Meetings/EventsPast Event: CASAL Criminal Law Seminar, September 17, 2009, Brampton Ontario Past Event: CASAL Family Picnic, Sunday August 23, 2009, Kelso Conservation Area, Milton, Ontario Past Event: CASAL First Gala Dinner, Friday, May 29, 2009, Courtyard Marriott, Brampton, Ontario Past Event: CASAL Networking Event, Dec 10, 2008
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On November 4, 2006, lawyers of South Asian descent were invited to attend a meeting at the Howard Johnson Toronto East Hotel for the purpose of organizing a South Asian Lawyers Association for South Asian lawyers, judges and law students. A total of sixty lawyers were in attendance. At the same meeting, eight individuals were elected to serve as the Steering Committee of what would later become Canadian Association of South Asian Lawyers.The Association was incorporated as a non-share capital corporation and received Letters Patent on September 27, 2007, at which time its formal name became Canadian Association of South Asian Lawyers (CASAL).
The By-Laws were ratified by the Steering Committee and an interim Executive Committee was appointed at the first meeting of incorporators on April 17, 2008 in Mississauga, Ontario. Through these documents and discussions, CASAL's mission began to take shape: to support initiatives that value diversity in the legal profession; promote the advancement of lawyers and law students of South Asian background; provide a forum for professional networking and development of South Asian lawyers, legal scholarship and education, and advocacy and community involvement; and, to support the provision of legal services to the South Asian community.
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