Please join the MLSA’s Professional Development Committee for a Small/Mid-Sized Firm & In-House Counsel Panel on Jan. 24, 2022 from 12 – 1pm on Zoom.
The panel features Danelle Rougeau Suchuy, In-House Counsel at Ceridian, Maria Mitousis, Partner at Mitousis Lemieux Howard, and Brent Kaneski, Partner at BD Oakes LLP.
Please RSVP to Alexis Alevizos, MLSA’s VP External, for the Zoom link and more info.
On behalf of the Prairie Diversity Committee, we are pleased to invite you to participate in our inaugural legal diversity initiative!
The event will be hosted online on the Gathertown platform. Meeting link and instructions to come closer to the date. Limited tickets are available. Ticket sales close on Monday, January 24, 2022, at 3 pm MT. Please feel free to reach out to us should any questions or concerns arise. Our email is prairiediversitycommittee@gmail.com.
The Prairie Diversity Committee is comprised of racialized law students from the University of Calgary, University of Alberta, University of Saskatchewan, and the University of Manitoba. Together, our committee members represent the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers, Diversity and Law Society, Indigenous Law Students’ Association, Black Law Students’ Association, and the Canadian Hispanic Bar Association.
For more information, please contact Celyna Yu at yuc34568@myumanitoba.ca
MLSA sponsor, Scotiabank, will present their line of credit program to 1L students. They gave a similar presentation in the fall and it had positive feedback, so they are doing another one for winter. To register, contact MLSA VP External Alexis Alevizos and watch your inboxes for more info.
The Diversity in Law Group will host its first Speed Networking Event on Feb. 15, 2022 from 6 – 8pm. This virtual event will involve rotating break-out sessions between one lawyer and one to two students. Please RSVP to Celyna Yu to register.