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    • 25 Apr 2026
    • 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
    • LSO Webinar
    Registration is closed

    The Six-Minute Criminal Lawyer 2026

    Saturday, April 25, 2026 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. EST

    View the live webcast from your home or office computer

    This program qualifies for
    3 h 30 m Substantive

    30 m Professionalism

     



    Co-Chairs:
    The Honourable Justice Michelle Fuerst, Ontario Superior Court of Justice
    Robin Flumerfelt, Ministry of the Attorney General
    Nader Hasan, Stockwoods LLP

    For criminal law practitioners, the Six-Minute program is the essential resource for a busy legal practice. Each speaker delivers concise, focused presentations with sharp analysis of recent developments, all within a strict time limit. The accompanying materials offer summaries of key cases and practical tips. To stay at the top of your game and meet the demands of your practice, the half-day Six-Minute program is indispensable.

    • Get an update on detention and arrest
    • Hear a point/counterpoint on prosecutorial discretion
    • Consider how to deal with jurists who are challenging
    • Understand the latest cases on expert evidence
    • Learn about common pitfalls for defence in jury trials

        Registration for this CPD will close on Friday, April 17, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.
        We cannot accept registrations after this time.

        **We must receive your payment on or before Friday, April 17, 2026 in order to register you with the LSO for this CPD.**

        • 28 Apr 2026
        • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
        • LSO Webinar
        Registration is closed

        Technology and Legal Practice 2026

        Tuesday, April 28, 2026 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST

        View the live webcast from your home or office computer

        This program qualifies for
        2 h
         Substantive
        4 h Professionalism

         



        Co-Chairs:
        The Honourable Justice Jill Presser, Ontario Superior Court of Justice
        Professor Amy Salyzyn, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
        Carla Swansburg, Chief Executive Officer, ClearyX

        AI is reshaping the legal landscape, and keeping on top of it is no longer optional. This must-attend annual program brings together leading voices from the legal, academic, and tech communities to explore how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing legal practice. Gain actionable strategies to enhance your workflow, improve client outcomes, and navigate emerging risks with confidence. Don’t miss this opportunity to future-proof your practice.

          Registration for this CPD will close on Monday, April 20, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.
          We cannot accept registrations after this time.

          **We must receive your payment on or before Monday, April 20, 2026 in order to register you with the LSO for this CPD.**

          • 4 May 2026
          • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
          • on Microsoft Teams
          • 0
          Registration is closed

          Join the HCLA for a Estates Planning & Administration Small Mentorship Group Session with HCLA Mentor: Tristen Audet

          Topics for discussion:

          • Cases
          • Points of law
          • Practice management
          • Practical approaches to particular matters
          • Any other questions

          This session is FREE and exclusively for HCLA Members.

          Join us!! Limited to 5 people.

          • 7 May 2026
          • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
          • Terrace On The Green, 8672 Mississauga Road, Brampton, ON L6X 0C8

          Join the PLA Women's Law Section Committee for a High Tea Social on Thursday, May 7, 2026, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Terrace On The Green (8672 Mississauga Road, Brampton, ON L6X 0C8).

          The Peel Law Association is offering HCLA (Halton) Members a special rate to attend the upcoming event!!

          Deadline to register is Thursday, April 23.

          For more details and to register, please follow the link below:

          Peel Law Association - High Tea Social

          Click to view the flyer here.

          • 13 May 2026
          • 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
          • Industria Pizzeria + Bar - Burlington
          • 13
          Register

          Please join the HCLA Women's Law Section Committee for an evening dedicated to connection, conversation, and community among women in the legal profession.

          Appetizers will be provided by the Halton County Law Association.

          Space is limited!

          Industria Pizzeria + Bar
          1860 Appleby Line #23, Burlington, ON L7L 0B7

          -

          View the invitation here

          • 21 May 2026
          • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
          • on Zoom
          Register

          ZOOM ONLY! Please join us for a Lexis+ Canada Session and AI Protégé demonstration with Lexis trainer, Gordon Brough. Learn more about Lexis+ and Protégé with precedents, drafting materials, legislation, and much much more!

          FREE 1.5 Professionalism Hour(s) accredited and exclusively for HCLA Members!!

          View the flyer here!

          • 11 Jun 2026
          • 12:30 PM
          • Royal Ontario Golf Club, 6378 Trafalgar Road, Milton L0P 1EO
          Register

          Join us for the HCLA Annual Charity Golf Day in support of Burlington Food Bank at the Royal Ontario Golf Club on Thursday, June 11 2026.

             
          Sign up as an individual or register a foursome. This tournament is open to HCLA members, non-members and guests!! Bring along a spouse, friend or colleague!!

          You can view the event flyer here!

          Lunch & Registration at 12:30 pm | Shotgun start at 2:00 pm

          At 7:00 pm we will begin the dinner with a speaker from the Burlington Food Bank, a 50/50 draw, and a silent auction.

