The OBA Women Lawyers Forum (“WLF”) continues their 2020-2021 efforts to build inclusivity in the profession by hosting their very first Mentorship Week this January. The highlights of the Mentorship Week will be virtual speed mentoring sessions, a joint effort by the WLF and the Global Lawyers of Canada (“GLC”).
I will be a Mentor on January 26, 2021 for an evening of mentorship and learning. This will be an intimate virtual speed mentoring night aimed at developing licensing candidates, NCA students and young lawyers primarily in Ontario, but also across Canada. The program will run from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM.
I am really excited and honoured to be invited to participate in this wonderful opportunity.
• 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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