This really was a fabulous event. Personally, I had so much fun. There is NO recording of it and that was definitely for the best. A candid and very helpful conversation on what to do in challenging circumstances in Court. Hopefully helpful to our younger colleagues but also to everyone in that it was minimally cathartic to have this important dialogue.
The materials for the event are all available including my Tip Sheet from your Auntie-In-Law Anita contained within my blog post here:
What a beautiful, amazing group of women turned up to be part of this unique event!
Thanks to all who came and congrats to Rebecca Ye and Nicole Nuttall who won our books!!
Also profound gratitude to Dananna Hawes of Emond and Hayley Dilazzaro of LexisNexis Canada for generously donating one volume of Danielle’s Sentencing: Principles and Practice and my LMHC: Cases and Materials as door-prizes for this event. Their support means a lot to us and to WiCCD!
• 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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