On the Path to Equity for Women in Law

Apr. 29, 2022
Online

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DETAILS
ACCREDITATION

Speakers:	Rose Keith, Q.C., Associate Counsel, Harper Grey LLP Cheryl D’Sa, Chair, Law Society of BC Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee and Managing Partner, Narwal Litigation LLP Tamara Napoleon, Co-Lead and Principal, Indigenous Law Group, Miller Titerle
Co-Hosts:	Judge Renee Cochard, International Association of Women Judges Lisa Hamilton, Q.C., President, Law Society of BC and Partner, Hamilton Fabbro Lawyers Clare Jennings, CBABC President, Crown Counsel-Victoria
Time:	Friday, April 29, 2022 \| 12:30pm - 2:00pm (Pacific Time)
CPD Hours:	1.50 Hours of Approved Continuing Professional Development in BC. Attendance at this webinar will provide you with 1.5 hours of the ethics, professional responsibility and practice management component for your Law Society of BC reporting.

SYNOPSIS

Co-hosted by the International Association of Women Judges, CBABC and the Law Society of BC.

This virtual event highlights the progress women lawyers in BC have made on the path to equity. A diverse panel of women lawyers will talk about the challenges and triumphs they’ve experienced and share their tips for success.

Attendees will also discuss key topics in breakout rooms.

Please read the following material before the Roundatable:
On the Path to Equity for Women in Law

ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS

Rose Keith, Q.C. is associate counsel with Harper Grey. Her multi-faceted practice focuses on workplace law assisting both employers and employees, in a full range of issues including wrongful and constructive dismissals, human rights matters, workplace investigations, and policy and procedure developments. Rose is a skilled mediator and her broad subject matter expertise is used to help resolve disputes through mediation in other areas including wills and estates, personal injury, and breach of contract. She is well known across the province for her legal acumen and sound judgment. On top of maintaining a busy practice, Rose makes time for the causes she is passionate about both inside and outside of the legal community. Among other things, she is the chair of the CBABC’s Women Lawyers Forum, former president of the TLABC, author of the Employment Update and Mediation Moment columns for The Verdict, editorial board member of CIVJI, and a prolific Workplace Law blogger. She is passionate about initiatives supporting women most recently becoming an advisor and blogger with Life in Law, a support forum for women in law by women in law.

Cheryl S. D’Sa, Chair, Law Society of BC Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee and Managing Partner, Narwal Litigation LLP
Cheryl was called to the bar in 2008, is a mediator and currently the managing partner of Narwal Litigation LLP, a downtown Vancouver firm devoted to matters where liberty and reputation are at stake, particularly Canadian & international criminal defence, professional regulation and securities litigation.

First elected a Bencher in the May 2020 by-election, Cheryl is currently Chair of the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee and a member of the Credentials Committee and Mental Health Task Force. She is also a Bencher representative on the Board of the Continuing Legal Education Society and is the Bencher appointment to Justicia.

She is a former president of the Vancouver Bar Association and the first visible minority female to hold that role. She has held seats on several Canadian Bar Association committees, including the Business of Law and Automobile Committees, and was chair of the Solo & Small Firm Section. She has been an active volunteer in the legal profession and community: as a mentor for Allard Law first-year students, Women Lawyers Forum members and through Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers BC; and as a guest speaker for the CBA, BC Branch, the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia and the Advocates’ Society, among others.

Cheryl was named one of the Top Forty Under 40 by Business in Vancouver in 2019 and in 2021 was awarded an Excellence Award in the category of Female Trailblazer of the Year by Canadian Lawyer Magazine’s Canadian Law Awards.

Tamara Napoleon, Co-Lead and Principal, Indigenous Law Group, Miller Titerle
Tamara is a member of Saulteau First Nations and among a handful of Indigenous female solicitors in Canada. Her vision and initiative is focused in her identification of Indigenous law as an instrument of change for not only empowering Indigenous peoples but returning Indigenous women to their respected place of equality, respect, and prestige in their communities.

Tamara is a well-established advisor focusing on Indigenous economic development, corporate structuring, Indigenous governance, and natural resource stewardship. Tamara’s practice involves negotiations with resource companies and government-to-government negotiations with both levels of Crown, drafting and advising on a range of project agreements and reconciliation agreements. Throughout her work, it remains an important objective that the legal orders of the Indigenous clients she serves are fundamentally integrated and upheld.

Tamara shares her skills with the BC Cancer Foundation, the Victoria Foundation and her own Nation’s economic development corporation, Mistahiya Development Corp. She is also a former Vice President of Aboriginal Mothers’ Centre Society, director of Vancouver Native Health Society and Governor of The Justice Institute of BC.

Tamara is a 2020 Lexpert Rising Star, Leading Lawyers under 40, a recipient of UVic Distinguished Alumni Award in 2018 and a nominee for the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards in 2017.

ABOUT OUR CO-HOSTS

Judge Renee Cochard, International Association of Women Judges
The Honourable Judge Renee R. Cochard of the Provincial Court of Alberta serves on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Chapter of the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ), and is a member of the IAWJ’s Projects Committee. She was instrumental in the opening of two specialty courts in Edmonton: The Mental Health Court in 2018, and The Edmonton Indigenous Court in 2021. Prior to joining the Bench, Judge Cochard practiced family law in Edmonton, Alberta. She was called to the Bar in 1979 and holds an LLM in Alternative Dispute Resolution from York University.

Lisa Hamilton, Q.C., President, Law Society of BC and Partner, Hamilton Fabbro Lawyers
Lisa Hamilton, QC, is a partner of Hamilton Fabbro, a family law firm. She attended UBC (psychology) and UVic (law), and was called to the bar in 1995. She is a family law lawyer, mediator and arbitrator. Her firm was recently recognized by the Globe and Mail as one of Canada’s top 200 law firms. Lisa is recognized by Doyle’s Guide as a preeminent leading lawyer for family law. Lisa has been a Bencher of the Law Society of BC since 2016 and is President for 2022. She has 3 sons, a daughter and a stepdaughter.

Clare Jennings, CBABC President, Crown Counsel-Victoria
President of the CBABC, Clare Jennings is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Victoria. Clare has been a provincial Crown Counsel in Victoria and Colwood since her call to the Bar in 2008. As a Victoria based practitioner, she has been involved with the Victoria Law Day committee for 10 years; was the chair for 4 years, and now primarily focuses her energies on writing the annual Fairy Tale Trial script. She has been on the executive of the CBABC Criminal Justice - Victoria Section for 6 years, and has also been involved with various CBABC Council Committees, including Access to Justice, Sections Standing Committee, REAL Advisory Board, and the regional Law Week Committee. She has been a member of the Executive Committee of the CBABC since September 2018, first as an Officer and currently as Secretary-Treasurer.

Outside of her dedicated commitment to the CBA, Clare has taught at PLTC and guest-lectured and guest-judged at the University of Victoria. She has been a member of the Human Research Ethics Board at the University of Victoria for the past 6 years; has been the Co-Coach of the McIntyre Moot team at the University of Victoria for the past 5 years; is member of the Atomic Vaudeville Theatre Society Board; and is a member of the Victoria Bar Association.

ACKNOWLEDGING FIRST NATIONS TERRITORIES

This webinar is hosted by the Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch, located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam First Nations. We encourage our members to explore the rich history and knowledge of Indigenous people, and to continue learning about their experience in Canada, past and present.

TECHNICAL INSTRUCTIONS

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