Anita Szigeti (@pouchbaby)

Celebrating International Women’s Day – March 8 2026 WiCCD participated as a partner organization this year, once again, in the Law Society of Ontario’s International Women’s Day Program with President Cassandra DeMelo providing some clos…

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Law Society of Ontario has released the Financial Disclosure Sought by my motion to the AGM in Sept 2025 — LSO Licensee Update Feb 26, 2026 It’s not often I find unexpected good news in the Licensee Update emails our Law Society distributes to us, but today was that day. Buried in an email to all licensees received this evening, …

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We DID IT!! – WiCCD reaches 800 members strength – Feb 21 2026 We welcome Hamilton licensed paralegal Samantha Yalda to WiCCD. Samatha wins an Emond criminal law text of her choice to mark this special milestone for WiCCD. Congrats and welcome Samantha! F…

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Women in Canadian Criminal Defence – WiCCD’s Spring 2026 Membership Drive to get us to 800 Members is on!! JOIN US! We have a wonderful gift for Member number 800!JOINING Women in Canadian Criminal Defence (WiCCD) – pronounced « WiCKED »If you’re a woman or gender diverse lawyer practising in crim…

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JOIN US! JOINING Women in Canadian Criminal Defence (WiCCD) - pronounced « WiCKED » If you’re a woman or gender diverse lawyer practising in criminal defence, paralegal or a law student interested… ... JOIN US! JOINING Women in Canadian Criminal Defence (WiCCD) - pronounced « WiCKED » If you’re a woman or gender diverse lawyer practising in criminal defence, paralegal or a law student interested i...

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R v. Korduner – WiCCD’s First intervention in the SCC!! – Feb 17 2026 A seemingly countless parade of male lawyers before us, but with one other woman representing the Saskatchewan AG, Kyla Lee represented WiCCD last, and was the only woman presenting for the defence…

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Women in Canadian Criminal Defence (WiCCD) makes our first appearance as an intervener in the Supreme Court of Canada! — Feb 17 2026 Tomorrow morning Women In Canadian Criminal Defence makes our first appearance in the Supreme Court of Canada | Cour suprême du Canada intervening on a driving law case.Not bad for an organization …

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LAMDA’s now Open Letter to our Attorney General and Treasurer of the Law Society – regarding Oshawa Courthouse incident of Jan 23 2026 One week ago today, on Thursday, February 5, 2026, the Law and Mental Disorder Association wrote to Ontario’s Attorney General Doug Downey, Deputy Attorney General Randy Schwartz and the Trea…

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WiCCD Celebrates 4th Anniversary with A Fireside Chat with Justices Pemberton and Woodley of the OCJ – Feb 12 2026 What a wonderful, warm evening celebrating the start of our 5th year in operation as WiCCD in Canadian Criminal Defence. Big shout-out to WiCCD Exec member Sweta Tejpal for co-ordinating and hostin…

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She Cares # 51 - NCR Appeals and Best Practice Tips with Erin Dann and Carter Martell YouTube video by WiCCD - Women In Canadian Criminal Defence

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WiCCD Celebrates 4th Birthday with Judicial Keynote and a (virtual) Fireside Chat on Feb 12 2026 Women In Canadian Criminal Defence is celebrating our 4th birthday on Feb 12 2026 and we are honoured to host Justice Shauna Pemberton and Justice Alayna Janai Vivienne Woodley as our Keynote speak…

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WiCCD Announces The 2025 Winners of WiCCD Women and WiCCD Ally awards – Oct 29 2025 Congratulations to WiCCD Women 2025 Winners – Maija Martin and Connie D’Angelo. And to Emond Publishing’s Danann Hawes, recipient of the WiCCD Ally Award for 2025. For the first t…

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Tools and Resources for Criminal Defence and Awards Ceremony 2025 YouTube video by WiCCD - Women In Canadian Criminal Defence

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30.10.2025 01:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The sisterhood of “gender sellouts” in criminal law: Anita Szigeti, Hamna Anwar and Kyla Lee | Verdicts and Voices Three criminal defence lawyers discuss the obstacles they’ve faced as women in their field, and the community they’ve built to overcome them.

