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Prices subject to change without notice, and to applicable taxes. LT0505 forts to assist their students to obtain positions, given the likely shortage of positions in the fu- ture," stated the report. The law society's licensing and accreditation task force in January reported that the current demand for about 1,300 articling place- ments in Ontario is expected to grow to 1,730 — a 30 per cent jump — by next year. The Lakehead proposal also could be affected by a pair of task forces at LSUC and the fed- eration that are weighing pos- sible changes to the way lawyers are licensed. former Justice of the Ontario Court of Appeal The LSUC report stated, "Commenting on the Lakehead proposal in the context of those requirements would be of little assistance to Lakehead, the Na- tional Committee on Accredita- tion, or the Ministry of Train- ing, Colleges and Universities. This is particularly true given that the requirements are likely to change following the report- ing of the task forces." The report says that the law aboriginal issues," said former prime minister Paul Martin in a letter to LSUC Treasurer Gavin MacKenzie. "I fully support Lakehead University in this en- deavour and urge the law society to give its backing to the proposal as soon as possible." The Ontario Law Deans, how- society's current requirements, which were drawn up in 1957, with small revisions in 1969, are "out of date and do not reflect a modern, national approach." Lakehead president Frederick Gilbert, who believes the pend- ing task force reports shouldn't slow down the school's approval, said in his executive summary of the proposal that the law faculty would address the decline of sole and small firm practice; create better access to legal education for northern Ontario students; deal with legal issues involving northern Ontario's resource- based economy; and focus on aboriginal law. an interview that the deans' reac- tion was based on an incomplete view of the proposed school's cur- riculum, and that their concerns "are not of substance." LSUC's preliminary backing was an important first step, and Gilbert says it was vital for the proposal to have the support of the governing body for the juris- diction in which it will operate. But a lengthy set of approvals must come before the final go-ahead. Canadian law societies in the early 1990s put a commit- tee of the federation in charge of assessing and recommending to them whether they should recognize new law school pro- grams. Since 1994, that re- sponsibility has been given to the federation's National Com- mittee on Accreditation. So after the NCA releases its Dye & Durham Law Office Essentials A selection of products geared towards today's legal professional The school would accept 55 students each year, with prefer- ence given to those from rural, northern, or aboriginal commu- nities, said Gilbert in his sum- mary. Lakehead hopes to have the new faculty up and running by next year. Members of the Nishnawbe- Aski Nation, the County and Dis- trict Law Presidents' Association, and other individuals approached Lakehead about creating a law school, said Gilbert. 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The deans believe too many non- law courses will be offered for credit, and that the courses won't provide a sufficiently "broad rang- ing" legal education. But Gilbert tells Law Times in sor Roderick Macdonald, who conducted an external review of the proposal, has signed off on Lakehead's plans, and the school has at least one influential backer. "There is a need for more ab- original and non-aboriginal law- yers who have a clear understand- ing of the law as it applies to key recommendations, each of the federation's 14 member law so- cieties, including LSUC, must pass Lakehead's proposal through their governing body. The NCA and the law societies are to base their decision on "whether a law program is such that its graduates will be entitled to enter provincial bar admission programs without having to satisfy any additional requirements," according to the LSUC report. 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