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FIVE YEARS OF THE LPP

2017/2018

2018/2019

August 2019

Ryerson’s Law Practice Program (LPP)

It’s Working! Ryerson’s successful Law Practice Program (LPP) assists the LSO in meeting its public interest obligations by better preparing lawyers to serve the Public in the 21st Century.

Very Successful – Candidates Are Working After Their Call Tab 1

1. 87% of Year IV, once called, were working in law or law-related positions one year post-LPP 2. 90% of Year III, once Called, were working in law or law-related positions one year post-LPP 3. 84% of Year II, once Called, were working in law or law-related positions one year post-LPP 4. 75% of Year I, once Called, were working in law or law-related positions one year post-LPP

Experiential Training That Better Serves the Public Tab 2

1. High-quality, skills-based training meets the highest public service and protection requirements 2. Standardized, supervised and assessed – Meets the highest standards for training set by the LSO 3. Excellent lawyers - 200 plus - develop, deliver, mentor, supervise and assess it 4. High-quality training that lawyers need to successfully serve the Public in the 21st Century

Work Placements for All Tab 3

1. 100% of Candidates have been placed in each of the first five years 2. 1100 plus new placements over 5 years across the province: mid-size, boutique, small and large private

firms; in-house; all 3 levels of government; and legal clinics 3. 82% paid Year V (stipends: 11% Year V)

Strong, Diverse Candidates - Very Successful LSO Diversity Program Tab 4

1. Candidates reflect the Province of Ontario 2. 1100 Candidates completed the 4-month training, then 4-month work placement 3. Very successful diversity program by the LSO 4. About half are from Canadian law schools (all Ontario except Lakehead) - of the internationally-educated,

half (25% of the total) started here and then went to the US or overseas for law school 5. Over 5 years: 79 different languages. Year V: 86 Candidates completed 19 different Masters Degrees, and 2

PhD’s; 40 Candidates had practiced abroad on average 6 years

Innovative – Prepares Candidates to Serve 21st Century Society & Improves Access to Justice Tab 5

1. Prepare Candidates to combine strong foundational skills with the ability to take advantage of change to better serve 21st Century Society

2. Business of Lawyering and Innovation components help Candidates succeed in meeting client needs in a modern and efficient way

3. Group-firm work and learning encourages success working in teams 4. Diversity and international experience opens eyes and minds to better serve Ontarians

For the Profession, by the Profession.

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SUCCESS AFTER THE LPP

• 87% of Year IV, once called, were working in law or law-related positions one year post-LPP

• 90% of Year III, once Called, were working in law or law-related positions one year post-LPP

• 84% of Year II, once Called, were working in law or law-related positions one year post-LPP

• 75% of Year I, once Called, were working in law or law-related positions one year post-LPP

A sampling of their job titles and roles for Year I to V include:

• Account Manager

• Anti-Money Laundering

Client Analyst

• Assistant Regulatory

Compliance Manager

• Associate Lawyer

• Associate Legal Counsel

• Attorney at Law

• Bilingual Staff Lawyer

• Business Manager

• Chief Executive Officer

• Compliance Manager

• Consulting

• Contract Executive

• Contract Review Specialist

• Contract Reviewer

• Contracts Administrator

• Crown Prosecutor

• Discipline Liaison

• Duty Counsel

• Early Resolutions Officer

• E-Discovery

• Ethical Wall Coordinator

• Family Barrister

• In-House Corporate Counsel

• In-House Counsel

• Insurance Advisor

• International Law

Consultant

• Junior Lawyer

• Junior Litigation Associate

• Junior Partner

• Lawyer in Association

• Leasing Manager

• Legal Clinic Staff Lawyer

• Legal Consultant

• Legal Counsel

• Legal Counsel and

Compliance Coordinator

• Legal Editor

• Legal Manager

• Legal Officer

• Legal Operations Specialist

• Legal & Public Policy Analyst

• Legal Research

• Listings Analyst

• Operations

• Partner

• Policy Organizational

Specialist

• Privacy Officer (Compliance)

• Private Practitioner

• Professor

• Project Coordinator

• Research Operations Analyst

• Resolution Manager

• Returning Officer and Board

Secretariat

• Senior Processing Officer

• Sole Practitioner

• Strategic Planner

• Tech Start-Up Developer

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August 2019

TRAINING High-quality, innovative skills-based training, that is standardized, comprehensive,

mentored and assessed. LPP Training Component

Think about running your own general practice law firm, with three other partners, incorporating technology and online opportunities. That is what our Candidates do when they begin the Ryerson LPP each August.

The Training Component: Introducing the Virtual Law Firm (VLF)

During the Training Component, Candidates are randomly placed into virtual law firms (VLFs) of approximately four people. This ensures that LPP Candidates are exposed to group dynamics from the very beginning, which is relevant to today’s successful professional development. We have had approximately 60 firms in each of Years 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Each firm is paired with a Mentor, who is a member of the legal profession in Ontario. Our Mentors come from across the province, average about 15 years of practice, and cover all areas of practice and workplace settings (clinics, government, private practice of all sizes, in-house counsel). These Mentors act as “Supervising Lawyers” for the VLFs, meeting with the entire firm once weekly for 17 weeks via webinar, and then bi-weekly with individual Candidates. During these interactions, Mentors and firms review the case file work that the Candidates have been working on that week, or have coming up, as well as discuss specific themes of Professionalism and Ethics, Practice and Client Management.

Competencies and Practice Areas

So what do the Candidates do during the Training Component? The LPP is “work” not school. On the basis of the expectations of the Law Society’s mandate, our goal is to develop and assess in our Candidates the following skills (broadly):

• Professionalism and Ethics • Analytical • Research (legal and factual) • Communications (oral and written) • Practice Management • Client Management

How do we develop these skills? Our Candidates meet at Ryerson 3 times for a week at a time (launch week end of August; middle of October; and middle of December). These 3 weeks offer Candidates the opportunity to engage in intensive workshops or panels (e.g. Trial Advocacy, Corporate Counsel), be assessed in-person by the bench and bar, develop and expand their professional network with each other (future colleagues) as well as members of the profession. The rest of the 14 weeks they are “working” in a simulated environment, responding to lawyer and client requests on a rapid, regular, intense basis.

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Their work is “delivered” via case files in the subject areas mandated by the LSO:

• Administrative Law (previously a Landlord/Tenant matter; more recently an Immigration matter); • Business Law • Civil Litigation • Criminal Law • Family Law • Real Estate Law • Wills & Estates Law

Input by the Profession: Subject Matter Experts, Mentors and Assessors

Each of the case files is developed by a Subject Matter Expert (SME), a leading Ontario practitioner in their field. The SME develops/updates a background story, online reference resources, precedents and “typical” file assignments. These assignments (over 100 in 2018) include client meetings, to opening a file to research, responding to clients’ questions, to drafting or reviewing contracts or pleadings, through to arguing or presenting before a court or tribunal, and then billing and collecting fees. Candidates receive these assignments throughout the business day/week as “emails” from “Senior Partners” in the relevant practice area. The case files are layered, beginning with work on one, then a second, eventually with all seven, therefore also building the skill of professional prioritization (aka practice management). Sometimes VLFs are working on a single file for a day or two; other times they are juggling the expectations of multiple files, as is the case in “real world” practice.

VLFs connect with their Mentors, each other, Managing Partners, Subject Matter Experts and their clients virtually through web conferencing and other online platforms (e.g. video “meetings”). Who are these clients, you might ask? In five of the files, the VLFs have the benefit of live-actor simulators, trained on the file and the requirement of “client management” skills, through Ryerson’s specialized Interpersonal Skills Teaching Centre (ISTC – see: http://www.ryerson.ca/istc).

Candidates submit some work through their firm, most individually. They are offered feedback by their Mentors on some of their work (particularly as they first begin the work), or self-assess based on model answers available by the SMEs (and then discussed during the weekly Firm Meetings with the Mentors). In addition, however, Candidates will be assessed by other members of the profession as specific Assessors for particular subject matter tasks (Motions, Client meetings, Negotiations, Opening/Closing Statements, Cross/Direct Examinations, Submissions, Bail Hearing, Supervisor Meetings), during the 2nd and 3rd in-person meetings. Candidates are assessed monthly by their Mentors on all six of the competencies noted above. Candidates are assessed as “Developing”, “Meets Expectations” or “Exceeds Expectations” by their Mentors and Assessors, and overall success depends on consistent and developing performance throughout the four months.