          Not into golf? You can register to attend the dinner only!


          Thank you to our sponsors!!

          Dinner sponsor:


          Cart sponsors:



          Thank you to our hole sponsors! Click here to view the golf tournament webpage and hole sponsors. Click here to sponsor a hole!! We greatly appreciate your support!

          ATTENTION GOLFERS:
          The shotgun start will begin at 2:00 pm, however there will be lunch available with registration so you should plan to arrive by 12:30 pm and be to your golf cart by 1:45 pm! 

          Please note: Rental sets can be arranged through the clubhouse, and you may wish to call in advance of the tournament to reserve. Please call: 1-877-769-2518 for the Royal Ontario Golf Club.

        Past events

        24 Apr 2026 Family Law Small Mentorship Group Session
        22 Apr 2026 HCLA Spring Social
        22 Apr 2026 23rd Real Estate Law Summit 2026
        15 Apr 2026 The Six-Minute Estates Lawyer 2026
        7 Apr 2026 Estates Planning & Administration Small Mentorship Group Session
        27 Mar 2026 Family and Child Protection Law Small Mentorship Group Session
        25 Mar 2026 20th Family Law Summit 2026
        3 Mar 2026 Annual General Meeting & Judges' Night
        25 Feb 2026 Family Law Small Mentorship Group Session
        24 Feb 2026 Estate Planning & Estate Litigation Small Mentorship Group Session
        13 Feb 2026 Family and Child Protection Law Small Mentorship Group Session
        12 Jan 2026 Estates Planning & Administration Small Mentorship Group Session
        5 Jan 2026 Family Law Small Mentorship Group Session
        8 Dec 2025 Family Law Small Mentorship Group Session
        20 Nov 2025 Holiday Party
        18 Nov 2025 Family Law Small Mentorship Group Session
        14 Nov 2025 Annual Family Law Seminar
        13 Nov 2025 24th Annual Sopinka United Way Legal Luncheon
        12 Nov 2025 EDI Webinar: Navigating EDI and Accessibility in Your Practice
        5 Nov 2025 Criminal Law Small Mentorship Group Session
        22 Oct 2025 Family Law Small Mentorship Group Session
        8 Oct 2025 HCLA Fall Social
        2 Oct 2025 Estates Planning & Administration Small Mentorship Group Session
        24 Sep 2025 Lexis+ Canada Training Session
        15 Sep 2025 Family Law Small Mentorship Group Session
        13 Sep 2025 HCLA Family Fun Day - Let's Go Bowling!
        25 Jun 2025 PLA: Pressing Legal Issues Facing Trans Youth: What Lawyers Need to Know
        12 Jun 2025 Annual Charity Golf Tournament
        10 Jun 2025 PLA & HCLA - Pride Month 80s Style!
        2 Jun 2025 Judicial Appointment Celebration
        9 May 2025 Annual Estates and Family Law Seminar
        7 May 2025 HCLA Spring Social
        29 Apr 2025 Technology and Legal Practice 2025
        9 Apr 2025 Lexis+ Canada Training Session
        26 Mar 2025 19th Family Law Summit 2025
        6 Mar 2025 Annual General Meeting & Judges' Night
        20 Feb 2025 Settling Your Case When You Have Multiple Defendants: What You Need to Know
        30 Jan 2025 Family & Child Protection Law: The Year in Review
        12 Dec 2024 Holiday Party
        11 Dec 2024 EDI Webinar: Accessibility and EDI in today's legal workplace
        4 Dec 2024 Open House
        26 Nov 2024 Demystifying Halton CAS
        21 Nov 2024 23rd Annual Sopinka United Way Legal Luncheon
        6 Nov 2024 Lexis Advance Quicklaw & Practical Guidance Training Session
        3 Oct 2024 Real Estate and Its Far Reaching Tentacles into Other Areas of Law
        25 Sep 2024 HCLA Fall Social
        18 Sep 2024 Meet the Pods!
        14 Sep 2024 HCLA Family Fun Day
        13 Jun 2024 Annual Charity Golf Tournament
        6 Jun 2024 Halton and Peel Drag Karaoke
        10 May 2024 Annual Estates and Family Law Seminar
        30 Apr 2024 LAWPRO: Social Engineering Fraud Coverage and Administrative Dismissal
        25 Apr 2024 Lexis Advance Quicklaw & Practical Guidance Training Session
        24 Apr 2024 HCLA Spring Social
        20 Mar 2024 18th Family Law Summit 2024
        7 Mar 2024 Annual General Meeting & Judges' Night
        25 Jan 2024 Family & Child Protection Law: The Year in Review
        13 Dec 2023 EDI Webinar: Cultural Competence
        7 Dec 2023 Open House
        30 Nov 2023 22nd Annual Sopinka United Way Legal Luncheon
