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Join LSO Treasurer Teresa Donnelly in an informative presentation providing an overview of the LSO and updates about what’s new.
Topics to be discussed:
- Equality, diversity & inclusion
- Resources
- Mental health
- Public interest & perceptions
- Engagement & outreach
There will be time for Q&A at the end.
Speaker
Teresa Donnelly, Treasurer (President), Law Society of Ontario
Teresa Donnelly was elected as Treasurer by the Law Society’s governing body (Convocation) on June 26, 2020. The Treasurer is the top-elected official of the Law Society, which regulates Ontario’s lawyers and paralegals in the public interest. She is the fifth woman Treasurer in the 223-year history of the Law Society.
Treasurer Donnelly was elected as a bencher in 2015 and 2019. She has served as Chair of the Audit & Finance Committee, Chair of the Human Rights Monitoring Group (Equity) and Chair of the Program Review Task Force. She also served on numerous other Law Society committees, task forces and working groups. She is on the faculty of the National Criminal Law Program, Federation of Law Societies of Canada.
As a Prosecutor with the Ministry of the Attorney General for 26 years, Treasurer Donnelly has dedicated her career to providing access to justice for victims of domestic and sexual violence – the majority of whom are women and children. As the West Region Sexual Violence Crown with the Sexual Violence Advisory Group with the Ministry, from 2015-2020, she was one of seven prosecutors in the province dedicated to enhancing the quality of sexual violence prosecutions and the victim’s experience in the criminal justice system.
Her community work focuses on contributing to the lives of children, families, the elderly and people with developmental disabilities.
Treasurer Donnelly is a member of the Huron Law Association, the Ontario Association of Senior Crown Attorneys, the Advocates Society, the Women’s Law of Ontario Association and the Southwest Region Women’s Law Association.
In 2018, the Sexual Violence Advisory Group that she was a member of, won the Excelsior Award for Innovation and Transformation. In 2014, she was named the Most Inspiring Women in Huron and in 2012, she received the Deputy’s Award for Excellence in the Aftermath of the Goderich Tornado. She has received several other awards and honours from the Ministry of the Attorney General during her career.
She was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1991 after receiving an LLB from the University of Toronto (1989). She also holds a B.A. (Hons) from McGill University (1986).
Contact the Treasurer at treasurer@lso.ca
Program details
Friday, May 14, 2021
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
ZOOM - 2 step registration. You will receive the details to join in your confirmation email.
This program contains 25 minutes of professionalism content and 25 minutes of EDI 
Registration is Free!
The views and opinion expressed by speakers are their own and may not represent the views and opinions of the Toronto Lawyers Association.