The names and faces at Ontario’s ‘call to the bar’ show immigration is working

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The Law Society of Ontario is one of the oldest and, until recently, one of the stodgiest institutions in the country. Up till 2018, it was still known by its original name, the Law Society of Upper Canada. Founded in 1797, it has its offices in Osgoode Hall, the grand court complex that stands behind an imposing iron fence on Toronto’s Queen Street West. Pictures of its leaders hang on the walls. Until 1983, all of them were men. But the law trade is changing. Last month, I had the opportunity to see a new crop of lawyers, my daughter...