Journal of Law & Social Policy

Peer reviewed, student run, community focused journal. Advancing our collective imaginings of liberation and equality. We are open access! Founded and operating in Tkarón:to, now colonially referred to as Toronto, Canada, the Journal occupies space on land care taken by the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Huron-Wendat, as well as the current treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. The territory is subject of the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region. History: In 1985, the JLSP was originally a publication of the Ontario Association of Legal Clinics. In 1989 the Ontario Legal Aid Plan assumed responsibility for the publication of the Journal, and its successor, Legal Aid Ontario, continued to publish the Journal until 2009/10. Throughout the many years of its publication the JLSP was governed by a volunteer Editorial Board comprised primarily of staff from Ontario’s community legal clinics. Through the dedicated support of the CRO, the Editorial Board, LAO, and the staff of Ontario’s clinic system, the Journal has contributed significantly over the years to the broad areas of law and social policy impacting the communities served by Ontario’s community legal clinics. The JLSP ceased publication in 2009/10 and was re-launched by Osgoode Hall Law School in 2014. Osgoode Hall Law School is honoured to continue the tradition so well established by the JLSP of publishing important works on law, social policy, and justice for low income individuals and disadvantaged communities.