This past week, three representatives from Claudia & Partners Legal Services (CPLS) participated in two events organized by the University of Iceland.
On February 11th, Þorgeir Helgason, lawyer, participated in an English spoken panel discussion at the 2026 Equality Days named Why Should I Even Learn This Language? The panel focused on the advantages, opportunities and challenges of learning Icelandic today. The discussions were followed by a Q&A section.
The event was organized by the organization Huldumál and the UI Equal Rights Committee and Þorgeir’s address focused on how the rights and opportunities of immigrants in Iceland have been restricted in various ways in recent years. Also on the panel were Juan Camilo Roman Estada (not pictured) and Stefanie Bade, employees of the University of Iceland, Juan José Colorado Valencia, a student at the UI and chairman of Huldumál and Sali Saleh, a specialist at the Multicultural Information Centre of the Directorate of Labour.
At noon today, Anna Manning, lawyer and Auður Tinna Aðalbjarnardóttir, attorney, participated in the 2026 UI Career Days event Have a Seat. Over a dozen people from the Icelandic labour market were present to moderate roundtable discussions with students, both in Icelandic and English. The discussions aimed to provide good advice on how to find your footing in the job market. The organizers’ goals were to offer a comfortable atmosphere and encourage conversations and networking – which was a success.
Community involvement is an important pillar of CPLS’s work and the firm will participate in more events of this kind in the near future.
Photos above: Kristinn Ingvarsson and Jónína Ó. Kárdal.