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Founded in 2024, the Japanese Canadian Lawyers Association exists to connect the generations of Japanese Canadian lawyers, justices and legal professionals — including issei, nisei, sansei, yonsei and hapas — working and practicing across Canada (along with other legal professionals and supporters, including lawyers trained or educated in Japan and Japanese language speakers).
121,485
people of Japanese origin in Canada (2016 Census)
30+
Japanese Canadian legal professionals, including lawyers, judges, articling students, paralegals and other legal professionals today
1993
the year that the first Japanese Canadian judge (and first woman of East Asian descent) was appointed to a Canadian court
Japanese Canadian Lawyers Association 