The LCO is Ontario's leading law reform agency. The LCO provides independent, balanced, and authoritative advice on some of Ontario's most complex and far-reaching legal policy issues. The LCO evaluates laws impartially, transparently and broadly. The LCO's work is informed by legal analysis; multidisciplinary research; public consultations; social, demographic and economic conditions; and the impact of technology.

The LCO reports include principled, practical, "problem-solving" recommendations informed by broad consultations and tested through a transparent, comprehensive review process that engages a broad range of individuals, experts, and institutions. The LCO gives a voice to marginalized communities and others who should have an important role in law reform debates and discussions.

The LCO was created by an Agreement among the Law Foundation of Ontario, the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Osgoode Hall Law School and the Law Society of Upper Canada, all of whom provide funding for the LCO, and the Law Deans of Ontario’s law schools. York University also provides funding and in-kind support. The LCO is situated in the Ignat Kaneff Building, the home of Osgoode Hall Law School at York University.

More information about the LCO is available on the LCO's website at www.lco-cdo.org.