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ADR ChambersJustice AgyemangAlia AhmedGhina Al-sewaidiInga B. AndriessenZeeshan BaigElissa BanachKatherine BatyckyLisa BernsteinKo BhamraHarry J. BorensteinDiana BrecherDaniel BrownJ. Patrick BrownPeter CarayiannisMichelle ChaissonJulie Chapman ClioHugh H. M. ConnellyAllan CooperNicole CorrieroEmma CotmanRichard Ashok CoutinhoOrlando Da SilvaLaurelly DalePamela DancygerCherie A. DanielLeah DanielsVern DaRe

Ranjan DasJim DavidsonJim DeanJason DeFreitasCassandra DeMeloAbigail DeshmanReshika DhirMarni DickerEva Iole DiGiammarinoDivorceMate SoftwareLashell EatonEvangeline FernandezDelee FrommEldad GerbRachel GerbAlice GhebraiAnita GoelaDonald L. Granatstein, Q.C.Ingrid GrantNeil GuthrieDaniel GuttmanCarolyn HartSayeh HassanMick HassellAnn A. HatsiosLaleh HedayatiMartin J. Herman

Allison HinesSheri HirschbergLindsay HooperIan HuJennifer HueIan M. HullNazish HussainKris HuttonNick IannazzoTaro InoueIryna M. IwachiwMaya JacobNicole JohnChristine JohnsonJae-Yon Jung Aviv KartuzJacob KaufmanDavid KnappLynn KorbakLawyerDoneDeal Corp.Ian LebaneJennifer LeitchJeffrey LemRaquel LevineLexisNexis CanadaBrian LivingstonTaivi LobuPaul V. LomicDebra Lovinsky

Jennifer MacInnisAlfred MamoCaroline MandellPaul MartinAmanda MastertonMatt MaurerCornelia MazgareanShazeen MeraniSarah MillarMichelle MoldofskyJudy G. NaibergDiem NguyenModupe OluyomiArlene O’NeillAlison PayneHersh PerlisJared PersaudJustin G. PersaudNatasha PersaudVince A. PileggiAndrew PintoPaulette PommellsAmanda PotaskyWilliam PoulosJoanne M. PrinceTina RadimisisIlana RaynaiJennifer ReynoldsMolly ReynoldsPearl Rombis

Justice Vincenzo RondinelliChristina RorabeckDan RosmanThomas SantramVenus SayedVince ScaramuzzaStephen ScholtzDavid SharpeJulia Shin DoiSubuhi SiddiquiHoward SimkevitzChristopher SmartIan SpeersColin StevensonAllan J. StittThe Honourable George Strathy, Chief Justice of OntarioGregory SullivanJacqueline SwaislandPeter SzajakBob TchegusDerek TeevanSheldon TenenbaumTeranet Inc.The Advocates’ SocietyLori Anne Thomas

Ken ThompsonThomson Reuters Canada Alena ThouinGeorge ToryMarko TrivunIlan TsekhmanMyrna TulandiCynthia VerconichLynne Vicars, OBA PresidentMalini VijaykumarGayle WaddenKanta WadhwanEve WahnAndrea WaltmanRhona WaxmanMelanie WebbRachel WeinerR. Scott WhitleyElinor WhitmoreBrigid WilkinsonSaga WilliamsTamara Céline WinegustJudith WolfKenneth WolfsonHayden WoodleyRebecca S. ZearetskyOlga Ziman Sabbagh

to our mentors, assessors, curriculum developers, guest speakers, the Ontario Bar Assocation, for our strategic alliance, and The Law Society of Ontario.

Thank YouRyerson Law Practice Program (LPP)

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2018/2019 LPP Candidates

Alexa AbiscottADR Chambers/Stitt Feld Handy GroupAlia AhmedChina Al-sewaidiHafeez S. AmarshiSelina AndrelloInga B. AndriessenElissa BanachKatherine BatyckyLisa BernsteinKo BhamraMarc-André Blanchard Canada’s U.N. AmbassadorHarry J. BorensteinHartley BorstDaniel BrownPatrick BrownPeter CarayiannisMichelle ChaissonJenna ChandaniJulie ChapmanClausehoundClioEsi Codjoe Joy-Ann CohenHugh H. M. ConnellyEmma CotmanRichard Ashok Coutinho

Laurelly DalePamela DancygerCherie A. Daniel Vern DaReRanjan DasJim DavidsonJames (Jim) E. DeanSabreena DelhonCassandra DeMeloAbigail DeshmanMarni DickerLashell EatonMarc EmondEvangeline FernandezRobin FlumerfeltMark FreakeDelee FrommFernando GarciaEldad GerbAlice GhebraiEhsan GhebraiBrian GillinghamAnita GoelaDoron GoldCarla GoldsteinDonald GranatsteinAngela GreenbergNeil GuthrieGillian K. HadfieldCarolyn HartSayeh Hassan

Mick HassellLaleh HedayatiMartin J. HermanSheri HirschbergIan HuJennifer HueIan HullKristin Hutton Nick IannazzoTaro InoueIPIC-Young Practitioner’s Committee

Iryna M. IwachiwMaya JacobChristine JohnsonScott KirkpatrickDavid KnappJuliet L. KnaptonLynn KorbakMitchell KowalskiJeffrey LamLawyerDoneDeal Corp.Ian LebaneJennifer LeitchRaquel LevineLexisNexis CanadaBrian LivingstonQueenie LoTaivi LobuPaul V. Lomic

Thomas MacLennanNoreen MajeedGlenda MallonAlfred MamoKristin MarshallMatt MaurerJustice Rita MaxwellJennifer McGoeyShazeen A. MeraniMichelle MoldofskyJohn MountainJudy NaibergPrakash NarayananArlene O’NeillOntario Real Estate AssociationCatherine PattersonAlison PayneJacqueline PeetersHersh PerlisDon PerryJustin G. PersaudNatasha PersaudVince A. PileggiAndrew PintoPaulette PommellsAmanda PotaskyWilliam PoulosJoanne M. PrinceRichard RaczkowskiAndy Radhakant

Ilana RaynaiJennifer ReynoldsMolly ReynoldsSean RobichaudTom RockPearl RombisJustice Vincenzo RondinelliChristina RorabeckSara Gwendolyn RossQuinn Ross, OBA PresidentNadir SachakThomas SantramVince ScaramuzzaJoanne SchaeferAaron SchwartzStephen SchwartzDavid SharpeJulia Shin DoiHoward SimkevitzDarryl SingerChristopher Andrew SmartPat SnidermanIan SpeersAllan J. StittChief Justice George R. Strathy

Jacqueline SwaislandPeter Szajak

Bob TchegusSheldon TenenbaumTeranet Inc.The Advocates’ SocietyLori Anne Thomas Ken ThompsonThomson Reuters Canada LimitedAlena ThouinEric TilleyGeorge ToryJennifer Treloar* Ilan TsekhmanMyrna TulandiCynthia VerconichGayle WaddenKanta WadhwanEve WahnAndrea WaltmanRhona WaxmanJ. Toshach WeymanR. Scott WhitleyBrigid WilkinsonDenise Ann WilliamsJudith WolfGeorgea WolfeKenneth WolfsonMarcie ZajdemanRebecca S. ZaretskyOlga Ziman Sabbagh

to our mentors, assessors, curriculum developers, guest speakers, the Ontario Bar Association for our strategic alliance, and The Law Society of Ontario.


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*Deceased


Alia AhmedInga B. AndriessenAndréa ArmborstShelby AustinElissa BanachKatherine BatyckyLisa BernsteinKo BhamraHarry J. BorensteinHartley BorstMeredith BrownCatherine BruceMoira CallahanMichael CarterMichelle ChaissonChief Justice George R. StrathyClausehoundClioEsi CodjoeJoy-Ann CohenHugh HM ConnellyOrlando Da SilvaPamela DancygerCherie A. DanielRanjan DasJames E DeanCassandra DeMelo

Abby DeshmanMarni DickerChristoper DobsonLori R. DubinLashell EatonEvangeline Fernandez-AlexanderDelee FrommFernando GarciaRachel GerbEldad GerbBrian GillinghamAnita GoelaDoron GoldGeorge GrantIngrid GrantNeil GuthrieWendy Harris BentleyCarolyn HartMick HassellSheri HirschbergIan HuIan HullKristin HuttonNick IannazzoBrian IllionIntellectual Property Institute of Canada

Iryna M. IwachiwChristine JohnsonJoel KadishZ. Matthew KaslikMani KhamiKari Kim-GallatelyJuliet KnaptonLynn KorbakMartyn KrysGeorge KyriazakosColin LachanceLeigh LampertRobert LapperIan LebaneLawyerDoneDeal Corp.Raymond LeclairRaquel LevineLexisNexis CanadaBrian LivingstonQueenie LoTaivi LobuPaul LomicDebra LovinskyAlbert LukThomas MacLennanGlenda MallonAlfred MamoOlivia Mann-Foster

Kristin MarshallAmanda MastertonMatt MaurerRita MaxwellClare McMullen- CrummeyArchana MedhekarDiana MilesMichelle MoldofskyDavid C. MundayJudy NaibergPrakash NarayananOrie NiedzvieckiArlene D. O’NeillOntario Real Estate AssociationShauna PembertonHersh PerlisJustin G. PersaudVince A. PileggiAndrew PintoJohn PolyzogopoulosPaulette PommellsAmanda B. PotaskyWilliam PoulosJoanne PrinceAllie PyperRichard Raczowski

Andy RadhakantTina RadimisisMolly M. ReynoldsRBCSean RobichaudThomas J. Rock, QCVincenzo RondinelliChristina RorabeckNadir SachakThomas SantramVince ScaramuzzaStephen ScholtzAaron SchwartzMarco SciarraNoel SempleDavid SharpeJulia Shin DoiHoward SimkevitzDarryl SingerChristopher SmartKim SnellPat SnidermanDaniel SommersIan SpeersDavid Sterns, OBA PresidentColin StevensonAllan J. Stitt

Stitt Feld Handy GroupJacqueline SwaislandBob TchegusSheldon TenenbaumTeranet Inc. The Advocates’ SocietyKen ThompsonThomson Reuters Legal and Tax & Accounting, CanadaAlena ThouinGeorge ToryMyrna TulandiCynthia VerconichEve R. WahnAndrea WaltmanRhona WaxmanR. Scott WhitleyDavid WilliamsDenise Anne WilliamsJudith WolfKenneth WolfsonMarcie ZajdemanMaanit ZemelOlga Ziman Sabbagh

to our mentors, assessors, curriculum developers, guest speakers, the Ontario Bar Assocation, for our strategic alliance, and The Law Society of Upper Canada.


