OBA Public Sector Lawyers PROGRAM | Original Program Date: June 8, 2021

Lawyers often face conflicts of interest within the field of legal practice requiring careful navigation. Public sector lawyers may find themselves in work environments with competing obligations, including those to an employer, cultural environment, legislative framework or to a professional licensing body. To whom do public sector lawyers have obligations, and what are those obligations? Join us to hear from our keynote speaker, Professor Elizabeth Sanderson, the author of “Government Lawyering: Duties and Ethical Challenges of Government Lawyers” (LexisNexis), as she discusses the legal and ethical framework that public sector lawyers work within. Following our keynote, panelists John Park and Jillian Siskind will discuss practical application of ensuring you are following your duty of candour, duty of loyalty, and competence in everyday practice.

PROGRAM CHAIRS

Margaret Drent, College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario
Rita Roy, Legal Aid Ontario

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Elizabeth Sanderson, University of Ottawa

PROGRAM SPEAKERS

John Park, Travel Industry Council of Ontario
Jillian Siskind, Jillian M. Siskind & Associates

AWARD RECIPIENT PAUL DUBé OMBUDSMAN ONTARIO This event will also include the presentation of the OBA Tom Marshall Award of Excellence for Public Sector Lawyers to Paul Dubé, Ombudsman of Ontario. We invite you to celebrate the accomplishments and achievements of our 2021 award recipient and all that he has contributed to our profession.