J.P. Rodrigues interviews members of WiCCD’s Executives
Amanda Ross (Ontario VP), Tonya Kent (Membership and Diversity co-Chair), Kyla Lee (British Columbia VP), Sweta Tejpal (Assistant Secretary) and Hamna Anwar (Membership and Diversity Co-Chair) appeared on JP Rodrigues’ show Justice in Pieces.
They discuss benefits of WiCCD membership, the challenges and rewards of being a woman or gender diverse lawyer in criminal defence and more!
Watch the episode for a heart-warming take on our organization and to learn more.
• 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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