- Conduct of Election: The 2023 Bencher election will be conducted in accordance with the Law Society Act and By-law 3 made pursuant to the Law Society Act.
- Online and Telephone Voting: The election will be conducted by online and telephone voting in both French and English.
- Third-Party Company: The Law Society has hired Computershare, a third-party company, to conduct the election.
- Voter Anonymity: Computershare will randomly assign a unique personal voter identification number, called a control number, to every eligible voter to ensure voter anonymity.
- Eligible Voters: People who are lawyer and paralegal licensees of the Law Society and whose licenses have not been suspended are eligible to vote in the Bencher election.
- Candidate Information: The Law Society will publish a Voting Guide to provide voters with information about the candidates running in the Bencher election. Separate Voting Guides will be published for the lawyer candidates and the paralegal candidates.
- Lawyer Candidates – Regional Election Scheme: Forty lawyer benchers will be elected – 20 from inside Toronto and 20 from outside Toronto. Of the 40 lawyer benchers, eight will be elected as regional benchers.
- Electoral Regions: For the purposes of the election of lawyer benchers, the province is divided into eight electoral regions.
- Paralegal Candidates: Five paralegal benchers will be elected province-wide.
- Casting Votes: During the third week of April 2023, voting instructions and the control number for each eligible voter will be posted to their Law Society Portal account. Voting instructions will provide detailed information on how to vote online and by telephone. Eligible voters who do not receive their control number must contact Computershare.