Raj Anand's practice includes administrative, human rights, constitutional and employment law, civil litigation, and professional regulation. He is a former Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission and has also served the Boards of Inquiry under the Human Rights Code and the Police Services Act. Raj was appointed by the Ontario government to set up the independent Human Rights Legal Support Centre when it revamped the Ontario human rights adjudication process. As an elected Bencher of the Law Society for 12 years, he headed the reform of the Law Society’s Hearing Tribunal process and its measures to combat systemic racism in the profession. Chairing panels of the Hearing and Appeal Divisions of the Law Society Tribunal for the last 16 years, he has written over 200 decisions. In 2021 he was appointed to the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal and the Discipline Committee of the College of Patent Agents & Trademark Agents. Raj has received numerous awards including the first Advocates’ Society Award of Justice, the Law Society Medal, the Ontario Bar Association Distinguished Service award and the SOAR (Society of Ontario Adjudicators and Regulators) Medal. In 2020, he was elected Chair of the Board of Governors of the Law Commission of Ontario.