        16 Nov 2023 Holiday Party
        3 Nov 2023 Annual Family Law Seminar
        25 Oct 2023 Thomson Reuters Westlaw Canada Training Session
        28 Sep 2023 HCLA Mentorship Social
        27 Sep 2023 Lexis Advance Quicklaw & Practical Guidance Training Session
        16 Sep 2023 HCLA Family Fun Day
        22 Jun 2023 HCLA Summer Social
        7 Jun 2023 Attacking Expert Witnesses
        6 Jun 2023 Annual Charity Golf Tournament
        12 May 2023 Annual Estates Seminar
        27 Apr 2023 Lexis Advance Quicklaw & Practical Guidance Training Session
        20 Apr 2023 Benchers Open House
        22 Mar 2023 HCLA Mentorship Social
        2 Mar 2023 Annual General Meeting & Judges' Night
        23 Feb 2023 CaseLines: Your Questions Answered!
        22 Feb 2023 Navigating Governance Challenges in Closely Held Companies
        26 Jan 2023 Family & Child Protection Law: The Year in Review
        7 Dec 2022 Open House
        24 Nov 2022 Child Protection Trial: Thoughts from the Bench
        23 Nov 2022 EDI Webinar: Working with Indigenous Communities and Clients
        18 Nov 2022 21st Annual Sopinka United Way Legal Luncheon
        17 Nov 2022 Holiday Party
        27 Oct 2022 Child Protection Trial: Final Act of the Trial
        26 Oct 2022 Judges' Night & Reception
        24 Sep 2022 Criminal Law Webinar
        22 Sep 2022 Child Protection Trial - The Art of Examinations
        14 Sep 2022 HCLA Social
        14 Sep 2022 Lexis Advance Quicklaw & Practical Guidance Training Session
        10 Sep 2022 HCLA Family Fun Day
        13 Jul 2022 HCLA Summer Social
        17 Jun 2022 Annual Family Law Seminar
        16 Jun 2022 Child Protection Trial - Documentary Evidence & Briefs at Trial
        9 Jun 2022 Golf Tournament
        20 May 2022 Annual Estates Law Webinar
        19 May 2022 Child Protection Trial - Day One of Trial and Pre-Trial Motions
        28 Apr 2022 Child Protection Trial Preparations-Part Two: Preparing the Parents and Witnesses - Dos & Don'ts
        26 Apr 2022 HCLA Social
        5 Apr 2022 Lexis Advance Quicklaw & Practical Guidance Training Session
        31 Mar 2022 Child Protection Trial Preparations-Part One: Getting your ducks in a row!
        3 Mar 2022 Annual General Meeting and Social
        25 Feb 2022 Mentorship CPD Webinar
        24 Feb 2022 The march towards the child protection trial: Trial Management Conferences: - dos and don'ts, preparation of the TMC and TSEF (Trial Settlement Endorsement Form) settlement and ADR discussions in child protection
        27 Jan 2022 Year in Review
        13 Dec 2021 Negotiating Final Terms of Findings & Disposition and Statements of Agreed Fact in Child Protection
        30 Nov 2021 EDI Webinar: The Use of Pronouns with Clients, Opposing Counsel and The Court
        25 Nov 2021 Holiday Party
        17 Nov 2021 Motions for Summary Judgment in Child Protection
        11 Nov 2021 Civil Litigation Webinar
        23 Oct 2021 Criminal Law Webinar
        18 Oct 2021 First Nations Inuit and Metis Children and Special Needs Children in Child Protection
        13 Oct 2021 Real Estate Webinar
        6 Oct 2021 Halton Lawyer Social
        29 Sep 2021 Lexis Advance Quicklaw Training Session
        20 Sep 2021 Motions to Change in Child Protection
        25 Aug 2021 Halton Lawyer Social
        25 Jun 2021 Annual Family Law Seminar
        17 Jun 2021 Virtual Meeting with Senior Family Judge
        14 Jun 2021 Expert Assessments in Child Protection Law
        10 Jun 2021 Golf Tournament
        26 May 2021 Family Law Initiative for Central West Region
        17 May 2021 Role of OCL and ADR in Child Protection
        12 May 2021 Lexis Advance QuickLaw Training Session
        7 May 2021 Annual Estates and Family Law Seminar
        19 Apr 2021 Temporary Care and Custody Motions
        25 Mar 2021 HCLA Virtual Paint Night
        22 Mar 2021 Managing a Child Protection File
        4 Mar 2021 Annual General Meeting and Social
        11 Feb 2021 Effective Advocacy in Child Protection Law
        1 Feb 2021 The Virtual Trial: Are you Ready?
        18 Jan 2021 Year in Review
        17 Dec 2020 Holiday Party
        2 Dec 2020 Advance Quicklaw Training Webinar
        27 Nov 2020 Positively Positive About Creating A Positive Work Space

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