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ADR ChambersAlia AhmedEvangeline AlexanderGuy AminiInga B. AndriessenStella BallElissa BanachDanielle BastaracheKatherine BatyckySteven BenmorWendy Harris BentleyLisa BernsteinJessica S. BookmanHarry J. BorensteinJeanette BosschartFrances BrennanDaniel BrownMoira CallahanMichael CarterMichelle ChaissonChristopher ChorneyIan ClarkeClio - Practice Management Software Marie ComiskeyHugh HM ConnellyAllan S. CooperPamela Dancyger

Cherie A. DanielVern W. DaReRanjan DasAbby DeshmanMarni DickerDoug DowneyLori DubinRyan EdmondsAlex EisenbergAnne FeehelySusan FicekJames A. FraserDelee FrommBryan FromsteinBrian GillinghamGenevieve GirodayCarla GoldsteinJonas Granofsky Ingrid GrantNeil GuthrieCarolyn HartMichael HassellAllison Hines Sheri HirschbergLindsay HooperIan HuIan HullClaire HungNick Iannazzo

Iryna M. IwachiwChristine JohnsonJae-Yon JungStefan JürgensJoel KadishZoltan Matthew KaslikJacob KaufmanB. C. KeithMana Khami Beth KiburAndrew KingJuliet KnaptonLynn KorbakMartyn KrysJason KuzminskiLawyerDoneDeal Corp.Ian LebaneRay LeclairKaitlyn LedinghamJeffrey W. Lem Raquel LevineLexisNexis CanadaDavid LittlefieldPaul LomicSarah LowyJennifer MacInnisAtoosa Mahdavian

Adela MallGlenda MallonAlf MamoAnthony MarchettiKelly MargaritisMichelle MarsellusMatt MaurerArchana MedhekarDiana MilesDerry MillarMichelle MoldofskyDavid MundayPamela MunnBrittany E. MurphyRichard MwangiJudy NaibergBrendan NeilOrie NiedzvieckiArlene D. O’NeillOntario Real Estate Association Catherine PattersonJacqueline PeetersThilini PereraHersh PerlisAndrew Pinto Dorette PollardJohn PolyzogopoulosPaulette Pommells

Amanda PotaskyWilliam PoulosAllie PyperTina RadimisisJoan Rataic-LangChris RobertsThomas J. Rock, QCIan RolandVincenzo RondinelliChristina T. RorabeckNadir SachakChris SanzVince ScaramuzzaAaron SchwartzMarco SciarraGary ShiffJulia Shin Doi Sharon E. ShoreHoward SimkevitzDarryl SingerChristopher Andrew SmartJohn A. SorensenIan SpeersColin Stevenson Allan J. StittStitt Feld Handy Group Chief Justice George R. Strathy

Bob TchegusSheldon TenenbaumTeranet Inc. The Advocates’ Society Lori Anne ThomasKen ThompsonThomson Reuters Joshua TongJennifer Trehearne Jennifer A. TreloarVin G. TsuiMyrna TulandiEd Upenieks, OBA President Lindsay van RoosendaalCynthia VerconichEve R. WahnAndrea WaltmanR. Scott WhitleyDavid B. WilliamsJudith WolfKenneth WolfsonLinda ZardoRebecca S. ZaretskyDeborah ZemansMaanit ZemelCara Zwibel

to our mentors, assessors, curriculum developers, guest speakers, the Ontario Bar Assocation, for our strategic alliance, and The Law Society of Upper Canada.


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RYERSON LAW PRACTICE PROGRAM (LPP)

Inga AndriessenStella BallElissa BanachDanielle BastaracheKatherine BatyckyWendy Bellack-VinerLisa BernsteinBrian BlumenthalJessica BookmanHarry BorensteinFrances BrennanMoira CallahanCarswell, a Thomson Reuters business Michael CarterIan ClarkeClio Esi CodjoeJosephine ComegnaMarie ComiskeyHugh ConnellyAllan CooperMark CrowFatema DadaIan DaleyPamela DancygerCherie DanielVern DaReSherry DarvishOrlando Da Silva, OBA President

Teresa DayAbigail DeshmanMarni DickerKieran Dickson Doug Downey Alex EisenbergSoraya FarhaJustice Lucia FavretJustice Lawrence FeldmanEvangeline FernandezRebecca FischJames FraserBryan FromsteinCynthia FromsteinBrian GillinghamDonald GranatsteinIngrid GrantNeil GuthrieDaniel GuttmanKenneth Hale Justice Peter HarrisCarolyn HartMarie Henein Sheri HirschbergAndrea HortonJudith HuddartJennifer HueIan HullNick IannazzoIryna IwachiwFareen Jamal

Joel KadishZoltan Matthew KaslikMana KhamiMichael KealyAndrew KingJohn KrawchenkoMartyn KrysTed LaanProvost Mohamed LachemiDr. Barbara LandauDale LastmanLawyerDoneDeal Corp. Heidi Lazar-MeynIan LebaneRay LeclairKaitlyn LedinghamNorman Letalik Raquel LevinePresident Sheldon LevyLexisNexis Canada Queenie LoTaivi LobuPaul LomicSheena MacAskillGlenda MallonAlfred MamoT. David MarshallMatt MaurerNorman MayPaula McGirr

Thank Youto our mentors, assessors, curriculum developers, guest speakers,

the Ontario Bar Association, for our strategic alliance, and The Law Society of Upper Canada.

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Rusty McLayWill McNairArchana MedhekarHonourable Madeleine Meilleur Ray MikkolaDiana MilesDerry MillarMark MillerTreasurer Janet Minor Justice John C. MooreRosemary MuzziRichard MwangiApple Newton-SmithOrie NiedzvieckiArlene O’NeillOntario Real Estate Association Catherine PattersonDan PinningtonAndrew PintoDaniel PoleJohn PolyzogopoulosPaulette PommellsNatalija PopovicAmanda PotaskyJoanne PrinceRichard RaczkowskiKonstantina RadimisisPaul RenwickLewis Richardson

Kathleen RobichaudTom RockEnzo RondinelliNadir SachakVince ScaramuzzaGary ShiffJeff Schlemmer Aaron SchwartzMegan SchwartzentruberMarco SciarraJulia Shin DoiMorgan SimHoward SimkevitzDarryl SingerChristopher SmartDr. Patricia Sniderman Ian SpeersColin Stevenson Indira StewartAllan StittStitt Feld Handy Group Chief Justice George R. Strathy Siona SullivanCorinne Sutherland-NikotaMarshall SwadronPaul SweenyBob TchegusSheldon TenenbaumTeranet Inc.

The Advocates’ Society Jeanie TheoharisLori Anne ThomasJoshua TongJennifer TrehearneJennifer TreloarVin TsuiJustice Ria Tzimas Christina VandoremalenPryam VarmaCynthia VerconichJames VlasisPaul VoornEve WahnAndrea WaltmanJay WatermanRhona WaxmanScott WhitleyDavid WilliamsAndrew WintonJudith WolfKenneth WolfsonLorne H. Wolfson Pulat YunusovJack Zawistowski Deborah ZemansMaanit ZemelJustice Roselyn ZismanCara Zwibel

3 Day Intensive Trial Advocacy Program LPP Developed & delivered by:

Nicholas AdamsonAlia AhmedScott ArnoldSandra BartonKatherine BatyckyMaureen Bennett HenryVitali BerditchevskiSierra BilykAlexandre BlanchardDaniel BlockShelia BlockDuncan BoswellHilary BrownChristie CampbellJohn CampionJonathan CharlandDenise CooneyRichard Ashok CoutinhoLaurelly DaleCherie A. DanielRanjan DasVincent de GrandpréJim DeanBrenda DoigLori DubinErin D. FarrellCarlie FoxMarie-Eve GingrasAndrew GrayLara Guest

Rovena HajderiAnisah HassanAnn A. HatsiosMichael HershkopMichael A. HinesKristine HolderBrian IllionLeora JacksonKenneth JimColin JohnstonMatthew KarabusGeorge J. KarayannidesNick KennedyAnne KennedyCatherine KeyesSandra KingstonIan LebaneRoslyn LevineTina LieRyan MacIssacBrooke MacKenzieIan MacLeodNicole MantiniSia MoshiriBarbara MurchieSarah NaimanJustin NecpalChad PilkingtonJames RenihanPatrick ReynaudJennifer Reynolds

Jonathan RosenthalRachael Saab Dona M. H. SalmonJim SeckingerMyriam SeersEmily SherkeyEric SherkinDarryl SingerJagtaran SinghAwanish SinhaAlex SmithMel SolmonLisa SpiegelChristopher StanekPaul SteepMark Strychar- BodnarLisa TalbotDeborah TemplerSheldon TenenbaumEvan ThomasKen ThompsonMyrna TulandiBrad Vermeersch Andrea WaltmanRachel WeinerSarah WhitmoreFrankie Wood Grant WordenAllison Worone

With support from: Practitioners from many organizations providing advocacy training

and

Looking forward to the 2019–2020 Law Practice Program

James Seckinger, ProfessorUniversity of Notre Dame

Sheila R. Block, PartnerTorys LLP

Expert Advocacy Practitioners


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WORK PLACEMENTS

High-quality, supervised and assessed.