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15.10.2025 18:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“The Sisterhood of Gender Sellouts” – CBA’s Verdicts and Voices Podcast hosted by Alison Crawford features WiCCD’s Executive members discussing Women in Criminal Defence – Oct 15 2025 WiCCD’s Executive members Hamna Anwar, Kyla Lee and I participated in this important conversation about the particular challenges faced by women in criminal defence, including implicit gender…

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I object to this man’s job 🧑🏻‍⚖️🤪🤣 | Gianmarco Soresi | Stand Up Comedy Crowd Work YouTube video by Gianmarco Soresi

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14.10.2025 11:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Channeling all the luck

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“Home Care” in Ontario means “Clinic at the Hospital” “Care” and it’s gonna cost you if you’d like to live This was my previous post about my earliest exposure to “Home Care” in Ontario. It references an even earlier post about my experiences as an inpatient at one of Toronto’s busiest…

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25.09.2025 13:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Bittersweet September 24 arrives again this year – 33 years at the Bar, 14 years since I lost my Dad First, it’s Rosh Hashanah so a time for reflection and hope for the year to come. May it be sweet and peaceful somehow for us all. May there be less horror in the world if there cannot be non…

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Introduction of the Motion at the LSO AGM – thwarted by tech issues that silenced most people seeking to speak I had no earlier intention of publishing my planned Statement to the Law Society’s Annual General Meeting but it was open to the public to observe and licensees should have been able to speak…

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19.09.2025 00:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Electronic Access through LexisNexis+ to All my books I’m enormously proud of the little library of Mental Health Law that I have had the privilege to co-author with some amazing friends and colleagues who joined me as Co-Authors or General Edit…

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18.09.2025 09:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Justice in Pieces Guest Speaker Series: Women in Canadian Criminal Defence (WICCD) YouTube video by J.P. Rodrigues

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06.09.2025 16:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

ANITA SZIGETI MOTION TO THE LSO YouTube video by LAW BREAK

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06.09.2025 16:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Who Cares? Episode #49 about Fitness and NCR - Bharwani in the SCC YouTube video by WiCCD - Women In Canadian Criminal Defence

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09.08.2025 20:17 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Law Society of Ontario Motion to be brought at the AGM on September 18 2025 regarding CEO Salary Scandal (the CEOSS) ** UPDATED EDIT – AUGUST 9 2025 The Blog Entry below was posted as the DRAFT Motion was circulated for signatures in accordance with the Rules for Motions to be brought at the next LSO AGM&#8…

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In Praise of “Legal Aid Lawyers” — June 22 2025 The other day one of our clients refused our services because we were “legal aid lawyers”. When the tribunal was informed that we had been discharged, they appointed him a lawyer throug…

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22.06.2025 16:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Video Recording of our Review Board Law Panel – WiCCD and LAMDA’s Mental Disorder Law Conference April 26 2025 This panel discussion is now released on WiCCD’s Youtube. Caveat re this panel – I had two operations in the week leading up to this event and was heavily medicated during the day of &#…

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Video Recording of our Review Board Law Panel – WiCCD and LAMDA’s Mental Disorder Law Conference April 26 2025 This panel discussion is now released on WiCCD’s Youtube. Caveat re this panel – I had two operations in the week leading up to this event and was heavily medicated during the day of &#…

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22.06.2025 16:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

WiCCD & LAMDA Mental Health Law Conference: Panel 4 -- The Law of NCR YouTube video by WiCCD - Women In Canadian Criminal Defence

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08.06.2025 12:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Common pitfalls in tribunal adjudication of mental health matters, part two: Potential solutions – Law360 May 29 2025 This is Part Two of the same series in which I unpack the concerns expressed by reviewing courts about Ontario’s mental health tribunals and offer some potential solutions. For the first part…

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