Today is the last day to cast your votes in the 2011 bencher election. Here’s hoping voter turnout improves this time around — an expected outcome, given the new online voting system.
Precedent focused its bencher election coverage on candidates in their first 15 years of practice in Ontario — a group that’s severely underrepresented at Convocation. The results from our poll about bencher experience requirements point to a desire for a better range of age and practice years among benchers.
Check out our list of bencher candidates in their first 15 years, and read their answers to our questions about the biggest issues faced by young lawyers in Ontario, the new CPD requirements and the retention of women in private practice.
Most of all, though…don’t forget to vote!
Photo by Oliver Mallich