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Erin Durant on speaking up about mental health and the importance of sponsorship for women lawyers

          

Erin Durant is a litigator in Ottawa, Founder of Durant Barristers and was named one of Canadian Lawyer’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in 2022. For our CL Talk podcast, we spoke to her about her book It Burned Me All Down, where she wrote openly about her mental health struggles during the pandemic and argued for the need for better health and wellness in the legal profession. Durant will speak at Canadian Lawyer’s Women in Law summit in April, where she will be addressing the importance of mentoring and sponsorship.

Amanda Fowler on how she balances her sports law practice and legal role at Aviva Canada

Amanda Fowler on how she balances her sports law practice and legal role at Aviva Canada

Fowler will speak about empowering women in law at the Women in Law Summit in April

Joshua Lenon at Clio says Canadian lawyers are slow to adopt tech, but big changes are coming soon

Joshua Lenon at Clio says Canadian lawyers are slow to adopt tech, but big changes are coming soon

He spoke to the CL Talk podcast about how Clio usage data shows improvements in law firm operations

Radha Curpen at Bennett Jones LLP on how law firms should understand intersectionality

Radha Curpen at Bennett Jones LLP on how law firms should understand intersectionality

Curpen will speak about her experiences leading at her firm at the Women in Law Summit in April

Supreme Court of Nova Scotia Chief Justice Deborah Smith on the judiciary’s most pressing challenges

Supreme Court of Nova Scotia Chief Justice Deborah Smith on the judiciary’s most pressing challenges

Smith speaks about judicial independence and how to address the erosion of courtroom decorum

Linda Beairsto, president of MT Align at McCarthy Tétrault LLP, on flexible work and diversity

Linda Beairsto, president of MT Align at McCarthy Tétrault LLP, on flexible work and diversity

Beairsto will appear at Canadian Lawyer’s upcoming Women in Law Summit