Work Placement Component

Candidates move on to the four-month Work Placement only after they have successfully completed the Training Component. We recruit employers on the basis that our Candidates are ready to “hit the ground running” in January. Our employers span the range of practice areas and office settings across the province. Candidates are prepared for both general and more focused practice areas for their Work Placements. A list of our employers is attached.

Securing Work Placements

Once an LPP Candidate has successfully completed the 4-month intensive Training Component they are eligible to begin their work placement. LPP Candidates can secure work placements in two ways: 1) by applying to the job postings we have secured through the program's outreach efforts; and/or 2) conducting outreach to potential employers they would like to work with which we then review and confirm the work placement’s eligibility. It is important to note that the vast majority of LPP Candidates secure their work placements through applying to the job postings the Work Placement Office secures and posts in our PlacePro database. To secure the over 1100 work placement job postings, during the first five years of the program, the Work Placement Office, along with the outreach efforts of the overall LPP team, made many phone calls to prospective employers, attended and presented at numerous legal association and legal conference events, as well as, placed advertisements in a variety of legal publications including the Ontario Reports, Canadian Lawyer Magazine, the Lawyers Weekly, Precedent Magazine, and Legal Association Newsletters. The Work Placement Office works diligently throughout the year to develop the work placement opportunities with potential employers. In addition to conducting many outreach phone calls, they conduct numerous follow-up calls to confirm the employers participation (i.e. to get the Employer Profile Form from the employer to create the placement position); the position is then vetted and posted for LPP Candidates to apply to; once the position closes the LPP Candidate applications are then reviewed to create a shortlist that employers can review; the applications are then submitted to the employers along with a link to all the applications submitted for their placement position; follow-up calls are then placed to confirm which candidates the employer would like to interview; and again, follow-up calls are made to confirm who the employer has decided to hire. Once the LPP Candidate accepts the position the Work Placement Office sends a completed Work Placement Agreement and Education Plan to the employer and the LPP Candidate to sign and return. The employer also receives a Pre-Placement FAQ & Checklist to assist them in preparing for their LPP Candidate’s arrival in January. Within the current legal and economic environment, over the past five years, the Work Placement Office has been able to create over 1100 work placement opportunities that would not have otherwise existed in Ontario. Over 75% of roles are paid, with the overwhelming majority being fully paid, with some stipends. We believe this compares favourably with what is actually going on with articling. The participating employers include large and small employers across all legal sectors from private practice to in-house, legal clinics and all 3 levels of government.

August 2019

The Work Placement Office has once again been working diligently to secure enough opportunities to meet the demands of our LPP Candidate pool and has a 100% rate of placement for all LPP Candidates during the first five years of the program. In-Placement Check-Ins During the four-month work placement period the Work Placement Office conducts two in-depth check-in calls with each employer as well as an in-depth check-in call with the LPP Candidate. These check-in calls provide us with the opportunity to gather feedback on the LPP Candidate’s performance, as well as, the LPP Candidate’s experience. The feedback received during the employer check-in calls can be very insightful and, in most instances, quite extraordinary. Employers tend to immediately comment on how well-prepared the LPP Candidate was to "hit the ground running”. In fact, they often mention that they operate at a significantly higher level than other licensing candidates they have encountered in the past. Similarly, LPP Candidates during their check-in calls also comment on how prepared they felt arriving into the new work environment particularly since many of the experiences they are engaging in are tasks they prepared for or completed during the Training Component. In addition to the formal check-in calls, the Work Placement Office reminds both employers and LPP Candidates that they are always available to support them with any matters that may arise during the work placement. In some cases this may mean acting as a facilitator or providing additional resource support to the employer or the LPP Candidate. Post-Placement Success Early indications are that LPP Candidates, once called, are meeting with excellent employment success:

• 87% of Year IV, once called, were working in law or law-related positions one year post-LPP • 90% of Year III, once Called, were working in law or law-related positions one year post-LPP • 84% of Year II, once Called, were working in law or law-related positions one year post-LPP • 75% of Year I, once Called, were working in law or law-related positions one year post-LPP

AccorHotelsAdvocacy Centre for the ElderlyAga Khan MuseumAina Law Professional CorporationAlison R. Macdonald, Lawyer & Notary PublicAmericas Silver CorporationAnanaba Law OfficeAssociated Foreign Exchange (AFEX)Association of Justice

Counsel / Association des Juristes de JusticeAuger Hollingsworth

Professional CorporationAyderus Alawi Professional CorporationBank of Montreal - BMO Financial GroupBarbra Schlifer Commemorative ClinicBarnable Law P.C. Benmore Family Law GroupBlackberry LimitedBlake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes)Bloom Lanys Professional CorporationBombardier Commerical AircraftBrenner Law PCCampisi LLP Personal Injury LawyersCanada Lands CompanyCanadian National Exhibition AssociationCarroll Heyd Chown LLPCatholic Children’s Aid Society of HamiltonCatholic Principals’ Council OntarioCentre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)Chagpar & AssociatesChicago Title Insurance

Company Canada

Christoper M. R. O’ConnorCineplex EntertainmentCity of Barrie, Legal ServicesCity of Toronto, Legal DivisionClancy PCCollege of Chiropractors of OntarioCollege of Medical Radiation Technologies of OntarioCommunity Legal Clinic - Brant, Haldimand, NorfolkConduct Law Professional CorporationCornelia MazgareanCornell Family Law & EstatesCSA GroupDallas Criminal Defence and Ma’at Legal ServicesDarren S. Sederoff & AssociatesDavid L. HynesDavid Latner Professional CorporationDe Sa & Associates Professional CorporationDi Mauro Law Professional CorporationDiamond & Diamond Lawyers LLPDickie & Lyman Lawyers LLPDipchand LLPDMG Advocates LLPDoug LaFramboise, Barrister - DDH Law LLPDutton Brock LLPEglin-Oxford Legal ClinicElinor Shinehoft, Barrister and SolicitorEnriched Investing IncorporatedEquifax Canada Co.Eunice Kim & Associate Professional CorporationEvans, Bragagnolo & Sullivan LLPFederico Hernandez

Law Office

Feld Kalia Professional CorporationFinanceit Canada Inc. Forgione Law OfficeFreemanLaw - BarristersGFL Environmental Inc.Glover & AssociatesGrewal Law Professional CorporationGriffiths Professional CorporationGrillo Barristers Personal Injury LawyersHaiyan ZhangHameed LawHaque Law Professional CorporationHarris, Sheaffer LLPHearinglife CanadaHicks Morely Hamilton Stewart Storie LLPHolder Law Barristers and SolicitorsHorowitz, FinderHull & Hull LLPHum Law FirmHuron Perth Community Legal ClinicImmigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB)Immigration Consultants of

Canada Regularoty Council (ICCRC)Interac Corp.ivariJane MonaghanJeff J. Li

Professional CorporationJHG Criminal LawJohn Poletes Professional CorporationJoshua David Professional CorporationJP Mann Law FirmJulian Heller and AssociatesJuriansz & LiJuzkiw & Company

Karimjee Greene LLPKashlaw Professional CorporationKayani Law FirmKellogg Canada Inc.Ken J. Berger MD JD, Barristers and SolicitorsKenawy Law OfficeKingsley Jesuorobo & AssociatesKrylov Lam & Company LLPLaw Booth Professional CorporationLaw Office of Jerome

H. StanleighLaw Office of Tina HlimiLawyers’ Professional

Indemnity CompanyLomic LawLoPresti LawLuke’s PlaceMAG - Civil Law Division, Civil

Remedies for Illicit Activities Office (CRIA)

MAG - Civil Law Division, FSCO Branch

MAG - Civil Law Division, MOE/MEDG/MOI/MRIS/Accessibility

MAG - Civil Law Division, MTCS/MSAA Legal Branch

Magyar, Bogle & O’Hara LLPManiaci Sobel

Altbaum Law*Marco Sciarra

Criminal LawyerMark Terence Wong

Law OfficeMartyn AssociatesMazin & Associates PCMatkowsky Immigration LawMcMaster, McIntyre &

