Hellenic Canadian Lawyers' Association

2024 CPD Aspire to Judge

When
September 17, 2024 at 6:00 pm - September 17, 2024 at 7:30 pm
What

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/95974172452  

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: 

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:

  • Canadian Association of Black Lawyers
  • Canadian Association of Lawyers with Disabilities
  • Hellenic Canadian Lawyers’ Association
  • Iranian Canadian Legal Professionals
  • Korean Canadian Lawyers Association
  • Toronto Lawyers Association

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.