Nye Thomas
Executive Director, Law Commission of Ontario
Nye Thomas is the Executive Director of the Law Commission of Ontario (LCO).
As Executive Director of the LCO, Nye is responsible for producing independent, balanced, and authoritative advice on complex and important law reform issues. He is currently leading projects addressing:
•How to regulate AI to protect human rights, procedural fairness, and access to justice.
•An AI human rights impact assessment.
•Consumer protection in the digital marketplace
•Family law protection orders and other tools to protect victims of intimate partner violence.
•The right to a healthy environment.
Nye has been leading justice reform projects in Ontario for more than 20 years. His expertise includes access to justice, law reform, the impact of technology on legal rights, and legal services for low-income communities.
Before joining the LCO, Nye was Director General, Policy at Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) where he was responsible for policy development, consultations, and system planning at one of the world’s largest legal aid plans. Nye’s work at LAO included leading the most significant expansion of legal aid services in more than 25 years. Nye has also been Policy Director on major provincial inquiries, including the Ipperwash Inquiry.
Nye studied at the University of Toronto (BA), Queen’s University (LLB), and New York University (LLM).
About the Law Commission of Ontario
The Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) is Ontario’s leading law reform agency.
The LCO provides independent, balanced, and authoritative advice on complex and important law reform issues. Through this work, the LCO promotes access to justice, evidence-based law reform and public debate. The LCO evaluates laws impartially, transparently and broadly.
The LCO is located at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto.
More information about the LCO is available at www.lco-cdo.org.
Nye Thomas is the Executive Director of the Law Commission of Ontario (LCO).
As Executive Director of the LCO, Nye is responsible for producing independent, balanced, and authoritative advice on complex and important law reform issues. He is currently leading projects addressing:
•How to regulate AI to protect human rights, procedural fairness, and access to justice.
•An AI human rights impact assessment.
•Consumer protection in the digital marketplace
•Family law protection orders and other tools to protect victims of intimate partner violence.
•The right to a healthy environment.
Nye has been leading justice reform projects in Ontario for more than 20 years. His expertise includes access to justice, law reform, the impact of technology on legal rights, and legal services for low-income communities.
Before joining the LCO, Nye was Director General, Policy at Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) where he was responsible for policy development, consultations, and system planning at one of the world’s largest legal aid plans. Nye’s work at LAO included leading the most significant expansion of legal aid services in more than 25 years. Nye has also been Policy Director on major provincial inquiries, including the Ipperwash Inquiry.
Nye studied at the University of Toronto (BA), Queen’s University (LLB), and New York University (LLM).
About the Law Commission of Ontario
The Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) is Ontario’s leading law reform agency.
The LCO provides independent, balanced, and authoritative advice on complex and important law reform issues. Through this work, the LCO promotes access to justice, evidence-based law reform and public debate. The LCO evaluates laws impartially, transparently and broadly.
The LCO is located at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto.
More information about the LCO is available at www.lco-cdo.org.
