The Office of the Children’s Lawyer (OCL) operates as an independent law office within the Family Justice Services Division of the Ministry of the Attorney General.  We provide legal services to children under the age of 18 in select civil law matters. We are the only office of this kind in the Province of Ontario. As such, we have been involved in a number of leading cases that have impacted on the evolution of the law as it relates to children, as well as on the specific legal interests of the children we represent.