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In honour of the HLA turning two years old this year, we are looking back at all of the events we have hosted and all of the connections that we have made.

To celebrate the Association, we will be hosting a guest speaker event as well as a general membership meeting/networking night where we will announce the new Executive Board for the 2023-2024 academic year.

This will be the first handing off of the club from its founders to the new generation of the HLA, so we hope that you are able to attend!

ISO: Executive Board Members

We are taking in applications for Operations executive and communications executive. We have outlined the roles below. If you feel that you could be a great fit for either of these please send your resume and a cover letter to humberlegalassociation@gmail.com

Note: you must be enrolled at Humber for the 2023-2024 academic year to qualify

in honour of the HLA turning two (2) years old this year, we are looking back at all of the events we have hosted and all of the connections that we have made.

To celebrate the Association, we will be hosting a guest speaker event as well as a general membership meeting/networking night where we will announce the new Executive Board for the 2023-2024 academic year.

This will be the first handing off of the club from its founders to the new generation of the HLA, so we hope that you are able to attend!

Upcoming Events

Guest Speaker: Melanie Henriques

Melanie is a paralegal partner at the employment law firm Samfiru Tumarkin LLP. Melanie represents employees and employers with respect to: wrongful dismissal, constructive dismissal, workplace harassment, human rights complaints and employment contracts. She has appeared before the Ontario Small Claims Court, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, the Canadian Human Rights Commission, the Landlord and Tenant Board, Financial Services Commission of Ontario and the Licence Appeal Tribunal. 

Melanie has an incredible wealth of knowledge that she will be sharing with us on February 22nd, 2023 at 7pm on Zoom (link to be posted on our carrd), so mark your calendars and get your questions ready! 

General Meeting & Networking Mixer Event

The HLA will be hosting its second ever general meeting and networking event for the first time in person! 

The event will be held on March 8, 2023 at 7pm on Lakeshore Campus in the Ignite Student Building (k204). 

This will be an amazing opportunity to meet and network with other students. There will be icebreakers, team building exercises, and the HLA Board will be announcing their successors. 

There will also be pizza. Free Pizza. 

First and foremost, HLA hopes their members had a great start to their semester and are excited to be part of HLA 2022's events.
 

HLA  would like to thank all of those that have been there since the start of this club which started exactly a year ago. We started this club with 20 members and we are now over 200 members. We have students from every campus and several programs which makes it more exciting. It has been a full year of fun and educational events. It has also been a great way to connect with other students since classes were mostly online and there were not many opportunities to meet our peers. HLA is glad that we were a part of your journey of networking with other students, professors, legal professionals and others. With that being said, HLA looks forward to your continued support.
 

HLA is very excited to say that for this year not only will we continue to have special guest meetings and hot topic conversations, HLA would also like to announce that we were invited to participate at the Osgoode this year!

Thursday, November 11 at 7 PM, HLA once again presents Joey Galinsky to further discuss law school tips and have any of your law school-related questions answered. Joey is also the Co-Founder of Law School Life & Beyond and is a 2017 Humber graduate from the Paralegal Studies Program.

Wednesday, December 1, Humber Professor Jasteena Dhillon, will be joining HLA and discussing her experience in International Law and her involvement with the United Nations.  

HLA has also partnered with The Princeton Review.
Discounts can be up to 15% for self-paced and up to $400 off instructor-led classes!

➡LSAT PREP
➡MOCK LSAT'S
➡& MUCH MORE! 

Thursday, October 7th at 7:00 PM HLA presents Italian & Canadian international certified lawyer as a guest speaker, Caterina Licata. Licata has worked on a few Italian Mafia cases that may possibly be discussed in the event. Licata now works in corporate law, real estate and family law.

Jeff graduated from Osgoode Law School and was called to the bar in 2000. After this, Jeff pursued a career on Bay street for more than a decade before eventually starting his own firm, Spark LLP. Jeff will be discussing the benefits and obstacles of creating your own firm as well as his own experiences as a lawyer in Toronto.

Humber Legal Association would like to wish a good & relaxing reading week to those students that have their reading week from October 24th to October 30th.

Guest Speaker Q&A with a legal professional, Daniel Pallag. In this meeting, Pallag will talk about his experience working in the legal field and have your questions answered about possible legal career pathways. Wednesday, September 22, 2021, at 7 PM! 

HLA has recently partnered with The Princeton Review.
Discounts can be up to 15% for self-paced and up to $400 off instructor-led classes!
 

➡LSAT PREP

➡MOCK LSAT'S
➡& MUCH MORE! 

Do not forget to sign up for HLA's future merchandise in the link below:

 HLALINKS.CARRD 

July Upcoming Event

Erin Thomas is a Crown Attorney that will be joining Humber Legal Association on Thursday, July 22 at 7 PM. HLA will be hosting a Q&A event with Erin to talk about her experiences as a Crown Attorney. HLA recommends their members to have their questions ready for Erin and to join HLA in this event.

