5th Annual CLA LAMDA Mental Disorder Conference GREAT FUN Feb 22 2020

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Anita Szigeti

We had a hilarious and informative day with LAMDA co-hosting yet another successful event with CLA at the helm. Mental Disorder and Criminal Law included a mock hearing I wrote that was just close enough to the real thing to be both hysterical and a little uncomfortable. So thankful for my cast of forensic psychiatrists and lawyers alike. Here are some pics from the day.

Keeping Up with the Justices: “The Latest and Greatest out of the Court of Appeal presented by the Greatest and Latest out of the Bar”
Worlds Colliding: Civil and Criminal Mental Health law Class in Mock ORB Hearing of Compos Mentis

Jill Presser and Danielle Robitaille – what a power house combination of amazing women and fabulous lawyers

Cassandra De Melo moderating a panel of Jennifer Chambers and Roy Wellington about Intersectionality of Mental Health Issues and Race

Post Conference Drinks at the Sheraton – I have never deserved a drink more!

Maya Kotob – my associate lawyer called to the bar late in 2018 is presenting and doing a beautiful job

The full nearly six hour video is actually available on the CLA’s YouTube channel – discovered here 3 1/2 years after the fact:

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About Anita Szigeti

• Called to the Bar (1992) • U of T Law grad (1990) • Sole practitioner (33 years) • Partner in small law firm (Hiltz Szigeti) 2002 - 2013 • Mom to two astonishing kids, Scarlett (20+) and Sebastian (20-) • (Founding) Chair of Mental Health Legal Committee for ten years (1997 to 2007) * Founding President of Law and Mental Disorder Association - LAMDA since 2017 * Founder and Secretary to Women in Canadian Criminal Defence - WiCCD - since 2022 • Counsel to clients with serious mental health issues before administrative tribunals and on appeals • Former Chair, current member of LAO’s mental health law advisory committee • Educator, lecturer, widely published author (including 5 text books on consent and capacity law, Canadian civil mental health law, the criminal law of mental disorder, a law school casebook and a massive Anthology on all things mental health and the law) • Thirty+ years’ experience as counsel to almost exclusively legally aided clients • Frequently appointed amicus curiae • Fearless advocate • Not entirely humourless
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