This was an important and comprehensive presentation by Executive Director of the Empowerment Council, Jennifer Chambers – my long time cherished client and friend, and me.
The event was held by the HSJCC – The Human Services and Justice Coordinating Committee – whose name always escapes me but here it is now…….we were glad to be included in this important conference back in November of 2023.
Power Point eclipses our faces but we talk you through it all.
Well worth your time if you’re interested in issues within the forensic psychiatric system and the rights of patient / clients who are unfit or NCR under the Ontario Review Board’s jurisdiction.
• 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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