Quick Facts
December 17, 1987, the Association of Law Officers of the Crown (ALOC) is established under the name Association of the Ministry of the Attorney General Civil Lawyers.
June 7, 1989, Cabinet approved the Lawyers Compensation Plan which established a new classification and compensation scheme for lawyers.
July 21, 1989, the government of Ontario, ALOC and the Ontario Crown Attorney's Association (OCAA) signed their first Framework Agreement on collective bargaining.
January 1990, the government of Ontario, ALOC and the OCAA signed their first Collective Agreement.
March, 1990, ALOC's first annual educational conference was held.
August 7, 1996, letters patent issued establishing ALOC as a corporation.
In 2005, ALOC agreed to accept articling students employed by the Government of Ontario into the bargaining unit. In April, 2007, an arbitration award established the first collective agreement for articling students between ALOC and the Government of Ontario.
ALOC currently represents about 750 lawyers and articling students.
ALOC's mandate includes:
- negotiating salaries, professional fees, working conditions and related matters on behalf of its members;
- negotiating with the employer to resolve grievances and other disputes arising between ALOC members and the employer; and
- conducting continuing legal education programs for ALOC members including an annual ALOC educational conference.
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