LAMDA & CLOC CO-HOST Second ADVOCACY CONFERENCE WITH SIX JUSTICES OF THE ONCA JAN 27 2022 including the CHIEF & ASSOCIATE CHIEF Justices of Ontario

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Anita Szigeti

WE ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING A WAIT-LIST FOR CRIMINAL APPELLATE DEFENCE COUNSEL AND JUNIOR LAWYERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DOING APPEALS

THIS IS THE SECOND SUCH ADVOCACY EVENT LAMDA & CLOC HAVE CO-HOSTED

IN 2021 WE FOCUSED ON ZOOM ADVOCACY – THIS YEAR’S TOPIC IS “TRANSITIONS”

We are very much looking forward to this bright spot in an otherwise hugely stressful time.

Please join us if you can – contact us at lamda.exec@gmail.com to be added to the waitlist.

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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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