FACL Ontario is calling for nominations for Full Member Directors and Student Member Directors! 

FACL Ontario Members who are interested in serving a two-year term as a Full Member Director and one-year as Student Director (See below, for who qualifies as a “Full Member” and “Student Member”) must send their resume/CV and Statement of Interest (maximum 500 words) by email to facl.ontario@facl.ca by Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 5:00 pm. The subject line of your email should read: “FACL Application – Director (or) Student Director”. 

Full Member Directors serve two-year terms (and a maximum of three consecutive terms), and Student Member Directors serve one-year terms. All Directors are expected to commit approximately 3-6 hours a month to FACL matters, including monthly meetings, and participating in at least one committee. All committee members are expected to commit approximately 2-4 hours a month to committee matters. Director/committee responsibilities may occasionally require more hours in any given month. For more information on what the FACL committees do, please visit our website. 

As an equity-seeking organization, we continue to make efforts to ensure that the diversity of the Asian legal community is reflected on the Board of Directors. We strongly encourage individuals from underrepresented pan-Asian linguistic, ethnic, or social communities, gender identities, or other marginalized groups to apply. 

Instructions for Applicants 

Applications: 

All application materials should be sent in one package to facl.ontario@facl.ca. The subject line of your email should read: “FACL Application – Director (or) Student Director”. 

For all nominees/applicants, if applicable, please use your resume/CV and/or your Statement of Interest to describe: 

● your prior involvement with FACL Ontario; and 

● what/how you would contribute to FACL Ontario 

Applications must be received by Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 5:00 pm. 

Eligibility: 

All nominations/applications are expected to abide by the FACL Ontario Bylaws. By submitting a nomination/application, you agree and attest that you meet the requirements, as follows. 

All nominees/applicants must be a registered FACL Ontario member at the time of submitting their nomination/application (https://on.facl.ca/become-a-member/): 

● A “Full Member” means an individual who self-identifies as Asian Canadian and is a lawyer in good standing with a Law Society in Canada, a judge of a court in Canada or a full-time member of the faculty of a law school in Canada and who, in each case, supports the objects of the Corporation. 

● A “Student Member” means an individual who self-identifies as Asian Canadian and is a student-at-law in good standing with a Society in Canada, a student of the faculty of an accredited law school in Canada, or an NCA student, and who, in each case, supports the objects of the Corporation. 

For all Director nominees, you must: 

● be, at the date of election of the Member and thereafter remain throughout the term of office, a Full Member (or Student Member as applicable) of FACL Ontario; 

● be at least eighteen (18) years of age, with power under law to enter into Contracts; 

● not be an undischarged bankrupt or a mentally incompetent person; 

● have been, at the date of the election, a Member for a minimum of twelve (12) months; 

● not have, within the five (5) years immediately preceding the date of the election and through the term of the office: ○ been found guilty of professional misconduct by a Law Society; 

○ been found guilty of, or convicted of, any criminal offence under a statute in Canada; and 

○ not be, as of the date of the election and thereafter throughout the term of office, the subject of a notice of referral by a Law Society. 

FACL Ontario is calling for nominations for Full Member Directors and Student Member Directors!

FACL Ontario members interested in serving a two-year term as a Full Member Director or a one-year term as a Student Member Director should send a resume/CV and a Statement of Interest (maximum 500 words) to this Google Form by 5:00 pm on May 19, 2025. 

All Directors are expected to commit between 3-6 hours a month (approx.) to FACL matters and to participate in at least one committee. All committee members are expected to commit between 2-4 hours a month (approx.) to committee matters. Director/committee responsibilities may occasionally require more hours in any given month. For more information on the work done by FACL’s committees, please visit our website. 

For all nominees/applicants, if applicable, please use your resume/CV and/or your Statement of Interest to describe: 

• your prior involvement with FACL Ontario; and
• what/how you would contribute to FACL Ontario.  

All nominees/applicants must be a registered FACL Ontario member at the time of submitting their nomination/application (https://on.facl.ca/become-a-member/):

• A “Full Member” means an individual who self-identifies as Asian Canadian and is a lawyer in good standing with a Law Society in Canada, a judge of a court in Canada or a full-time member of the faculty of a law school in Canada and who, in each case, supports the objects of the Corporation.
• A “Student Member” means an individual who self-identifies as Asian Canadian and is a student-at-law in good standing with a Society in Canada, a student of the faculty of an accredited law school in Canada, or an NCA student, and who, in each case, supports the objects of the Corporation.

