Kick off Summer 2025 with us!
The Hellenic Canadian Law Association (HCLA) and the Hellenic Canadian Board of Trade (HCBT) are excited to invite you to our 2025 Summer Kick-Off.
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June 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM ET
Join us for an evening of connection, conversation, and community.
đď¸ Free for HCBT & HCLA members ($25 for non-members)
To register:
⢠HCBT members: email events@hcbt.com
⢠HCLA members: email HCLA.information@gmail.com
⢠Non-members: visit the HCBT website to purchase your ticket
Letâs celebrate the start of summer together. We look forward to seeing you there! âď¸
2025 Summer Kick-Off with the Hellenic Canadian Board of TradeThe Hellenic Canadian Lawyers’ Association is hosting the third annual Hellenic Women’s Networking Luncheon on Saturday, October 4, 2025 at the Centennial College Event Centre in Toronto, Ontario.
This unique event seeks to bring together women of Hellenic heritage across all professions and at all stages of their career and/or education, to build their network and make lasting connections! Make new connections and renew friendships at this one-of-a-kind event.
This event will feature a presentation by the incredible Maria Mitousis. Hear about Maria’s story, and her inspiring legal career, and philanthropy. This keynote is pending approval for 45 minutes CPD professionalism hour by the Law Society of Ontario.
Join us at Parcel Pizza for a night of networking, new friends, and old friends!
Open to former, current, and prospective members of the HCLA. Network with fellow lawyers and law students of Hellenic descent and learn more about the work of the HCLA.
The HCLA is happy to cover one beverage per guest, as well as food to share!
Please RSVP to agapim@gmail.com to reserve your space.
HCLA Winnipeg Meet-Up
Eataly is accessible by TTC from both Bay Station and Bloor-Yonge Station. Parking is also available within the Manulife Building.
The HCLA will provide appetizers, vasilopita, and one (1) drink for each guest.
Please RSVP as soon as possible to Paola Beci, Social Director, at paola@alfllp.ca to secure your spot!
We look forward to celebrating 2025 with you!
On Saturday, February 22, 2025 for the 24th Hellenic Professionals’ Gala, brought to you by the Hellenic Canadian Lawyers’ Association, the Asclepius Dental Society, and the Hippocrates Hellenic Canadian Medical Association, was held at the Liberty Grant Entertainment Complext. We enjoyed a night of fantastic night of dancing, food, culture, and raising money to support scholarships for Canadian law, dental, and medical students of Hellenic descent.
2025 Hellenic Professionals Gala
The HCLA, in collaboration with the Canadian Italian Advocates Association (CIAO), Portuguese Canadian Lawyers Association (PCLA) and the Serbian-Canadian Professionals in Law (USPIL) are pleased to present the following seminar:
Unlocking AI’s Potential for your Law Firm (CPD)
Agenda:
Topic: Avoiding fraud claims in the new AI legal landscape
Speaker: Raymond G. Leclair, LawPro
(2 hours professionalism)
Topic: Impacts of AI in various activities in the legal industry, how AI works and what lawyers should look for while adopting AI in their practice
Speaker: Ankit Sharma, Leap Legal Software
(1 hour substantive)
Eligible for $50 LawPro credit
Location:
Hilton Toronto Airport Hotel & Suites
Dundas Conference Room
5875 Airport Road, Mississauga, Ontario L4V 1N1
In-person only
Cost:
$85 for members of HCLA, CIAO, PCLA, USPIL
$100 for non-members
Includes: Dinner, Coffee and Dessert
Registration:
To register visit: www.ciaocanada.com
Registration deadline: October 2, 2024
2024 CPD Unlocking AI Potential for Your Law FirmTICKETS NOW AVAILABLE!
To purchase tickets, click here.
We are grateful to our members for their support and commitment to our association. We hope you can join us as we begin our 35th anniversary celebrations.
For this yearâs CPD event, we are delighted to present:
Advancement and Transition: Positioning for Professional Success with panelists
Jeanie Theoharis, K.C., Former Associate Chair, Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario
Eleni Damianakis, Vice-President, Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Canadian Tire Corporation
Maria Kotsopoulos, Partner, Blaney McMurtry LLP
Moderated by Niki Kanavas, Matrona Law, HCLA Director
150 King Street West, 27th Floor, Toronto
6:00pm – Welcome Reception
7:00pm – President’s Dinner / Professional Development
8:00pm – Annual General Meeting
Members $130 / Student Members $110
We look forward to seeing you!
2024 Annual General Meeting, Presidents Dinner, CPD
The HCLA is pleased to announce the upcoming webinar:
ASPIRE TO JUDGE: LEARN WHAT IT TAKES TO BUILD A JUDICIAL CAREER AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT A MORE DIVERSE JUDICIARY IN CANADA
With Katie Black, former Judicial Affairs Advisor to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and special guests, Justice Lori Anne Thomas , Ontario Court of Justice and Justice Richard Bernstein, the first blind justice, elected by voters statewide, to the Michigan Supreme Court.
The webinar will take place online via Zoom and is free. There will be no registration and participation is anonymous.
JOIN DIRECTLY BY ZOOM: https://fasken.zoom.us/j/95974172452Â Â
This event may be of particular interest to diverse lawyers who are just starting their legal careers (or are still in law school), those considering applying for judgeships, and those wishing to help mentor prospective members of the bench.
All are welcome to attend.
Accessibility:Â
Please contact organizers by September 11 to request ASL interpretation at cald.acjsh (at) gmail.com.
Real-Time Captioning (CART) will be provided.
Do you have a question you would like to submit in advance? You may do so anonymously here.
ASPIRE TO JUDGE is a collaborative effort brought to you by the following organizations:
We wish to thank Blakes.com for sponsoring this event.
This event is accredited through the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers (CABL) who has been approved as an Accredited Provider of Professionalism Content by The Law Society of Ontario. The program contains 1 hour and 5 minutes of Professionalism content and 20 minutes of EDI Professionalism content.
2024 CPD Aspire to JudgeNetworking dinner for HCLA Women presidents:
– Gina Alexandris
– Eleni Damianakis
– Angela Nikolakakos
– Francesca Smirnakis
– Christine Arruda
