{"id":8,"date":"2021-02-16T17:50:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T17:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spil-usp.ca\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:11:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:11:37","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spil-usp.ca\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO WE ARE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Who we are<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid alignfull column1-desktop-grid__span-6 column1-desktop-grid__start-4 column1-desktop-grid__row-1 column1-tablet-grid__span-8 column1-tablet-grid__row-1 column1-mobile-grid__span-4 column1-mobile-grid__row-1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid-column wp-block-jetpack-layout-grid__padding-none\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Serbian-Canadian Professionals in Law (SPIL) was founded in Toronto, Ontario in 2021. SPIL is an organization that connects law students, lawyers and other legal professionals of Serbian heritage. We have three major goals as an organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Networking and Professional Development<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SPIL connects law students, lawyers and other legal professionals of Serbian heritage with the aim of nurturing meaningful relationships and building a cohesive Serbian-Canadian  legal community. To this end, our aims and activities include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Creating and maintaining a comprehensive directory of Serbian-Canadian legal professionals<\/li><li>Generating referrals and other business for members of SPIL<\/li><li>Hosting networking events, CPD seminars, legal panels and other events<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Community Engagement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SPIL seeks to develop and promote the interests of the Serbian-Canadian legal community by providing mentorship to Serbian-Canadian law students throughout their studies and providing career development resources for articling students, law clerks, paralegals and other recent entries into the legal profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Philanthropy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SPIL will organize and participate in philanthropic events and other work dedicated to helping Serbs in need around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who we are Serbian-Canadian Professionals in Law (SPIL) was founded in Toronto, Ontario in 2021. SPIL is an organization that connects law students, lawyers and other legal professionals of Serbian heritage. We have three major goals as an organization. Networking&#x2026; <\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-container th-uppercase th-text-2xs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spil-usp.ca\/en\/about\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WHO WE ARE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100065226,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":null,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PcOPj1-8","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spil-usp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spil-usp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spil-usp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spil-usp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/100065226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spil-usp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/spil-usp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2610,"href":"https:\/\/spil-usp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/2610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spil-usp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}