A Message to the Humber Legal Association Members

Dear Humber Legal Association members,

As we enter into July and begin the second half of the summer semester, we hope our members are enjoying the summer heat while staying cool.

The Humber Legal Association(“HLA”) has recognized the ongoing discoveries at the former residential schools across Canada and therefore has also recognized the Indigenous land. Humber College is located in the lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit, also known as       “Adoobiigok [A-doe-bee-goke],  the “Place of the Alders” in Michi Saagiig [Mi-Chee  Saw-Geeg] language.

HLA will be reflecting on the mistreatment of Indigenous Peoples and educating ourselves further on the History of Canada's colonization. While many of us were aware of the horrific treatment of Indigenous children in these “schools'', HLA was disturbed and heartbroken to see just how many children suffered.

HLA encourages and fully supports those that have the responsibility to change the school’s curriculum, and that they do such immediately. Young students should be learning about the true Canadian history rather than learning and glorifying those that colonized Canada.       Young students should learn about the colonizers removing young Indigenous from their culture and destroying their lives by placing them in the former residential schools hours away from their reserves, with absolutely no contact with their families. The school’s curriculum should also teach that the colonizers did not intend to help the Indigenous but rather instead decided to take these young peoples’ lives and say that they were “missing”. Only years later to find all of these young people buried under former residential schools. 

HLA also hopes that in the future, those that have the responsibility will stop destroying Indigenous land and be held accountable for their actions.

In order to further recognize the role of Indigenous peoples in their own land, HLA will be linking below resources and places to donate to should anyone be interested in supporting Indigenous Peoples this July First.

Furthermore, the importance of Pride doesn’t end with June, we at the Humber Legal Association celebrate the LGBTQ+ year-round and recognize the significance of their contribution, the absolute right to love and the importance of recognition and support. We share this message now at the end of Pride to symbolize our ongoing support not just in June but year-round. To this end, we will also be posting links to resources regarding the LGTBQ+.

We appreciate our members' ongoing support and will continue to make the HLA a safe place or everyone to discuss the law together.

Sincerely, 

The HLA Executive Team

Upcoming Events 

"WhoJudgesTheJudge", Criminal Defence Lawyer, TEDx Speaker, Jordana Goldlist will be joining Humber Legal Association on June 10th at 6:00 PM via Zoom. In this Q&A event with Goldlist, she will be speaking about her experiences as a criminal defence lawyer and many other relevant topics that will interest future legal professionals. Apart from being proudly tattooed and nationally recognized in "The Best Lawyers in Canada" for work in Criminal Defence, Goldlist is also a Youth Mentor that is heavily involved in the Toronto community. 

Join HLA on May 27th at 7 PM for a quick Legal Trivia! Everyone loves a good Kahoot so why not join HLA? It is a great way to test your legal knowledge and network with other students. 

Co-Founder, Editor and Writer of Law School and Beyond, Joey Galinsky will be joining Humber Legal Association on June 24th, at 7 PM. Galinsky is a Humber Alumnus that graduated from Humber College's Paralegal Studies in 2017. He is currently at UofT Law and set to graduate in 2022. Galinsky will be talking about the transition from College to Law School, his experience and answer any doubts you may have about law school.

Updates and Upcoming Events For Summer

Hello Members!

We hope that you are enjoying your summer so far! The Humber Legal Association

Club (“HLA”) is proud to present you with opportunities and informative events

this summer including: guest speaker events with legal professionals, discussions of

legal hot-topics, online game and movie nights, and a textbook exchange planned for

late August-early September. We will keep you updated on the events primarily

through email and on our Instagram; you can find these links in our Linktree.

Newsletters will be sent to your inbox bi-weekly, please ensure that you check your

emails regularly or at least semi-often!

Our Upcoming Legal Discussion Event Topic: Mandatory Vaccinations

On Thursday, May 20th 2021 at 7pm, HLA will be hosting another discussion via Zoom

on the “Mandatory-Vaccine” issue. 

Please join us for the event and share your

opinions, perspectives and ideas on the topic. Information about the issue can be

found in the google doc folder we have prepared for you, should you wish to research the issue before our discussion.

You can join the meeting using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83296308248 or

by using our Linktree. We hope to see you there!

Make sure to follow us on social media to stay up-to-date on upcoming events and opportunities!

HLA Social Media and Events Link: https://linktr.ee/humberlegalassociation

 MAID Discussion

Come join us on

Date: April 1, 2021

Time: 7 pm

Location: Discord

We will be discussing the changes made to the MAID law. Come join us and share your opinions, perspectives, and ideas.

Use our Linktree to join the discussion. See you there!  

Linktree Link: https://linktr.ee/humberlegalassociation

Click here for general info about MAID law

New official club recognized and under the auspices of Ignite

A big big thank you!

We’re a club all about discussing the current Canadian legal climate, our rights & new laws, hosting debates, and much more!

We have a large array of events planned that will help students, provide networking opportunities, offer chances to win prizes and more. 

You don’t want to miss out! Check our Social media regularly, by using the link below, for updates and announcements.

Link: https://linktr.ee/humberlegalassociation