Smyth, LLPMendonca Law Office

Professional CorporationMercedes Ibghi Barrister,

Solicitor & Notary Public

Meridian Credit Union LimitedMills & Mills LLPMonerisMurphysNAV CANADANeighbourhood Legal Services (London & Middlesex) Inc.Nestlé Canada Inc.Newton Wong & Associates Professional CorporationNissan Canada Inc.North Peel & Dufferin Community Legal ServicesOntario Bar Association (OBA)Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR)Oz Optics Ltd.Parente Borean LLPParnega Langley LLPPersuad Law GroupPlan International Canada Inc.PwC Law LLPRBC – Royal Bank of CanadaReal Estate Council of OntarioRebecca Bromwich, Barrister & SolicitorRobb MacDonald Professional CorporationRobinsons LawRogers Communications Inc.Rusonik, O’Connor,

Robbins, Ross, Gorham & Angelini LLPRV Law LLPRyerson University - Office of

the General Counsel and Board Secretariat

Samsung Electronics Canada Inc.Sawatzky Balzer & Wiens LLPSBMB LawScher Law PCSchultz Frost LLPScotiabank - The Bank of Nova ScotiaSD Law

Professional Corporation

Share LaywersShirtliff Hinds LawSiemens Canada LimitedSinai Health SystemSkyline Group of CompaniesSobirovs Law FirmSony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.StarTech.com Ltd.Stephen L. Zap, Barrister & Solicitor, Professional CorpSteven Tress, Barrister and SolicitorSuman Umesh Ahuja Professional CorporationTalbot Family LawThe Beer Store - Brewers Retail Inc.The Brown Law FirmThe Salvation ArmyThe Law Office of Fay Hassaan, P. C.The Law Office of Patricia Brown Barrister & SolicitorThe Law Society of Ontario (LSO)The Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced LearningToronto Catholic District School BoardToyota Canada Inc.UL Lawyers Professional Corporation Vanular Lawyers Professional CorporationVirk Personal Injury Law Professional CorporationWalter Fox & AssociatesWE CharityWillowdale Community Legal ServicesWolfson Law Professional CorporationWorsoff Law FirmZomorodi Law,

Barristers & Solicitors

to our work placement employers, our strategic partner, the Ontario Bar Association and The Law Society of Ontario.

Thank You

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2018/2019 Work Placement Employers

AccorHotelsAlison R. Macdonald, Lawyer & Notary PublicAmbwani Law Professional CorporationAmericas Silver CorporationBains PartnersBank of Montreal – BMO Financial GroupBarbra Schlifer Commemorative ClinicBereskin & Parr LLPBickhram Litigation P.C.Blanshay Law and Anchor LawBombardier Commercial AircraftBookman Law Professional CorporationBrewers Retail Inc.Brown Law OfficeCampisi LLP Personal Injury LawyersCanada Lands Company CLC LimitedCanadian Environmental Law Association Capelle Kane Immigration Lawyers Capital One CanadaCarranza LLPCarroll Heyd Chown LLPCarson Law Office Professional CorporationCentre for Addiction and Mental Health Centre for Health Science and LawChagpar & AssociatesChapnick & AssociatesChicago Title Insurance Company CanadaChin & Orr LawyersChristopher Robertson Law Professional CorporationCity of Toronto Legal DivisionClancy PC + Brion RaffoulCLEO - Community Legal

Education Ontario

College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists

Dallas Criminal DefenceDavid L. HynesDavidsons LawyersDe Sa & Associates

Professional Corporationde Vries LitigationDeMelo Law Professional CorporationDeRusha Law FirmDickie & Lyman Lawyers LLPDorrington and Associates Professional CorporationDynacareEastman Law Office - Immigration LawElgin-Oxford Legal ClinicEmerald Legal Professional CorporationEnriched Investing IncorporatedEquifax CanadaErnest G. Tannis Professional CorporationEsther Abraham Law OfficeExport Development CanadaEY Law LLPFasken Martineau DuMoulin LLPFirst National Financial LPForgione Law OfficeFrancesca YaskielGbtlawGlover & AssociatesGoodman & Berman, BarristersGroia & Company, Professional CorporationHayer LawHeal & Co. LLPHicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLPHolder Law Barristers and SolicitorsHome Hardware Stores LimitedHudbay Minerals Inc.Hull & Hull LLP

Huron Perth Community Legal ClinicHusein Law OfficeInfrastructure OntarioIngenuity LLPInnVest Hotels LPInternational Human Rights

Program (IHRP), U of T Faculty of LawivariJack Frymer

Professional CorporationJane Finch Community Legal ServicesJerome H StanleighJewitt McLuckie & AssociatesJill Gunn, Barrister and SolicitorJohn Poletes Professional CorporationJohnson & Schwass Professional CorporationJuzkiw & Company, BarristersKashlaw Professional CorporationKayani Law FirmKellogg Canada Inc.Ken J. Berger MD JD, Barristers and SolicitorsKoskie Minsky LLPKPA Lawyers Professional CorporationKraft Heinz CanadaKrylov Lam & Company LLPLaurentian Bank of CanadaLaw Office of Daisy BygraveLaw Office of Dhananjay ShahLaw Office of Robert MolinariLaw Works PCLawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company Legal Aid OntarioLevy Zavet PCLomic LawLondon LifeLoopstra Nixon LLPLuke’s PlaceMadamser Law

MAG - Civil Law Division, Civil Remedies for Illicit Activities Office

MAG - Civil Law Division, FSCO Branch

MAG - Civil Law Division, MOHLTC Legal BranchMAG - Civil Law Division, MTCS Legal BranchMAG - Court Services DivisionMAG - Environment and Land Tribunals Ontario (ELTO)MAG - Ministry of Community

and Social Services and Ministry of Children and Youth Services

MAG - Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, OCC/OFPS

MAG - Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD)

MAG - Safety, Licensing Appeals and Standards Tribunals Ontario (SLASTO)

Mamann, Sandaluk & Kingwell LLP

Maniaci Sobel Altbaum Law† Mattis Law Professional CorporationMcMaster, McIntyre & Smyth, LLPMedtronic CanadaMendonca Law Office Professional CorporationMikhailitchenko Law OfficeN.H. Winter Law FirmNAV CANADANeighbourhood Legal Services (London & Middlesex)Nestlé Canada Inc.Nicole Matthews Professional CorporationNissan Canada Inc.North Peel & Dufferin

Community Legal ServicesOdetoyinbo Law OfficeOffice of the General Counsel,

Ryerson University

Ontario Bar Association (OBA)Ontario College of TradesOntario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR)Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council (OMVIC)Ontario Power Generation Inc.Ontario Principals’ Council Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLPPaquette & Paquette Professional CorporationParnega Langley LLPPayments Canada Randy Ai Law Office - Labour & Employment LawyerRapley & Company, Barristers and Solicitors PCRazi Law OfficeRBC – Royal Bank of CanadaReach† Equality and Justice for People with DisabilitiesRestaurant Brands International Inc.Richard L. Wright Professional CorporationRichard Patterson Professional CorporationRM Law PCRobb MacDonald Professional CorporationRusonik, O’Connor, Robbins, Ross, Gorham & Angelini, LLPRussell Allegra Professional CorporationRutman & Rutman Professional CorporationRZCD Law Firm LLPSaini Law FirmSamsung Electronics Canada Inc.Saugeen Ojibway Nation - Environment OfficeSD Law Professional CorporationSinger Barristers PCSirius XM Canada Inc.Sojourner King LawSony Music Entertainment

Canada Inc.

South Nation Conservation AuthoritySP Law Office PCStephen Price & AssociatesSteven Tress, Barrister and SolicitorStevenson Whelton MacDonald & Swan LLPSuman Umesh Ahuja Professional CorporationTabuchi Law Professional CorporationTaggart Law Office Professional CorporationTalbot Family LawTaro InoueTekle’s Law OfficeThe Castle LawyersThe Centre for Spanish Speaking PeoplesThe Governing Council of The Salvation Army in Canada The Law Office of Fay Hassaan, P.C.The Law Office of Patricia

Brown Barrister & SolicitorThe Law Society of Ontario (LSO)The Sheridan College Institute

of Technology and Advanced Learning

Thomson Reuters Canada Limited Tinnish K. AndersenToronto Catholic District School Board Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)TSD Law Professional CorporationUniversity Health Network - (UHN)WeirFoulds LLPWestaway Law GroupWiikwemkoong Unceded Territory Justice ProgramWolfson Law Professional CorporationZomorodi Law, Barristers

& Solicitors

to our work placement employers, our strategic partner, the Ontario Bar Association and The Law Society of Ontario.


