Looking for a new articling student to start early July – we offer a very high level litigation boutique law firm environment dedicated to mental health law, tribunal level administrative law and appellate litigation at all levels including the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Canada, Inquests and related fun stuff.
Contact our firm at anita@asabarristers.com with a copy to our associate maya@asabarristers.com and our legal assistant at leanne@asabarristers.com
Please send a cover letter, CV, writing sample, and transcripts (unofficial is fine) by 5 pm on Friday June 18, 2021 to all three email addresses.
Our firm welcomes applications from candidates in all equity-seeking groups, from internationally trained lawyers and in particular those with lived experience of mental health or addictions issues.
#mentalhealth #careers
To learn about Anita and the firm, listen to this podcast:
• 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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