Call To The Bar 2024 Dates
Prospective call to the bar 2024 candidates will be sent a call to the bar information bulletin in their online account 4 to 8 weeks prior to their call to the bar Ontario 2024.
| Location | Date | Venue | Time |
| Toronto | Friday, March 1, 2024 | Roy Thomson Hall | 9:30 a.m. |
| London | Friday, June 14, 2024 | RBC Place London | 2:30 p.m. |
| Ottawa | Wednesday, June 19, 2024 | Shaw Centre | 10:00 a.m. |
| Toronto | Monday, June 24, 2024 | Roy Thomson Hall | 9:30 a.m. |
| Toronto | Monday, June 24, 2024 | Roy Thomson Hall | 2:30 p.m. |
| Toronto | Thursday, June 27, 2024 | Roy Thomson Hall | 9:30 a.m. |
| Toronto | Thursday, June 27, 2024 | Roy Thomson Hall | 2:30 p.m. |
Call To The Bar Attendance
All eligible candidates must be in attendance for an in-person call to the bar ceremony. At the call, candidates are presented with the Degree of Barrister-at-Law by the Law Society and a Court Certificate of Qualification and are required to swear or affirm the oath required to practise law in Ontario. Candidates may also take an oath of allegiance which is optional.
Following the conclusion of the in-person call, the newly called members of the Ontario Bar are entitled to practise law in Ontario, subject to the rules and regulations set out and enforced by the Law Society in its regulatory role, to ensure the competence of the profession.
Candidates who are being administratively called are not required to attend in person and do not have a ceremony component to the call process. Instead, all requirements and forms will be sent to those candidates through their online account and are expected to be filed with Licensing and Accreditation electronically by the required deadline.
Once the required call documents are submitted by the candidate, Licensing and Accreditation staff will review these documents and the candidate’s file in order to verify and process the information. During peak licensing periods, this may take three to six weeks to complete from the time a candidate submits their call documents.
Once licensed, administratively called candidates will be notified through their online account that they have been licensed and can commence practising Ontario law, subject to the rules and regulations set out and enforced by the Law Society of Ontario.
Once notified of their licensure, candidates may still practise once they obtain their licensee number from the public directory, even if they have not yet received their printed certificate.