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A. Princewill Law FirmAaron & Aaron Abi Singam Law Professional

CorporationAbraham Jonas LL.B.Abrahams LLPAccorHotels Addario Law Group LLPAdekusibe Fola

Law Professional CorporationAequitas NEO Exchange Inc.Alcohol and Gaming

Commission of OntarioAlgoma Community

Legal ClinicAllan S. Blott Q.C. Professional

Corporation of LawyersAlterna Savings and BankAmericas Silver CorporationAnimal JusticeARCH Disability Law CentreArora Law OfficeAssembly of First NationsAstellas Pharma Canada, Inc.ATS Automation Tooling

Systems Inc.Augustine Bater Binks LLPBank of Montreal – BMO

Financial GroupBarbra Schlifer

Commemorative ClinicBattiston & AssociatesBell Canada / BCE Inc.BMW Canada Inc.Campigotto Law FirmCampisi LLP Personal

Injury LawyersCanada Lands Company

CLC LimitedCanadian Bankers AssociationCanadian Environmental

Law AssociationCanadian Nuclear Safety

CommissionCarroll Heyd Chown LLPCastle-TrudelCatholic Children’s Aid Society

of HamiltonCentre for Addiction and

Mental Health (CAMH)Chartwell Retirement

Residences

Chiarelli Cramer WitteveenChicago Title Insurance Company CanadaChristie Law OfficeClifton Kok LLPCommunity Legal Assistance SarniaCommunity Legal Clinic of York RegionConway Davis GryskiCraig Burley, Barrister and SolicitorCriminal Lawyers Law ChambersDarren S. Sederoff & AssociatesDeloitte LLPDevadas Law Professional CorporationDiamond & Diamond (Ottawa)Dorrington and Associates Professional CorporationDutton Brock LLPDynacareEchelon InsuranceElgin-Oxford Legal ClinicEmerald Legal Professional CorporationEnriched Investing IncorporatedEquifax Canada Equitable BankEsra Samli LawFasken Martineau LLPFCTFlemingdon Community Legal ServicesForgione Law OfficeFreemanLaw – BarristersG.M. Read, Barrister & SolicitorGilead Sciences Canada, Inc.Global Affairs CanadaGlover & AssociatesHannan Hannan BarristersHarbic LawHartlawHeal & Co. LLPHenein Hutchison LLPHensel Barristers

Professional CorporationHicks Morley Hamilton

Stewart Storie LLP

Holder Law Barristers and SolicitorsHudson’s Bay CompanyHull & Hull LLPHummingbird Lawyers LLPHuron Perth Community Legal ClinicIbitoye Law OfficeIgnacio Law OfficeInfrastructure OntarioJames CS Lam Law OfficeJane Finch Community Legal ServicesJaswal InstituteJeffrey L. Goldman Immigration LawJeffrey McLaughlin Barrister & SolicitorJerome H StanleighJordan Battista LLPJoseph Pak Him Chan Professional CorporationJuriansz & LiKaminker & AssociatesKashlaw Professional CorporationKaslik LawKazembe & Associates PCKellogg Canada Inc.Ken J. Berger MD JD Barristers and SolicitorsKerbel & Wickramasinghe LLPKingston Community Legal ClinicKoskie Minsky LLPKraft Heinz CanadaKrylov Lam & Company LLPLaan LitigationLancaster, Brooks & Welch LLPLaw Booth Professional CorporationLaw Office of Matthew DobbieLaw Office of Michael FairneyLaw Office of Naveed ButtLaw Office of Poonam MadanLaw Office of Thomas MacLennanLawyers’ Professional Indemnity CompanyLegal Aid OntarioLegge & Legge

Lenkinski Family Law & Mediation Professional

CorporationLoPresti LawLori R. Dubin Family & Criminal

Law OfficeLoucks & LoucksLoyaltyOne, Co.MAG - Agency and Tribunal Relations DivisionMAG - Civil Law Division, FSCOMAG - COMSOC & MCYSMAG - Court Services DivisionMAG - Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional ServicesMAG - Ministry of the Attorney GeneralMangat Law Professional CorporationManiaci Sobel Altbaum LawMcLean & McLean LLPMcMaster, McIntyre & Smyth, LLPMendonca Law Office Professional CorporationMichael Lamont Personal Injury LawMikhailitchenko Law Office Morneau Shepell Ltd.Mounir El Malih Barrister & SolicitorMVN Law Professional CorporationNAV CanadaNeighbourhood Legal Services (London & Middlesex) Nestlé Canada Inc.Newzulu Canada Ltd.Nissan Canada IncNorth Peel & Dufferin Community Legal ServicesNorton Rose Fulbright Canada LLPO’Connor MacLeod Hanna LLPOntario Bar Association (OBA)Ontario College of TradesOntario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR)Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council (OMVIC)Oziel Law

Pacific Exploration & Production CorporationParnega Langley LLPPasha LawPatricia Wells Immigration LawyersPaul Scotland Barrister & SolicitorPavoni Patton DiVincenzo LLPPCK - Perry + Currier Inc. / Currier + Kao LLPPearTree Securities Inc.Phillips Gill LLPPrice & Altman BarristersPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC)Prouse, Dash & Crouch, LLPRamesh Patel Law Professional CorporationRashid Urosevic LLPRBC - Royal Bank of CanadaRJS LAW Professional CorporationRobb MacDonald Professional CorporationRomano Law OfficeRoth Law OfficesRutman & Rutman Professional CorporationRyerson University –

Office of the General Counsel and Board SecretariatRyerson University –

Office of the Vice President, Research & Innovation

RZCD Law Firm LLPSamuelson-Glushko

Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest ClinicSangkil Yi Barrister & SolicitorSanjay Roy Barrister, Solicitor

& Criminal Defence LawyerSanka LawSears Canada Inc.Shemesh Criminal LawSINGER Barristers PCSingla Law OfficeSkyline Group of Companies Smordin Law Professional CorporationSobeys Inc.Sojourner King Law

Solomon Orjiwuru Law OfficeSony Music Entertainment Canada Inc.South Nation Conservation AuthorityStephen Durbin and AssociatesSteve Duplain – Duplain LawStevenson Whelton MacDonald & Swan LLPSubhash Joshi Law OfficeSunmark Law Professional CorporationSwadron AssociatesTeplitsky, Colson LLPThe Centre for Spanish Speaking PeoplesThe Children’s Aid Society of HamiltonThe Law Office of David MidanikThe Law Office of Fay Hassaan, Professional CorporationThe Law Office of Kesary ArumugarajThe Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC)The Sheridan College Institute

of Technology and Advanced LearningThomas H. Marshall Q.C.Thomson Reuters Canada LimitedToronto Catholic District School BoardToronto International Film Festival (TIFF)Toyota Canada Inc.Triano LawWakulat Dhirani LLPWallach Lawyers /

Howard Nightingale Professional CorporationWestaway Law Group William Demant Group

of Companies / HearingLife Canada

Wolfson Law Professional CorporationWorkplace Safety & Insurance

Board (WSIB)

to our work placement employers, our strategic partner, the Ontario Bar Association and The Law Society of Upper Canada.


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Aasara Lawyers Professional CorporationAbraham Jonas LL.B.Aequitas Neo ExchangeAjay Duggal Professional CorporationAlcohol and Gaming Commission of OntarioAllan S. Blott Q.C. Professional Corporation of LawyersAnanaba Law OfficeAnissimoff Mann Professional CorporationAnnie A. ChengAppleton & AssociatesAssociation in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC)Bank of Montreal - BMO Financial GroupBarbra Schlifer Commemorative ClinicBennett Law Chambers Professional CorporationBianchi Presta LLPBickhram Litigation P.C.BMW Group CanadaBombardier Commercial AircraftBrent C. BalmerCanadian Civil Liberties AssociationCanadian Environmental Law Association (CELA)CardusCastle-TrudelCentre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)Centre for Spanish Speaking PeoplesChan Yeung KangChartwell Retirement ResidencesChicago Title Insurance Company CanadaChildren’s Aid Society of HamiltonCI Investments Inc.City of HamiltonCLEO - Community Legal

Education Ontario

Cohen Peeters Yates LLPCollege of Audiologists

and Speech-Language PathologistsCommunity Advocacy &

Legal Centre (Belleville)Community Legal Clinic of York RegionCooper BarristersDani Z. Frodis BarristersDaniel C. Fernandes Law OfficeDavidsons LawyersDavoudi Law FirmDepartment of Justice Canada

- Ontario Regional OfficeDevadas Law Professional

CorporationDhaliwal & Dhaliwal LLP,

Barristers & SolicitorsDorrington and Associates

Professional CorporationEchelon InsuranceElgin-Oxford Legal ClinicEnbridge Gas Distribution Inc.Enriched Investing IncorporatedEquifax Canada Co.Evans, Bragagnolo &

Sullivan LLPFarooq & Chaudhry LLPForbes Chochla LLP, Barristers

& SolicitorsForgione Law OfficeFrancesca E. Yaskiel, Barrister

& SolicitorFreemanLaw - BarristersFRHI Hotels & Resorts

(Canada) Inc.Gahir & AssociatesGalan Law FirmGFL Environmental Inc.Gibson Criminal DefenceGilead Sciences Canada, Inc.Global Affairs CanadaGlover & AssociatesGovedaris Professional

