Ms. Leddy joined Carters’ Ottawa office in 2009, becoming a partner in 2014, to practice charity and not-for-profit law following a distinguished career in both private practice and public policy. After being called to the Ontario Bar in 1974, Jennifer practiced family law as a partner with the Toronto office of Lang Michener LLP until 1985, when she joined the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), initially as a member of a multi-disciplinary pastoral team and later as a legal and policy advisor. At the CCCB, she was involved in the development of briefs to Parliamentary Committees and written arguments to the Supreme Court of Canada on a wide variety of social policy issues. In 2005, Jennifer returned to private practice with the Ottawa firm of Vincent Dagenais Gibson until she went to the Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency in 2008 as part of a one year Interchange program, to work on the proposed “Guidelines on the Meaning of Advancement of Religion as a Charitable Purpose."

 

Languages: English and a working knowledge of French

Education & Call To The Bar
   
 
  • LL.B., University of Toronto, 1972
  • B.A. (History & English), University of Saskatchewan, 1969
  • Ontario Bar, 1974
Publications
   
 

By Jennifer M. Leddy

- Compliance within the charitable sector web page
- Charities webinars - What you need to know about maintaining charitable registration
- Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector
- CRA Releases Updated Antiterrorism Checklist

By Jacqueline M. Demczur and Jennifer M. Leddy

Featured in the Mar 2024 Charity & NFP Law Update
 
Speaking Engagements & Seminar Materials
   
 
Presented by Jennifer M. Leddy at The 2019 Charity & NFP Law Seminar.
was held on November 8, 2018. The Church & Charity Law Seminar is designed to assist churches and charities in understanding developing trends in the law in order to reduce unnecessary exposure to legal liability.
was held on February 15, 2018. The Ottawa Region Charity & Not-for-Profit Law Seminar is designed to assist charities and not-for-profits in understanding developing trends in the law in order to reduce unnecessary exposure to legal liability.