In June 2018, Paul completed two years as the 66th Treasurer (President) of the Law Society of Ontario, the regulator of the province’s 50,000 lawyers and 8,000 licensed paralegals.The Law Society of Upper Canada, List of Law Society Treasurers Paul was only the second lawyer from Blakes to hold this distinguished position, the first being Edward Blake, the firm's founding partner, who was Treasurer from 1879 to 1893.http://www.lsuc.on.ca/newsarchives.aspx?id=2147485737&cid=2147502836 Prior to being elected Treasurer, Paul was a bencher of the Law Society, elected in 2007 and re-elected in 2011 and 2015. As a bencher, he served as chair of the Professional Regulation Committee, the Proceedings Authorization Committee, the Human Rights Monitoring Group, and the Access to Justice Committee. He was a member of the Equity and Indigenous Affairs, Tribunals and Finance Committees, and the Articling and Mentoring Task Forces. He also chaired numerous panels of the Law Society Tribunal, adjudicating professional conduct and licensing issues.
