What’s On the Agenda in Coming months: Mooting and Mentorship Programs, Inquests, Supreme Court interventions and New Volumes of CAMHL Writing, Editing, Publishing are Next up! – New Content on my CV

Posted on October 4, 2026 by Anita Szigeti

It’s been too long since I’ve had a chance to update my CV.

The last year and a half has been challenging and in some ways this will now be the new normal.

That said, I have somehow, in many ways against the odds, managed to get a lot done.

Litigating the rights of long-term secluded patients at Waypoint has been a massive undertaking and the focus of many hundreds of hours of my work throughout 2026. Chronicled in the Star here:

Jacques Gallant and the Toronto Star’s Four Part Series “20 Years in Isolation” Examining Long-Term Seclusion at Waypoint – April 23 – 28, 2026 and Twelve Follow-up Pieces (So Far) Apr 29 – September 24, 2026 + One Opinion Piece (June 4, 2026)

Then of course, there was THIS beautiful day that took weeks to dream up, plan and pull off!

The WiCCD Inaugural EMOAT – Intervention Moot, Oct 3, 2026

Heading into October of 2026 the next six to twelve months feature mooting and mentorship programs, inquests, Supreme Court interventions and a huge amount of writing and editing of new textbooks.

It’s going to be an intense period of seriously intellectually demanding and physically and emotionally taxing work as well. I’m going to do my best to try to manage my health better throughout where I can.

Here are some new things on the updated CV and where you can find further details if you’re interested.

Anita Szigeti CV – October 2026

Women in Canadian Criminal Defence (WiCCD)’s Experiential Mentorship in Oral Advocacy Training Program (EMOAT) on Interventions

Program Founder, Director and Organizer – October 2026 – (ongoing)

  • Women in Canadian Criminal Defence hosts a barrier-free accessible program for its own junior members, including lawyers, law students, and licensed paralegals to receive intensive mentorship from experienced senior counsel in preparing to argue a mock intervention in an apex court and then arguing the appeal in the virtual Supreme Court of WiCCD
  • This unique program brings together defence counsel mentored by senior members of WiCCD, Crown attorneys and counsel to courts and tribunals in the criminal bar and offers feedback from Judges of all levels of Canadian Courts and a select small group of highly respected practitioners from the Supreme Court of Canada’s intervention bar on moot day
  • As the founder and director of this unique program, and chair of the organizing committee, set up the logistics of the program and created the template processes for application to the program, selection of participants and the moot problem and oversaw all aspects of the program to ensure its success both leading up to and on moot day

Canadian Anthology on Mental Health and the Law, Volumes 2 and 3 (General co-Editor and co-Author with Dr. Ruby Dhand, Dena Bonnet and Justice Jill R. Presser) — (forthcoming)

  • Textbooks, LexisNexis Canada – anticipated publication dates 2027 and 2028
  • Two additional New Collections of 70 chapters contributed by 70 coauthors expert in the intersection of mental health and the law in Canada, including Judges, Crown attorneys, law professors, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals, family members and persons living with serious mental health issues, among others – an advanced text on mental health law with comprehensive analysis on narrowly defined topics in each chapter, with a broad reach covering all aspects of mental health and the law
  • TEACHING AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS COMING UP

  • Program Co-Director Mental Health Intensive, with Dr. Ruby Dhand, Osgoode Professional Development Company, February 18-20, 2027
  • Organizing Committee Member, “Court of Appeal for Ontario’s Rosenberg Mentorship Moot”, Court of Appeal for Ontario, January 30, 2027
  • Instructor, “Fitness, NCR, Amicus Curiae and Other Hot Button Topics in Forensic Psychiatry and the Law”, Presentation to Forensic Psychiatry Program, St. Joseph’s Health Care, West 5th Campus, Hamilton, November 11, 2026
  • Speaker, “Perspectives Panel: Mental Health and the Law” Certificate Program in Mental Health Law, Osgoode Professional Development, October 21, 2026
  • Speaker, “Appellate Considerations of Decisions of the Ontario Review Board,” Certificate Program in Mental Health Law, Osgoode Professional Development, October 21, 2026 
  • Speaker, “Mental Health Law Related Coroner’s Inquests,” Certificate Program in Mental Health Law, Osgoode Professional Development, October 14, 2026

For what’s been going on throughout 2026 up to now the fuller version of the Updated CV is always here

Anita Szigeti Curriculum Vitae – Current – Versions
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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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