An event I started ten years ago, co-hosted once again by the organization I started five years ago.
Surrounded by all my favourite people in our bar and beyond – SO many strong women leaders.
We had 200 people registered today – probably the highest attendance ever!
All the speakers were fantastic – informative and entertaining.
Here are some souvenir photos of this remarkable event.
The higlight in mental health and criminal lawyers’ annual CPD calendar, we will be back again spring of 2023 for our 8th such joint venture.
Cheers to Organization to Organization Collaborations Such as that Between LAMDA and CLA here!
Chris Dobson, Mary Murphy and Charlena Claxton discuss FitnessJeff Marshman, Daniella Guido and Naomi Sayers address NCRCassandra DeMelo and Boris Bytensky unpack Minassian – the toughest NCR case everMaya Kotob, Emily Dixon, Sabrina Feldman, Nicola Circelli and Kelley Bryan talk about mental health justice workSarah Rankin, Carter Martell, Michelle Biddulph and Stehanie DiGiuseppe dissect Sullivan and Chan and R v Brown in the SCCI call this: Sarah, laughing.I call this: Me Laughing at Sarah’s JokesI just introduced her – Zoë Dodd delivered the Powerhouse Keynote: Patient Prisoners – the Problems with Mandated Drug Treatment
Thank you Cassandra DeMelo Carter MartellSarah RankinMaya Kotob Charlena Claxton Mary MurphyKelley Bryan Jeff Marshman Daniella Guido Naomi SayersJessyca Greenwood Emily Dixon Nicola C. Circelli Boris Bytensky @Michelle Biddulph Stephanie DiGiuseppe, Sabrina Feldman and our Keynoter, the incomparable Zoë Dodd!! Thank you as well of course to our co-host @Criminal Lawyers’ Association and Executive Director John Chagnon at Funnel – for their fabulous support every time.
• 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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