CorporationHabib and Associates Law

Office

Hackett Simpson Tripodi LLPHale Criminal Law OfficeHarbic LawHeal & Co. LLPHicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLPHousing Services CorporationHudson’s Bay CompanyHull & Hull LLPHuron Perth Community Legal ClinicImpact Law LLPIndigo Books & Music Inc.Infrastructure OntarioJamshidi & AssociatesJanice R. Johnson, Barrister, Solicitor & Notary PublicJanssen Law Professional CorporationJay I. Bernholtz Barrister and SolicitorJeff J. Li Professional CorporationJuriansz & LiKashlaw Professional Corp.Kayani Law FirmKazembe & Associates PCKelly Manthorp HeaphyKen J. Berger MD JD Barristers and SolicitorsKingston Community Legal ClinicKlotz Associates, Barristers & SolicitorsKoskie Minsky LLPLake Shore Gold Corp.Law Chambers of Nadir SachakLaw Office of Adela CrossleyLaw Office of Michael FairneyLaw Office of Ravinder MannLaw Office of Vanee SenthooranLaw Studio Professional CorporationLawyers’ Professional Indemnity CompanyLedgley LawLegal Aid Ontario (LAO) - Major Case Management OfficeLomic Law

LoPresti LawLori R. Dubin Family & Criminal Law OfficeLozano Law OfficeMacGregor Horic LLPMAG - Agency and Tribunal Relations DivisionMAG - Court Services DivisionMAG - Crown Law Office Civil (CLOC)MAG - Ministry of Health

and Long-Term Care, Legal Services BranchMAG - Ontario Ministry

of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)

Maniaci Sobel AltbaumMarco Sciarra - Criminal LawyerMartel Law OfficeMazinani Law OfficesMcCarthy Tétrault LLPMcDonald’s Restaurants of Canada LimitedMcMahon Morrison Watts

Labour and Employment Lawyers (Toronto office)Mendonca Law Office

Professional CorporationMercedes Ibghi - Barrister, Solicitor & Notary PublicMonica GoyalMUNERAN.H. Winter Law FirmNadia Liva, Barrister & SolicitorNAV CanadaNegi Samson LLPNeighbourhood Legal Services (London & Middlesex) Inc.Nicole Matthews Professional CorporationNissan Canada Inc.Ontario Bar Association (OBA)Ontario College of TradesOntario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR)Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council (OMVIC)Oyenubi Law Professional Corporation

PA Law Firm Professional CorporationPacific Exploration & Production CorporationPaliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLPParnega Langley LLPPatrick Orr, Barrister and SolicitorPaula Seymour, Barrister & SolicitorPeter Loucks Professional

Corporation - Loucks & LoucksPhilips CanadaPointClickCare Corp.Primero Mining Corp.Pro Bono Law OntarioQ9 NetworksRandy Ai Law Office - Labour

& Employment LawyerRaviele Vaccaro LLPRBC - Royal Bank of CanadaReach CanadaRekai LLPRexdale Community Legal ClinicRiches, McKenzie & Herbert LLPRodan Energy Solutions Inc.Rooz Law Professional CorporationRosenblatt Immigration LawRoss & McBride LLPRoth Law OfficesRubenstein, SiegelRusonik, O’Connor, Robbins, Ross, Gorham & Angelini LLPRutman & Rutman Professional CorporationRyerson UniversityRZCD Law Firm LLPSalim J. Khot Legal Professional CorporationScotiabank - Bank of Nova ScotiaShael Eisen Professional CorporationShemesh Criminal Law

Shillers, LLPSobeys Inc.Soble, Davis & Day LLPSociety of Composers,

Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)Solomon Orjiwuru Law OfficeSony Music Entertainment

Canada Inc.Stephen Hebscher, BarristerSudbury Community Legal ClinicTangerine BankTeva Canada LimitedThe Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC)The Sheridan College Institute

of Technology and Advanced LearningThomas G. ChalmersThomson Mahoney DeloreyToronto Catholic District

School BoardToronto International Film Festival (TIFF)Travel Industry Council of OntarioValdman Law Professional CorporationW. Grant Buchan-TerrellWakulat Dhirani LLPWarren Camacho LLPWasserman Law FirmWilliam Demant Group of

Companies, CanadaWolfson Law Professional

CorporationWorkers’ Health & Safety

Legal ClinicWorkplace Safety & Insurance

Board (WSIB)Wyatt, Purcell, Stillman &

Angevine LLPYossi Schochet, Barrister &

SolicitorYWCA Peterborough

Haliburton

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Ahmed LawAboriginal Legal Services of TorontoAccess CopyrightAecon Group Inc.Aequitas Neo Exchange Inc.Alcohol and Gaming Commission of OntarioAllen & Allen, Barristers and SolicitorsAnissimoff Mann Professional CorporationAnnie A. Cheng, Barrister and SolicitorAssociation in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC)ATX Law Professional CorporationAxess Law CorporationBabin Bessner Spry LLPBahmadi Law Professional CorporationBallantyne Yates LLPBarbra Schlifer Commemorative ClinicBeber Professional CorporationBerger Law FirmBernstein, Newman & AssociatesBMO - Bank of MontrealBookman Law Professional CorporationBrookfield Asset ManagementBusiness Immigration Law GroupCabanela Law OfficeCambridge LLPCanada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB)Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA)Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA)CASPLO - College of Audiologists & Speech-Language Pathologists of OntarioCastle-Trudel Criminal DefenceCentre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

Centre for Spanish Speaking PeoplesCentre Francophone De TorontoChehab & Khan, Barristers SolicitorsCIBC - Canadian Imperial Bank of CommerceCitiFinancial Canada IncCity of BarrieCity of HamiltonCity of LondonCLEO - Community Legal Education OntarioCohen, Sabsay LLP College of Nurses of OntarioCommunity Advocacy & Legal Centre (Belleville)Community Legal Clinic of York RegionCommunity Legal Clinic Simcoe- Haliburton-Kawartha LakesCôté Professional CorporationCSE - Communications Security EstablishmentCST Trust CompanyDelaney’s Law FirmDeol & Nagpal Law Firm LLPDooley Lucenti Barristers & SolicitorsDorrington & Associates Professional CorporationEchelon General Insurance CompanyEdgar Chana LawEdward M. Otto, Barrister & SolicitoreHealth OntarioElgin-Oxford Legal ClinicEnriched Investing IncorporatedEquifax CanadaEunice Kim & Associate Professional CorporationEvans Sweeny Bordin LLPFairmont Raffles Hotels International Inc

Family and Children’s Services of Frontenac, Lennox and AddingtonFarooq & Chaudry LLPFCTFleck LawFleet Street LawFlemingdon Community Legal ServicesForbes Chochla LLPFrancesca E. Yaskiel, Barrister & SolicitorGarfin Zeidenberg LLPGrechi Carter Professional CorporationGary Anandasangaree & AssociatesGavin C. Holder, Barrister & SolicitorGeoffrey A. R. Pollock, Barrister & SolicitorGilead Sciences Canada IncGlaxoSmithKline Inc (GSK)Goldman Hine LLPGoodmans LLPGovedaris Professional CorporationGovernment of Canada - Foreign Affairs, Trade and DevelopmentGraham Estate LawGraham Tobe Professional CorporationGrill BarristersHarbic LawHeal & Co. LLPHicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLPHodder BarristersHousing Services Corporation (HSC)Howard Kelford & Dixon, Barristers & SolicitorsHudson’s Bay Company (HBC)Hull & Hull LLPHung Tan Truong Law OfficeHuron Perth Community Legal ClinicImpact Law LLPInfrastructure OntarioJanice R. Johnson, Barrister & SolicitorJanis P. Criger, Barrister & Solicitor

Jeffrey F. Mazin, Barrister & SolicitorJewitt McLuckie & AssociatesJohnson & Schwass Professional CorporationJoseph G. LoPresti, Barrister & SolicitorJustice for Children and YouthKaiser Akbar Law FirmKayani Law FirmKazembe & Associates PCKensington Bellwoods Community Legal ServicesKingston Community Legal ClinicKnezy Mourawed LLPKoshy LawKoskie Minsky LLPKPMG Law LLPKrylov & Company, BarristersLakhwinder Sandhu, Barrister & SolicitorLaw Office of Joanna J. RingroseLaw Office of Rosalind E. ConwayLaw Offices of Warren & Jansen LawPROLegal Aid Ontario - Major Case Management OfficeLegal Aid Ontario - North YorkLenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLPLevy Zavet PCLewis Downey Tornosky Lassaline & Timpano Professional CorporationLoucks & Loucks - Barristers & SolicitorsLozano Law OfficeLuke’s Place Macdonald Porter Drees, Barristers & SolicitorsMacGregor Horic LLPMalhi Law Professional CorporationMalicki Sanchez LawMarok Law OfficeMichael W. Caroline Law Office

