bumblebee wrote:
 Do you know if they still charge you the $950 if you're not practicing law at all but say working as a sandwich artist at Subway?  If so that sucks.

  

I believe you are required to pay dues of 50% if you are working. There's no requirement that you be practicing law. So your LL.B. holding, LSUC member sandwich artist would still be on the hook for dues of $950. You catch a break if you "do not engage in any remunerative work". Then they only charge you $475. Although if you earn no income, why you should pay anything is beyond me.

Here's their category descriptions:

  • 50% of Fee - Lawyers or paralegals who do not practise law or provide legal services, including those employed in education, in government or in a corporation in a position where not required to practise law or provide legal services.
  • 25% of Fee - Lawyers or paralegals who do not engage in any remunerative work and do not engage in the practise of law or provision of legal services in or outside of Ontario, or who are in full-time attendance at a university, college or designated educational facility and not practising law or providing legal services, or who are on pregnancy or parental leave and who do not practise law or provide legal services.