Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
Last month, I was one of three panelists who spoke to more than 1,000 Ontario family law lawyers at their annual conference. Our topic was “Self- care and vicarious resilience for lawyers managing cases involving intimate partner violence.” I focused Continue reading Helping lawyers learn part one
There are many reasons – too many to count – not to vote for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party in this spring’s federal election. Many of them can be found in and between the lines of the Conservative Party of Canada’s Continue reading No to shared parenting
By mid-March, I’m done with winter. In particular, I’m done with the lack of colour in my surroundings. The crisp whiteness of once freshly fallen snow that seemed so beautiful when it covered up the sins of the fall has Continue reading Spring . . .
Cause lawyering, as I learned when I was asked to speak at a University of Toronto Faculty of Law conference on this topic, is lawyering for the greater good. You could think of it as social justice lawyering. I was Continue reading Cause lawyering