

The Ontario Bar Association is standing firm on its position against the abolition of articling in this province, says Jamie Trimble, the OBA’s new president.
‘The overwhelming decision was to keep articling,’ says Jamie Trimble about a recent Ontario Bar Association poll on the subject.
Trimble tells Law Times, “It would not be in the public’s interest nor in the interest of the lawyers to turn them out as licensed individuals without having a practical component of their education.”

As part of their response to the task force for licensing and accreditation at the Law Society of Upper Canada, the OBA conducted a survey of its own members to gauge reaction to the suggestion of abandoning the articling program.

They surveyed two groups, based on practice age — recent calls to the bar, and those who have been practising for over 10 years. Trimble, who also chaired the OBA’s task force that prepared the response paper, says they expected to see some variation between the two groups, but the results were similar.

To read the whole article:

http://www.lawtimesnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4249&Itemid=82

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