We are super lucky to have three extraordinary guests for our
“Who’re you gonna call – when your client is in crisis??”
A rare unique LAMDA AMA (Ask Me Anything)
Our featured speakers are:
Defence counsel extraordinary Stephanie DiGiuseppe & @Neha Chugh as well as forensic psychiatrist Dr. Mark Pearce
Moderated by:
Karen Heath
RUBY
SHILLER
ENENAJOR
DIGIUSEPPE
BARRISTERS
April 22, 5:30-7:30
100 Free spots total
We will open spots to CLA members as well as LAMDA members
First come first serve.
We will be discussing managing clients with mental health issues: i.e., when to disclose suicide/ self-harm / danger; when to seek a court ordered assessment, when to seek an NCR assessment, etc.
Also asking our experts anything.
Register by emailing your request to lamda.exec@gmail.com using this re:line
APRIL 22 LAMDA AMA
You will receive the Zoom link closer to the date of the event, once you’ve registered.
thank you
LAMDA TEAM
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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