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Request Time with a Coach

Thank you for your interest in requesting time with a Coach with the Coach and Advisor Network (CAN).

Coaching Overview

A Coach provides short term supports to a licensee, who has submitted a completed Request Time with a Coach Form and Agreement ("Participant") to foster best practices and support the enhancement of competence in the professions.

It is expected that the Participant and Coach will plan for an initial meeting of 1.5 hours, followed by five 30-minute sessions set on alternating weeks. This schedule would result approximately in a 3-month commitment totalling 4 hours.

Coaching Request Form and Agreement

To be referred to a Coach, please complete and submit this Request Time with a Coach Form and Agreement ("Agreement"). The information you enter will assist CAN in making a suitable referral where volunteer coaches and advisors are available. Your records on file at the Law Society will not be updated with the information you provide on this Agreement. You may update your contact information through LSO Connects.

Any questions on this application relating to self-identification are entirely voluntary and are not required to process the documentation. CAN is committed to supporting diversity. Collecting this information can help CAN to assess whether it is meeting its goal of supporting racialized, Indigenous, Francophone and equality-seeking groups of licensees.

Coaching Participant Intake Call

After submitting this Request, you will receive an automatically generated email that will be sent to the email address you provide below. The email will contain an invitation to schedule an Intake Call with CAN staff within two weeks of submitting your Request. This step is required before you are provided with a Coaching match. Please consider adding the coachandadvisor@lso.ca and noreply@lso.ca email addresses to your email safe sender list to ensure you receive all CAN communications.

Matching

CAN will endeavour to match you within 15 business days of submitting your Agreement; if you are not matched by that time CAN will contact you and place your name on a waiting list. All requests are subject to availability of volunteer coaches and advisors drawn from the professions.

Questions?

If you have any questions about CAN or this application, please visit http://www.lso.ca/coachandadvisor, review our Frequently Asked Questions, or contact us at coachandadvisor@lso.ca or by phone at 416-947-3315 or 1-800-668-7380 ext. 3315.

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I would prefer to work with a CAN Coach who is fluent in:
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I am seeking a CAN volunteer who is:
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I would prefer to work with a CAN volunteer who has experience working in the following legal setting:
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I would prefer to work with a CAN volunteer who has experience practising in a rural setting or smaller community:
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I would like to be coached on the following practice management topic: (select one)
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Coaches provide support in the development of best practices and practice management skills. Most coaching engagements do NOT require that the Coach and Participant share a common practice area, but sometimes such context can be important to a successful match. I would prefer to work with a Coach who has experience in a particular practice area
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I would prefer to work with a Coach who has experience in a particular practice area:
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CAN is committed to promoting equality and diversity in its activities, and to enhance legal services provided by and for racialized, Indigenous, Francophone and equality-seeking communities. The following question is voluntary and the information collected will be kept confidential by CAN in the Practice Supports and Resources Department and will not be shared with other Law Society departments. In addition to the purposes set out in this application for the collection of information provided in this application, this information may be aggregated and used for the purpose of reporting to Convocation on the diversity of the Participants requesting time with a Coach through CAN. Information will not be aggregated or used for the purpose of reporting to Convocation if doing so may identify a specific individual. I self-identify with the following communities: (check all that apply)
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I would prefer an engagement with a volunteer who shares one of my self-identified communities:
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I acknowledge that in order for CAN to carry out its risk management protocols and as part of my obligation to avoid conflicts of interest, I am required to identify the names of licensees, CAN Volunteers, and law or legal service firms to avoid for this specific Request for Time. For this specific Request for Time, I confirm:
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Agreement

The information provided by me on this Agreement ("Information") is collected by The Law Society of Ontario carrying on business as the Law Society of Ontario ("Law Society") Coach and Advisor Network for the purposes of making a referral to a Coach, Advisor, or both (collectively referred to as “CAN volunteer”), the administration of the Coach and Advisor Network, and as otherwise expressly set out in this Agreement.

The Information shall be used by the Coach and Advisor Network only for the purposes set out above and shall not be disclosed to any person, unless such disclosure is necessary to fulfill such purposes. Having requested the support or assistance of a CAN volunteer, I agree as follows:

1.     Support and assistance received from a CAN volunteer:

     a)     Is not to be used as a substitute for my research and analysis or my own professional judgment and advice to my client(s);

     b)     Is not to be used to help resolve a personal legal or disciplinary matter;

     c)     Does not include direct involvement of a CAN volunteer with any of my clients or direct involvement of a CAN volunteer in dispute resolution.

2.     I am required to independently verify any statement of law, practice, procedure or facts made to me by CAN volunteer and to rely only upon such independent verification.

3.     The Law Society of Ontario, persons administering the Coach and Advisor Network, and the Coach and/or Advisor, collectively and individually, shall have no liability, however it may arise, in connection with my participation in the Coach and Advisor Network or with any support or assistance offered and/or given to me and I assume full responsibility and liability for my participation in the Coach and Advisor Network and for any use that may be made of any such support or assistance at any time.

4.     Without limiting paragraph 3, any technology used by me to communicate with the CAN volunteer is solely at my own risk.

5.     The CAN volunteer, if assigned to me, will have no contact with my client(s) that would create a lawyer-client or paralegal-client relationship.

6.     I acknowledge that a referral to a CAN volunteer depends upon the availability of suitable volunteers.

7.     I have either obtained or waived my rights to obtain independent legal advice from my own lawyer with respect to the terms of this Agreement prior to submitting it. I understand the terms, rights and obligations in this Agreement.

       I confirm my professional obligations under the Rules of Professional Conduct, Paralegal Rules of Conduct, or by-laws, as applicable, with respect to my participation in the Coach and Advisor Network.

       By submitting this Agreement, I hereby agree to its terms, consent to the collection, use and disclosure of the Information as set out above, and acknowledge that the Coach and Advisor Network will use the Information for the purposes set out above.

    
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