Level is recruiting several Program Facilitators to lead justice education sessions during the 2025-2026 academic year as part of our Black Youth Justice Program (BYJP).

The Blazing Trails Mentorship Program is for law students looking to start a career in the social justice sector. Mentee applications are now open.

Level Justice is excited to announce a partnership between the Black Youth Justice Program (BYJP) and Black Law Student Association of Canada (BLSA Canada).

Level Justice is excited to announce the winners of the 2024-2025 Social Justice Fellowship Award: Nicole Green and Kiana Froese. Nicole and Kiana have served as Level’s Social Justice Fellows from the University of Victoria, Faculty of Law over the 2024-2025 academic year.

On June 11, we sat down with two participants from the Blazing Trails Mentorship Program (BTMP) to reflect on their journey together. Meet Adonai, an incoming 2L student at the University of Ottawa, and Demar, the Executive Director of Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC).

As part of the 2024-2025 fellowship cohort, Shan Malhi has released his report, Supporting Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Students in Ontario Law Schools.

In 2025, BYJP was recognized by the Canadian Law Awards as an Excellence Awardee for the Diversity Initiative of the Year category.

As part of the 2024-2025 fellowship cohort, Erin Masters and Valeriia Laut, recent graduates at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia, developed a project on rethinking pro bono policy in British Columbia, with support from Level through training, mentorship, and guidance.

On March 19, Level Justice had the pleasure of attending the Career Connections Conference of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law.

On May 23rd, Level Justice was invited by the Law in Action Within Schools to deliver an in-person workshop to youth at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law.

On May 26, 2025, students from a grade 12 law class at West Humber Collegiate participated in an insightful visit to McCarthy Tétrault’s Toronto offices as part of Level’s BYJP.

Recently, Level’s Social Justice Program Manager, Fatima Ahmed, voiced her concern for commitments to DEI in the legal profession in her newest op-ed, “US pressure is no excuse for the Canadian legal profession to abandon DEI.”

On April 2nd, 2025, a powerful and thought-provoking conference on medical racism was held in collaboration with the Justice Sociale committee (as part of Level’s Social Justice Fellowship Program), the Association of Black Students (AEND), and the Saint-Michel Legal Clinic (CJSM).

On Friday, February 21st, Level Justice hosted its inaugural Social Justice Summit in Toronto, ON. Level's Social Justice Summit is a one-of-a-kind national forum for Level’s social justice fellows from various law schools to gather and collaborate on their ongoing social justice projects.

On January 29th and 30th, Level was invited by The University of Windsor’s Faculty of Law to participate in the Justice at Work (JAW) Conference and deliver an informational session on our law student programming for all Windsor law students.

This past fall, Level staff had the honour of attending the Allard Social Justice Forum for Peter A. Allard School of Law students in Vancouver, British Columbia

We are excited to announce the appointment of Tasha Stansbury, Level’s new Environmental Justice Program Manager!

Level Justice is excited to announce the launch of the Journal of Law Student Scholarship, a publication showcasing the work of law students who have been working at Level for the 2023-2024 academic year.

The Blazing Trails Mentorship Program is a program for law students all across Canada looking to connect with lawyers who are passionate about and active in social justice oriented careers. Today, we proudly profile Brittany Twiss, Assistant Dean at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law.

On May 13th, 2024, the students of York Memorial Collegiate Institute’s grade 12 law class attended a Black Youth Justice Program session. This is the sixth program delivery of BYJP in the country this year.

The Blazing Trails Mentorship Program is a program for law students all across Canada looking to connect with lawyers who are passionate about and active in social justice oriented careers. Today, we proudly profile Ajith Thiyagalingam, a lawyer specializing in refugee, immigration law, and international human rights law.

On March 7, 2024, Level hosted its annual Facing Resistance Speaker Series (FRSS) event on the. topic of Climate Resilience and Environmental Justice This year marked Level’s very first FRSS event in Vancouver, BC.