Honoured to be the inaugural guest in this great series. It will feature women and gender non-conforming lawyers in Canadian criminal defence who have forged their own path and attained successes. All sub-specialists in areas within the criminal law.
It was a lot of FUN to speak with WiCCD’s Education Director about my career in mental health justice.
It’s a short video – just over 20 minutes – Thanks for tuning in!
Now available on WiCCD’s YouTube channel here:
Anita Szigeti (Inaugural Guest) and Maya Shukairy (Host) Find Your Niche Series Episode 1 June 2022
• 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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