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    YLD ABA Annual Meeting Schedule

    August 7-11, Toronto, Canada

    Annual Meeting Registration

    Registration is now open for the ABA Annual Meeting in Toronto. Hotel reservation links to the ABA housing block can be found in your meeting confirmation email.

    All YLD sessions will be held at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Canada. All times are Eastern Daylight Time. All events are tentative and subject to change.

    Check back at this page for event listings and updates.

    Thursday, August 7, 2025

    9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Law Student Competition Table

     

    9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
    Cosponsored Program: Northern Exposure: Understanding Competition and Consumer Protection Across the U.S.-Canada Border Enforcement, Legal Foundations, and Canada’s Major Reforms (Primary Sponsor: Antitrust)

     

    10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
    Cosponsored Program: Old Friends, Still Friends? A Look Ahead on U.S.-Canada Collaboration and Convergence in Competition, Innovation & AI (Primary Sponsor: Antitrust)

     

    11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Information Desk

     

    10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
    YLD First-timers Orientation

     

    11:00 AM to 4:00 p.m.
    Delegate Information Desk Elections & Assembly

     

    11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
    Council of State Bar Lawyer Leaders

     

    1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
    YLD Council Meeting and Lunch

     

    2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
    CLE Showcase: It’s a New World: The United States Supreme Court and Canadian Perspectives American Bar Association

     

    2:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
    Cosponsored Program: On Jury Unanimity, Peremptory Challenges, and Much More: The Updated ABA Principles for Jury Trials Judicial Division (Primary Sponsor: Judicial Division)

     

    3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
    Mother's Room

     

    3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Cosponsored Program: Children Who Never Came Home: US and Canada Responses to Native Boarding School Abuses (Primary Sponsor: State & Local Government)

     

    5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
    ABA and Canadian Reception

     

    7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
    Dine arounds

     

    Friday, August 8, 2025

    6:30 a.m. to 7:30 a.m.
    Motion to Move 5K

     

    8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Information Desk

     

    8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Delegate Information Desk Elections & Assembly

     

    9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    Law Student Competition Table

     

    10:45 am -11:45 a.m.
    Candidates Forum

     

    12:00 pm to 1:30 p.m.
    Keith Nelson Luncheon SCFAL (OYMLA Winner ceremony)

     

    1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
    Break (refreshments)

     

    1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
    YLD Assembly part 1

     

    6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
    YLD Fellows Annual Gala (TBD)

     

     

    Saturday, August 9, 2025

    8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
    Information Desk

     

    8:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
    Delegate Information Desk Elections & Assembly

     

    8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
    YLD Awards Networking Breakfast

     

    9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
    YLD Assembly part 2

     

    12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
    Fellows Board Meeting

     

    2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
    Long Range Planning Board

     

    7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
    President's Reception

     

    Sunday, August 6, 2025

    3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
    Caucus of Young Lawyer Delegates to the ABA House