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The Professionalism Panel

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Credits
Professionalism (Ethics, etc.): 0.75
45 minutes
Substantive: 0.25
15 minutes
Published
2022
Presenter(s)
Sean Bawden
Rosalind Conway
Teresa Donnelly
Deborah Palter
Karen Perron
William Woodward
Source
County of Carleton Law Association (CCLA)
Provider
CPDOnline.ca
Language
English
Length
1 hour
Price
$279.00 plus tax
CCLA Civil Litigation Conference

The effect of the change wrought by the pandemic (work/advocate from home) both generally and, more specifically, on women in the profession;

(b) ensuring competency in the work-from-home era and how mentoring plays a critical role in such competency;

(c) oral advocacy and the future of oral advocacy in the digital age, with a focus on ensuring competency and mentoring;

(d) retention, especially of women and younger lawyers (and young, women lawyers) and how to attract and retain new members to the bar, especially when the landscape has changed so dramatically; and .

(e) pay equity issues.

Presenters

Sean Bawden

Sean Bawden is a partner with the law firm of Kelly Santini LLP. He was called to the bar in 2008 and practices in the areas of employment law and civil litigation. He has also taught Trial Advocacy for Paralegals and Small Claims Court Practice at Algonquin College. He is the author of the employment law blog Labour Pains www.ottawaemploymentlaw.com. His twitter handle is @SeanBawden.

Rosalind Conway

Rosalind Conway is a certified specialist in criminal law. She graduated from the University of Toronto Law School, worked as an Assistant Crown Attorney, and is in private practice in Ottawa. She also works part-time as a Deputy Judge in the Ottawa Small Claims Court. Rosalind is a long-time Trustee of the County of Carleton Law Association, and a past president of the Defence Counsel Association of Ottawa and the Bora Laskin Law Society.

Teresa Donnelly

Teresa Donnelly has been a lawyer with the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General since 1994. As a Crown, Teresa has been dedicated to prosecutions involving violence against women and children – both domestic violence and sexual violence. As the West Region Sexual Violence Crown with the Ministry’s Sexual Violence Advisory Group, she is one of 7 full-time prosecutors in Ontario dedicated to enhancing the quality of sexual violence prosecutions and the victim’s experience in the criminal justice system. In addition, Teresa was elected as a Bencher with the Law Society of Ontario in 2015 and 2019. She was elected the Treasurer or President of the Law Society of Ontario from June 2020-June 2022. Teresa was the fifth woman Treasurer in the 223 year history of the Law Society of Ontario. As Treasurer her focus included the mental health of legal practitioners,
EDI, women in law, reconciliation, the competence and ethical responsibilities of lawyers and paralegals, and the important role that paralegals play in access to justice in Ontario. Teresa is the President of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada and a faculty member of the National Criminal Law Program where she has presented on various topics including dangerous offenders, sexual violence, human trafficking, and ethics. With Beth Beattie, LSM, she co-Chairs the Law Society of Ontario’s Mental Health Summit that reaches thousands of legal practitioners each year. She is also the President of the South West Region Women’s Law Association in Ontario. A member of the Advocates Society and the Huron Law Association In June 2024, Teresa received an honorary Doctor of Laws from the Law Society of Ontario

Deborah Palter

Deborah is President of The Advocates’ Society.  Her litigation practice focuses on the resolution and determination of complicated business disputes.  Deborah routinely advises and represents corporations, financial institutions and individuals on cases involving complex commercial agreements, director and officer liability, banking litigation, commercial real estate disputes, fraud claims, shareholder and partnership disputes and securities-related issues. She regularly appears as counsel in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) and in the negotiation, mediation and private arbitration of commercial disputes.  She is recognized as a leading lawyer by The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Litigation – Corporate Commercial), Best Lawyers in Canada (Corporate and Commercial Litigation) and Benchmark Canada.

Deborah sat on the Commercial List Users' Committee (2015-2019) and is a frequent speaker, moderator and skills trainer at Continuing Legal Education (CLE) programs.

Karen Perron

Karen Perron is a Partner in the Ottawa office of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. She was called to the Ontario Bar in 2004. Her practice focuses on commercial litigation and encompasses banking litigation, bankruptcy and insolvency litigation and directors’ and officers’ liability. She is fully bilingual and has appeared before numerous courts in Ontario including in complex commercial disputes before the Commercial List sittings in Toronto. Karen regularly volunteers at Pro Bono Ontario’s Law Help Centre in the Ottawa courthouse. She also enjoys being active in the legal community, including in her role as the 2nd Vice-President of the Ontario Bar Association.

William Woodward