Nearly every day now I get an email asking to meet for coffee to discuss my career path and let young lawyers or students know how I do what I do and my experiences getting here.
I am incredibly grateful for the interest and that it appears my name is out there and I am known as an expert to consult or someone whose door is always open anyway.
My door is open but I honestly can’t stand to talk about myself that much, nor do I have the time quite frankly to start from scratch.
There is also enough information about me and my work already in the public realm that it is widely available in a format that is much more user friendly than I am in real life!
I have therefore devised a standard template email that goes out in effect automatically in response to Coffee Chat requests for my time.
Here it is and now I can just refer writers or callers to this link!
HOPE THIS HELPS and I’ll LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING THOSE OF YOU WHO STILL HAVE QUESTIONS OR WANT TO KNOW MORE!
STANDARD EMAIL RE MENTAL HEALTH JUSTICE LITIGATION TO NEW LAWYERS INTERESTED IN MENTORING AND THE PRACTICE AREA
Thank you for reaching out and expressing an interest in mental health and the law.
Before we chat, I want to make you aware of a host of resources you can canvass to learn more.
My personal wordpress blog has a lot of information about the work here:
https://anitaszigeti.wordpress.com/
If you navigate through the site from the About page and the linktree here:
https://linktr.ee/anitaszigeti
You’ll find links to various podcasts and AMAs (Ask Me Anythings) including the recent WiCCD Podcast on YouTube about mental health law and recent LexisNexis podcast on Practising Mental Health Law, which should answer pretty well all your questions about what I do and our firm does and about mental health / mental disorder law.
You will also be taken to application avenues to some organizations I’ve started and maintain like LAMDA and WiCCD which also have linktrees and in total now have about 600 defence lawyers doing mental health or women in Canada practising criminal defence.
I encourage you to join either / both organizations if you’re not already a member.
Here are WiCCD and LAMDA’s linktrees
https://linktr.ee/LAMDA_CANADA
We also have a new book out that is specifically designed for law students and new lawyers about mental health and the law here:
There is a student digital copy available as well.
Here is the list of what’s out there supporting the book
Here are the links to the LexisNexis YouTube webinars and podcasts
WEBINARS
Administrative Tribunal Litigation and Mental Health
Crossroads of Bail, Sentencing and Indigenous clients
PODCASTS
Practising Mental Health Law
Ontario Coroner’s Inquests and Mental Health
Those are the basics in case you’re interested.
In terms of shadowing a CCB hearing, you can contact my staff including my legal assistant Leanne, one of our associate lawyers or your best bet, the students reachable at student@asabarristers.com or student2@asabarristers.com
Re: CCB work, there is this book as well
And this particular Webinar
Representing Clients with Matters Before the CCB. Practicing before the CCB Client Advocacy 1
Thanks very much,
Anita
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