Anita Szigeti Advocates is Hiring One or Two Articling Students – June and/or September 2022 Start Date – NEW Deadline: MONDAY JUNE 13 2022 at 5 pm

Looking for a new articling student to start in June and we are likely going to have a second position starting in September – we are aiming to make all hiring decisions now, so please apply for either position.

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 tanner@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 MONDAY JUNE 13, 2022 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:

https://robichaudlaw.ca/speaker/anita-szigeti-1/

Anita Szigeti: I am this person’s lawyer.

Here is a nice testimonial from one of our last 12 articling students, the wonderful Ankita Puri

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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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