Taking back the law society in 2027

By Sam Goldstein ( November 3, 2025, 11:10 AM EST) -- The Law Society of Ontario’s self-governance was not taken from us in a single stroke; it has been surrendered gradually through bureaucracy, complacency and the slow drift of professional disengagement. Once, the law society was the instrument of a self-confident profession. Today, it too often serves the comfort of its own administration. The danger is not that government will one day revoke self-regulation, but that we will continue to give it away, piece by piece, without even noticing....