Mercer takes charge at LSO as self-regulator faces governance, tech issues

By Amanda Jerome ( July 9, 2018, 9:35 AM EDT) -- In his first address to Convocation, Malcolm Mercer, the newly elected treasurer of the Law Society of Ontario (LSO), confided that he was a little bit nervous. However, that humble declaration is backed up by a serious desire to ensure the legal profession is “listened to and understood” while maintaining the self-regulator’s mandate to govern in the public interest....