Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
November is my least favourite month. The increased darkness and cold and the loss of colour as leaves fall and flower gardens get put to bed are part of it, but mostly it’s knowing we are at the beginning of Continue reading Keeping despair at bay (part one)
Every fall, Luke’s Place, where I am the Legal Director, brings together Ontario’s Family Court Support Workers (FCSWs) for a two-day conference, preceded by a one-day training for workers hired in the previous year. It is a much-needed opportunity for Continue reading Bucking up
I don’t remember a time in my life when I didn’t read. Some of my earliest memories are of trips to the Victoria Public Library when I couldn’t have been much more than three years old. My parents were both Continue reading To fill up and live
This blog is adapted from an article originally published by The Lawyer’s Daily, part of LexisNexis Canada Inc. There is a lot of talk these days about people who make their way through what are often complex legal situations without Continue reading Self-reps or un-reps?