OJEN

The annual Braiding Diversity event is coming up on March 31st - spread the word to your students! The online event aims to connect marginalized young women in the Waterloo region with members of the legal sector. This year’s Braiding Diversity event will include a motivational keynote from Jordana Goldlist, founder, JHG Criminal Law. Jordana Goldlist overcame struggles with addiction and homelessness as a teenager, and went on to graduate from law school and start her own criminal law practice. She discusses her unique story in this TEDx Talk called Who Judges The Judge? (https://www.ted.com/t/jordana_goldlist_who_judges_the_judge) For further information and registration, visit: https://ojen.ca/en/program/braiding-diversity-into-justice

Registration is now open for OBA-OJEN Competitive Mock Trial tournaments throughout Ontario. The case this year, R v Smalls, is about assault causing bodily harm. As with last year, there are two formats for using the mock trial materials; the competitive format and the alternate format. Students have the option of using the materials to prepare for competition with other teams in their region. Otherwise, they can choose to participate in the alternative format, which involves using the materials to prepare Opening and/or Closing arguments and submitting them for review by a lawyer. Register your secondary school students today to participate: https://ojen.ca/en/oocmt

Spring 2022 will see a new Charter Challenge, the OBA-OJEN Competitive Mock Trial program, new Steps to Justice materials and a new Twitter Moot. Between now and June we will also roll out a slate of new video and webinar resources. As always, if there is anything we can do to make your teaching life a little easier, please let us know! Check out the terrific webinar catalog we've built so far: https://ojen.ca/en/webinar-archive/

Dear friends of OJEN, at the end of another challenging year, it’s nice to have good news to share. OJEN is having a birthday! In 2022 we celebrate 20 years of building legal capability in young people. For the last two decades we’ve worked hard to form connections between people who work in the education, legal and community sectors, knowing that these partnerships help us develop relevant and responsive public legal education initiatives for young people. We’re thankful for this support, but in 2022, we’re asking our friends to support OJEN with a donation as well. Read the letter from our Executive Director, here: https://ojen.ca/en/appeal-from-executive-director

Engager vos étudiants à étudier le droit peut être difficile. Surtout en temps de pandémie. Mais le Défi de la Charte, un projet organisé par des jeunes POUR des jeunes en partenariat avec Patrimoine Canada, facilite cet apprentissage! Inscrivez votre classe à ce projet captivant! Les étudiants qui participent au Défi de la Charte non seulement s’amusent et ont la chance de remporter des prix, mais gagnent également une connaissance considérable quant à la Charte. Pour en ap...prendre plus sur le Défi : https://ojen.ca//benefices-du-programme-pour-les-etudiants Inscrivez votre classe! https://ojen.ca/fr/program/defi-de-la-charte

Today is Giving Tuesday! Please support OJEN's $20 for 20 years campaign and help kick off our birthday year. Your donation supports justice education programs for youth throughout Ontario! https://givingtuesday.ca//ontario-justice-education-network #GivingTuesday #GivingTuesday2021

Today is Giving Tuesday! Please support OJEN's $20 for 20 years campaign and help kick off our birthday year. Your donation supports justice education programs for youth throughout Ontario! https://givingtuesday.ca//ontario-justice-education-network #GivingTuesday #GivingTuesday2021