For all Director nominees, you must: 

• be, at the date of election of the Member and thereafter remain throughout the term of office, a Full Member (or Student Member as applicable) of FACL Ontario;
• be at least eighteen (18) years of age, with power under law to enter into Contracts;
• not be an undischarged bankrupt or a mentally incompetent person;
• have been, at the date of the election, a Member for a minimum of twelve (12) months;
• not have, within the five (5) years immediately preceding the date of the election and through the term of the office:
  • been found guilty of professional misconduct by a Law Society;
  • been found guilty of, or convicted of, any criminal offence under a statute in Canada; and
  • not be, as of the date of the election and thereafter throughout the term of office, the subject of a notice of referral by a Law Society.
• available to attend to board duties, such as board meetings, without missing 3 consecutive meetings

All nominations/applications are expected to abide by the  FACL Ontario Bylaws. By submitting a nomination/application, you agree and attest that you are doing so in accordance with the above criteria. 

FACL Ontario is calling for nominations for Full Member Directors and Student Member Directors!

FACL Ontario members interested in serving a two-year term as a Full Member Director or a one-year term as a Student Member Director should send a resume/CV and a Statement of Interest (maximum 500 words) to facl.ontario@facl.ca by 5:00 pm on Friday, June 14, 2024. The subject line of your email should be: “FACL Application – Director (or) Student Director”.

All Directors are expected to commit between 3-6 hours a month (approx.) to FACL matters and to participate in at least one committee either as a chair or co-chair, or as a member. Director/committee responsibilities may occasionally require more attention in any given month. For more information on the work done by FACL’s committees, please visit our website.

In addition to general Director positions, we are also accepting applications for Directors to chair the following committees in particular:

• GTA North Committee
• FACL Ottawa Committee
• ESL / Foreign-Qualified Lawyers Committee
• Women’s Committee

Director co-chair positions for other FACL committees may become available once the new board of directors is confirmed.

We are also accepting applications for a Director with experience in:

• Web design and maintenance

As an equity seeking organization, we are making ongoing efforts to ensure that the diversity of the Asian legal community is reflected on the board of directors. We strongly encourage applications from under-represented pan-Asian linguistic, ethnic, or social communities, gender identities, or from other marginalized groups.

Instructions for Applicants

You should only submit one Statement of Interest regardless of how many positions you are interested in (e.g., if you are applying for multiple committee chair positions, you would submit only one Statement of Interest).

For all nominees/applicants, if applicable, please use your resume/CV and/or your Statement of Interest to describe:

• your prior involvement with FACL Ontario; and
• what/how you would contribute to FACL Ontario 

All nominees/applicants must be a registered FACL Ontario member at the time of submitting their nomination/application (https://on.facl.ca/become-a-member/):

• A “Full Member” means an individual who self-identifies as Asian Canadian and is a lawyer in good standing with a Law Society in Canada, a judge of a court in Canada or a full-time member of the faculty of a law school in Canada and who, in each case, supports the objects of the Corporation.
• A “Student Member” means an individual who self-identifies as Asian Canadian and is a student-at-law in good standing with a Society in Canada, a student of the faculty of an accredited law school in Canada, or an NCA student, and who, in each case, supports the objects of the Corporation.

For all Director nominees, you must:

• be, at the date of election of the Member and thereafter remain throughout the term of office, a Full Member (or Student Member as applicable) of FACL Ontario;
• be at least eighteen (18) years of age, with power under law to enter into Contracts;
• not be an undischarged bankrupt or a mentally incompetent person;
• have been, at the date of the election, a Member for a minimum of twelve (12) months;
• not have, within the five (5) years immediately preceding the date of the election and through the term of the office:
  • been found guilty of professional misconduct by a Law Society;
  • been found guilty of, or convicted of, any criminal offence under a statute in Canada; and
  • not be, as of the date of the election and thereafter throughout the term of office, the subject of a notice of referral by a Law Society.

All nominations/applications are expected to abide by the  FACL Ontario Bylaws. By submitting a nomination/application, you agree and attest that you are doing so in accordance with the above criteria.

All application materials should be sent in one package to facl.ontario@facl.ca