Our Long-Standing Committment

Nelligan O'Brien Payne maintains a long-standing commitment to community involvement. Our lawyers are active participants in the community and support a wide variety of volunteer and community activities. These include: the Canadian Lawyers Association for International Human Rights (CLAIHR), County of Carleton Law Association, National Association of Women and the Law, The Advocates' Society, St. Brigid's Camp, Ottawa Mental Health Association, Social Planning Council of Ottawa-Carleton, Ottawa Chamber Music Society and many others.

The firm collectively participates in many organized volunteer activities including the Terry Fox Run, Run for REACH, the United Way campaign, the Ronald McDonald House Ski Day and various other fundraising activities throughout the year.

Many of our lawyers also teach at the University of Ottawa Law School and at the Law Society's Bar Admission Course. Since 1993 Nelligan O'Brien Payne lawyers have taught and coordinated the Advocacy Program at the University of Ottawa. In addition, they regularly deliver papers at professional conferences and continuing education programs for lawyers throughout Ontario and Canada. They conduct seminars and workshops on newly emerging areas of law and contribute to the firm's legal and business newsletters.

Helping Community Organizations Help Others

Nelligan O'Brien Payne has supported the following organizations:

• Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario (AJEFO)
• Brain Injury Association of the Ottawa Valley
• Canada Law Student Games
• Canadian Lawyers Association for International Human Rights
• Canadian Paraplegic Association
• Chamber Music Festival
• Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
• Fanconi Canada
• Great Canadian Theatre Company
• Heart & Stroke Foundation
• Help Santa Toy Parade
• Hospice at May Court
• Lew Dunn Charity
• National Youth Orchestra of Canada
• Ottawa & District Labourt Council
• Ottawa Dragon Boat Foundation
• Ottawa Firefighters Community Foundation
• Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre Foundation
• Ottawa Regional Health Care Foundation
• P.A.R.T.Y. (Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth)
• Rick McCallum Memorial
• Ronald McDonald House
• St. Patrick's Home of Ottawa Inc.
• Shirley E. Greenberg Women's Health Centre
• Terry Fox Foundation
• The Advocates Society
• The Employment & Labour Law Student Society
• The Ottawa Hospital Foundation
• United Way

Dress-Down Fridays

In addition, a group of staff at the firm collect funds from those who "dress down" on Fridays. These funds support the following organizations:

• Children's Christmas Party
• Children and Youth Friendly Services
• Crossroads Children's Centre
• Distress Centre for Ottawa & Region
• Heart and Stroke Foundation
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
• Kids Help Line
• Ottawa Humane Society
• Prostate Cancer Association of Ottawa
• Snowsuit Fund
• The Arthritis Society
• The Hospice at May Court
• The Shepherds of Good Hope