My question is, should the Board be the watchdog? Where is their jurisdiction to do so? Personally, I think they have it backwards. It’s ironic in a way that when anyone could appear at the Board prior to October 31st, 2007, the Board didn’t concern itself with the quality of representation. But now that there is a licensing body, the Law Society, the Board is acting as cops for the LSUC. A person engaging in unauthorized practice can be slammed with a hefty fine under the Law Society Act. Persons who are licensed and who mess up or do poor work, will find themselves in front of an LSUC discipline panel. So what’s the big deal? Now that the LSUC exercises control over all those who appear at Small Claims, or administrative tribunals, or at provincial court, leave it up to the free market complaint-driven system to weed out the bad apples.