Ministry of Attorney General - Court Services DivisionMinistry of Attorney General - Crown Law Office CivilMinistry of Government and Consumer ServicesMinistry of Health and Long-Term Care, Legal Services BranchMount Sinai HospitalMUNERA Professional CorporationNathens, Siegel Barristers LLPNeha Chugh Criminal Defence LawyerNEI InvestmentsNeighbourhood Legal Services (London & Middlesex) Inc.Nissan Canada Inc.Olalere Law OfficeOntario Bar Association (OBA)Ontario Hospital Association (OHA)Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council (OMVIC)Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp.Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLPPallett Valo LLPPCK - Perry + Currier Inc. / Currier + Kao LLPPinto Wray James LLPPro Bono Law Ontario (PBLO)RBC - Royal Bank of CanadaRene Larson Law OfficeRerri Law FirmRexdale Community Legal ClinicRichard M. Goldman, Barrister & SolicitorRochon Genova LLPRosenblatt Immigration LawRosen Fromstein LLPRoth Law OfficesRyan LLPRyerson University

Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLPSahara Lawyers Professional CorporationSchible LawSears Canada Inc.Shael Eisen Professional CorporationSheridan CollegeSiddiqui Law OfficeSmordin Law Professional Corp.Solar Income Fund Inc.SP Law Office PCSquire Law OfficeSt. Michael’s HospitalStephen Hebscher, Barrister & SolicitorStevensons LLPSubhash Joshi Law OfficeSunnybrook Health Sciences CentreT. Edmund Chan, Barrister & SolicitorTangerine Bank TD Bank GroupTeva Canada LimitedThe Children’s Aid Society of HamiltonThe Law Office of Alesha A. GreenThe Law Office of Vanee SenthooranThe Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC)Thompson DymondToronto International Film Festival (TIFF)Vasuki Devadas Law OfficeWakulat Dhirani LLPWendy Harris Bentley, Barrister & SolicitorWolfson Law Professional CorporationWoolgar VanWiechen Ketcheson Ducoffe LLPWorkplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB)

Thank Youto our work placement employers, our strategic partner,

the Ontario Bar Association and The Law Society of Upper Canada.

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Ryerson Law Practice Programbe part of the future

To participate as a Mentor or to provide a Work Placement opportunity visit: ryerson.ca/lpp

“The LPP...has been wonderful. I adored the

candidate that we had.... He was absolutely amazing, very high

calibre. The practical training that he is getting here is amazing...

and we as an organization are benefitting from it as well.”

Infrastructure Ontario

"Industrious, hard-working ...!Her contributions to the organization started 10 minutes after she got here. We got exactly what we wanted and

there are no surprises. ...We are very happy to be involved in

the program."

Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council (OMVIC)

“She was fabulous. She was able to hit the ground running. We were able to get

her involved in a lot of different things: contractual negotiations, regulatory discussions and policy

developments - and she was able to contribute.”

Royal Bank of CanadaRBC

“Our LPP student was thrown into the middle of a trial and was

required to take the lead on it. She did an outstanding job and was

victorious at the end of the day.”

Nissan Canada

"His work is top quality... [He] is doing a great job, the LPP provides

Candidates with practical experience and it benefits us too because

he is assisting us."

Chicago Title Insurance Company Canada

"She exceeded our expectations. …Up there with 1st and 2nd year

lawyers. …I wish all students could go through the LPP so they get consistent training

across the board.”

GFL Environmental Inc.

TAB #4

August 2019

CANDIDATES

Curious, Creative, Intelligent, Diverse, Ambitious Over the last five years 50% of LPP Candidates have graduated from one of 18 different law schools across Canada (all of the Ontario schools, except Lakehead) and of the internationally-educated (168 different law schools from around the world), half of them (25% of the total) started here and then went to the US or overseas for law school. In Year V: 86 Candidates completed 19 different Masters Degrees, and 2 PhD’s; 40 Candidates have practiced abroad on average 6 years.

Masters Programs • Business Administration

• Law - Canadian Common Law

• Law – Regulation & Technology

• Communication Studies

• Law – Business & Finance

• Philosophy

• Education (MEd)

• Law – Comparative Law

• Political Science

• Environmental Studies (MES)

Planning

• Law – Employment Law

• Religious Education

• European & International Trade

Law

• Law – Global Professional

(GPLLM)

• Science

• Industrial Relations • Law – Human Rights

• Law

• Law – International Business Law

PhD Programs • Law

• Philosophy

LPP Candidate Pool

50%: Canadian Undergraduate + CanadianLaw School

25%: Canadian Undergraduate + Foreign LawSchool

25%: Foreign Undergrauate + Foreign LawSchool

August 2019

Year I, Year II, Year III, Year IV and Year V: LPP Candidates are fluent in 79 languages ranging from American Sign Language to Yoruba.

• Albanian • American Sign Language • Amharic • Arabic • Aramaic • Armenian • Belarusian • Bengali • Bosnian • Bulgarian • Cantonese • Cebuano • Chinese • Cree • Croatian • Danish • Dari • Edo • English • Farsi • Filipino • French • Fujian Dialect • German • Greek • Gujarati • Hebrew

• Hindi • Hindko • Hungarian • Ibibio • Ibo • Indigenous Language • Isoko • Italian • Japanese • Kamba • Kannada • Kazakh • Khmer • Kinyarwanda • Korean • Krio • Latin • Latvian • Lingala • Luganda • Malay • Malayalam • Mandar • Mandarin • Nepali • Oriya • Pashto

• Persian • Polish • Portuguese • Punjabi • Romanian • Russian • Saraiki • Serbian • Shona • Sinhala • Spanish • Swahili • Swedish • Tagalog • Taiwanese • Tamil • Teochew • Turkish • Twi • Ukrainian • Urdu • Uzbek • Vietnamese • Waray • Yoruba

TAB #5

August 2019

INNOVATION

Preparing lawyers to successfully serve Society in the 21st Century: breaking new ground in the area of skills development and practice management.

A few examples of LPP innovations include:

• Virtual Law Firms (VLFs) - Simulated Practice: Using the university learning management system, the LPP has created a virtual law office setting with incoming email and voice messages from “partners”, “associates”, “law clerks” and “clients”. The virtual law office contains an administrative area with general resources including: an Office Manual; a virtual library of resources and precedents; the partners “in-tray” for the submission of assignments for assessments; and, a “lunchroom” discussion board for Candidates and Mentors to exchange ideas and suggestions.

• Technology - The VLF is enhanced with the additional technology of: web conferencing via Webex; Google Docs for collaboration and file management; WestlawNext Canada and LexisNexis for legal research (as well as the practice management tools offered by both companies to new lawyers); Clio for practice management, docketing and billing; Teranet and Lawyer Done Deal for real estate files; Clausehound for drafting; and, Kira Talent for interview preparation.

• Intensive Trial Advocacy Program (ITAP) - Sheila Block (Partner at Torys LLP) and Jim Seckinger (Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame) developed and delivered a 3 Day Intensive Trial Advocacy Program with the support of over 50 practitioners from various organizations for candidates in Year II, III, IV and V and are doing so again in Year VI.

• Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) - In Year V, Allan Stitt delivered his Negotiations Workshop and offered his online Negotiation Module to LPP Candidates, enhancing their presentation and negotiation skills.

• A2J Innovation Challenge - Each year the VLFs prepare a pitch to deliver a legal

service smarter, faster and better. These pitches might involve people, process and/or technology. The top 7 VLFs pitch to a panel of experts. The winning firm then has lunch with the Chief Justice to discuss their innovative idea and the opportunity to work with the Legal Innovation Zone to help bring their idea to fruition.

• EDI Conference - In October, 2018, the LPP hosted the “Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Conference: The Power of All of Us”. As part of the 2018 October In-Person week Candidates participated, together with many members of the Profession, in the first LPP EDI Conference. Candidates and participating lawyers heard opening remarks from the LSO Treasurer, viewed a presentation from Ryerson University’s Director of Human Rights and participated in a facilitated discussion about the Business Case for EDI with a large firm representative and a representative from one of the big four accounting firms. Candidates and participating lawyers then engaged with members of the bar in small group discussions around the challenges and potential solutions relating to EDI in the Profession both in large and small organizations.

August 2019

• Business Plan - The practice of law is a profession, but it is also a business. Whether you are in private practice, a corporate in-house law department, or part of a public institution, understanding the business aspects of the practice of law is essential to success. Each year the VLFs prepare a business plan to set up a firm the day after their Call. Business plans include 2 years of financial statements for submission to the Bank. This Plan also includes the areas in which they intend to practice, the business structure they propose to implement, their plans to develop a client base, and a financial pitch to a bank to secure financing.

• In-House Counsel Concentration - Candidates develop a greater understanding of the

work and challenges of in-house counsel, through panel discussions, presentations and workshops on topics including: company policies; ethical dilemmas in the in-house context; proactive litigation management; deal management; contract administration; and corporate financial literacy. They gain an appreciation of working as a business partner with their internal clients rather than focusing only on the legal issues.

• Client Simulations - Interpersonal Skills Teaching Centre (ISTC – see:

http://www.ryerson.ca/istc) - the LPP has revolutionized the development of practice and client management skills of future lawyers, by offering live (in-person and online), performance-based simulations with actors trained through the ISTC. These simulators allow Candidates to experience working with clients, over four months, in a variety of practice settings, from the first interview through to client calls, client/witness preparation to negotiations/mediations and in-court trials.

Sample view of the VLF:

five years of the lpp...3. 82% paid year v (stipends: 11% year v) strong, diverse candidates - very...

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