Nye Thomas is the Executive Director of the Law Commission of Ontario, where he is responsible for independent, balanced, and authoritative advice on complex and important law reform issues.
Nye has been leading projects in Ontario’s justice system for more than 25 years. He is an expert on access to justice, law reform, AI and legal rights, legal needs, and legal services design.
Nye is currently leading LCO projects on AI and human rights, AI and criminal justice, family law protection orders, deep fakes and employee surveillance. He has also led LCO projects on consumer protection, environmental accountability, defamation, consent and capacity, and class actions.
Earlier, Nye was Director General, Policy at Legal Aid Ontario where he led policy and planning at one of the world’s largest legal aid plans. Nye’s LAO projects included expanding legal aid financial eligibility, client service strategies, tariff reform, needs assessments, and legal services design. Nye has also been Policy Director on major provincial inquiries, including the Ipperwash Inquiry.
Nye is currently a member of the Law Society of Ontario’s Access to Innovation Committee and Action Group on Access to Justice. He also sits on the Information and Privacy Commissioner’s Strategic Advisory Committee and the National Action Committee on Access to Justice.
Nye studied at the University of Toronto (BA), Queen’s University (LLB), and New York University (LLM).