ABSTRACT England and Australia have abandoned self-regulation of the legal profession, yet Canadian law societies continue to function on this basis. This article argues that the self-regulatory model on which the Law Society of Ontario (the ‘LSO’) operates represents an inadequate form of governance in terms of the accountability it yields. When compared to other organisations, including law societies in other common law jurisdictions as well as corporations, the weaknesses in the LSO's governance model are conspicuous. This article advocates replacing self-regulation in Ontario's legal profession with a co-regulatory regime. In the absence of such an extensive reform, this article puts forward recommendations for changes to the current bencher model of governance on which the LSO is based including the implementation of bencher expertise requirements and a duty of loyalty and a statutory duty of care to the public.

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治理出错：检查法律职业的自律

摘要 英国和澳大利亚已经放弃了对法律职业的自律，但加拿大法律协会继续在此基础上运作。本文认为，安大略律师协会（“LSO”）运作的自律模式代表了一种不适当的治理形式，就其产生的问责制而言。与其他组织（包括其他普通法司法管辖区的律师协会以及公司）相比，LSO 治理模式的弱点显而易见。本文主张用共同监管制度取代安大略省法律行业的自我监管。在没有如此广泛的改革的情况下，