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More Good News for Law and Mental Health in Canada: Cases and Materials – It’s About to Ship Out in Print!!

Posted on December 13, 2022 by Anita Szigeti

We are anticipating delivery of our author copies in just about two weeks – with goose-bumpy excitement. Our Product Page has been updated so you can now see Full Author Bios for all our Wonderful Contributing Authors and some excerpts … Continue reading →

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Call for Participants in Survey re: Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault in Canadian Criminal Defence

Posted on December 13, 2022 by Anita Szigeti

I am conducting some research regarding the incidence of sexual harassment and sexual assault in the practice of criminal defence including law students studying in the area. The first stage of this study is restricted to those who identify as … Continue reading →

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Preliminary Survey Results – Sexual Harassment and Assault of Women Law Students and Lawyers in Criminal Defence – Canada – December 10-13 2022

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Anita Szigeti

I am conducting an anonymous and confidential survey of women and gender diverse criminal defence lawyers in Canada. The survey was launched on December 10, 2022 and that’s the date of the first version of this post. The post has … Continue reading →

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Update on Launch of Law and Mental Health in Canada: Cases and Materials by Anita and Ruby, LexisNexis

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Anita Szigeti

Our beautiful book is now officially launched – in part – student e-Books have been published! If you’re a law student, you can now purchase the Student e-Book version of this book, which is priced lower than the print volume. … Continue reading →

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Why 55,000 lawyers need five trees – The Lawyer’s Daily December 5, 2022

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Anita Szigeti

This article was originally published by The Lawyer’s Daily, (www.thelawyersdaily.ca) a division of LexisNexis Canada. You can read the full article here: https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/42047/-why-55-000-lawyers-need-five-trees Why 55,000 lawyers need five trees Monday, December 05, 2022 @ 3:13 PM | By Anita Szigeti … Continue reading →

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Anita’s Advocacy in Anna Mehler Paperny’s Book: Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person

Posted on November 24, 2022 by Anita Szigeti

I was looking for something else by googling my own name and this was one of the first things that came up here: https://dokumen.pub/hello-i-want-to-die-please-fix-me-depression-in-the-first-person-9781615194926-9781615196739.html I’ve bolded my favourite parts: Anita Szigeti’s name strikes fear in the hearts of people who … Continue reading →

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YATIM INQUEST TO START ON NOVEMBER 14, 2022 IS POSTPONED -Media Coverage & Excerpts

Posted on November 24, 2022 by Anita Szigeti

Initial Media Coverage on the Unexpected Postponement of the Inquest on November 14, 2022 CBC IN FRENCH: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1928421/yatim-tramway-mort-crise-police-sante-mentale-coroner-formation-desescalade-violence CBC IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION FROM THE FRENCH: THE SAXON NOV 14 2022 CTV https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/coroner-s-inquest-into-fatal-shooting-of-teen-by-toronto-police-postponed-1.6151651 CBC https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/sammy-yatim-shooting-death-inquest-1.6647147 THE TORONTO STAR https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/11/11/coroners-inquest-into-fatal-shooting-of-sammy-yatim-by-toronto-police-begins-monday.html GLOBAL MEDIA … Continue reading →

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WiCCD and WLMP co-host Speed Mentoring Event Nov 10 2022

Posted on November 11, 2022 by Anita Szigeti

Beautiful evening led by WiCCD’s co-chairs Hamna Anwar and Sana Sajid and WLMP’s Lila Mansour. What a warm, wonderful, inclusive and safe space for women at all stages of our career. Here is to many more collaborations between Women in … Continue reading →

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Law and Mental Health In Canada – Ruby and Me

Posted on November 9, 2022 by Anita Szigeti

I want to celebrate especially my co-Editor and co-Author on this latest book, Law and Mental Health in Canada: Cases and Materials. Ruby and I have been friends for something like 15 years when I first met her and she … Continue reading →

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WiCCD co-hosts Criminal Law Speed Mentoring Event jointly with WLMP on November 10 2022 6:30-7:30 (ET)

Posted on November 7, 2022 by Anita Szigeti

WiCCD is proud to work with the Women’s Legal Mentorship Program (WLMP) on this important event Meet WiCCD’s 13 amazing mentors here:

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