Reframing Mental Health Law Conference Ottawa – Oct 2-3 2025

Posted on October 5, 2025 by Anita Szigeti

My first real time doing anything meaningfully outside my house in six months and what a time it was.

A pleasure to present at this multidisciplinary conference with our co-author group on our work on Advancing Mental Health Law Through Litigation – The Role of Interveners in Mental Health Matters.

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Here we are, Dr. Ruby Dhand, Jennifer Chambers and me

Wonderful to spend some time with wonderful Ruby!

Some good eats and drinks as well to be sure

And lots of walking with one day getting me near 8000 steps, a post-op record!

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About Anita Szigeti

• 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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