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ADVOCACY MATTERS
The Advocates’ Society
SUMMER 2022

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CONTENTS
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Chair Chat
Chloe Snider, Dentons LLP
Word to the Wise: Mentorship at Mixers
Megan Keenberg and Katherine Chau, Van Kralingen & Keenberg LLP
The Wrong Stuff Revisited
Tamara Ramsey, Dale & Lessmann LLP
Ottawa Advocates Welcome the Return of
In-Person Events
Zoe Oxaal, Department of Justice
Interview with Peter W. Kryworuk
Michelle Alton
End of Term 2022
Miranda Spence, Aird & Berlis LLP
Editor: Tamara Ramsey, Dale & Lessmann LLP, and Megan Keenberg,Van Kralingen & Keenberg LLP
The opinions expressed by individual authors are their own and do not necessarily reflect the policies of The Advocates’ Society.
Advocacy Matters Editorial Team: Michelle Alton, Daniel Baum, Langlois Avocats, Megan Keenberg, Van Kralingen & Keenberg LLP, Ayesha Laldin, Department of Justice
Canada, Ontario Regional Office, Zoe Oxaal, Department of Justice, Canada, Civil Litigation Section, Miranda Spence, Aird & Berlis LLP, and Christine Vanderschoot, Vanderschoot
Family Law
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CHAIR CHAT
Chair Chat
Chloe Snider, Dentons LLP
Welcome to the 2022-2023 Advocates’ Society
term. I am excited to be this year’s chair of the
10+ Standing Committee, whose mandate is to
provide programming and community for midcareer
advocates. I am especially grateful that we
can plan in-person events “for real” this year.
We have begun our planning for the term.
We discussed issues facing mid-career advocates,
who are juggling home commitments
(including both elderly parents and young children)
and growing practices. We brainstormed
how our committee can create more programming
and content to support our demographic
and contribute to the bar more broadly. In that
context, we discussed the importance to the
profession (and to us) of mentoring, civility and
diversity & inclusion. We are looking forward to
working on these issues in the coming year. If
you have ideas about how we can further these
objectives, please feel free to reach out to me at
chloe.snider@dentons.com.
In this issue, Michelle Alton interviews TAS
president Peter Kryworuk. Peter tells us what
TAS means to him. It means everything. I find
this particularly poignant as I take on the reins
of the 10+ Standing Committee of TAS – an or-
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ganization that has also meant so much to
me. Peter also shares with us his vision for
his term as president. It’s all about mentorship.
There can be no question about the importance
of mentorship in the life of an advocate.
As mid-career advocates, we have a
significant role in mentoring generally and in
TAS’s mentoring initiatives.
Speaking of mentoring, in this issue’s “Word
to the Wise,” we hear from Megan Keenberg
and Katherine Chau about mentoring for
networking events. This is a very topical refresher
on how to help mentees make the
most of in-person social events. Megan and
Katherine walk us from game plan through
follow-up. A must-read. Megan has also become
the new Deputy Editor for Advocacy
Matters. Welcome (and thank you!), Megan.
We also hear from Tamara Ramsey in “The
Wrong Stuff Revisited.” Great satire on filing
incomprehensible, unliked factums. After
reading this piece, you’ll know everything
there is to know about how to create a user-unfriendly
factum. Who needs hyperlinks
anyway?
Finally, we have two reports on “actual” in-person
events. Zoe Oxaal reports on some in-person
events in Ottawa, two of which celebrated
outstanding advocates: the Honourable Rosalie
Silberman Abella and Richard (Rick) Dearden.
Miranda Spence, Cynthia Spry, Nadia Chiesa
and Jennifer Brevorka provide a roundtable report
on TAS’s End of Term Dinner, where over
a thousand of your nearest and dearest colleagues
gathered in Toronto to celebrate being
together again. While seeing so many people
felt overwhelming at first, it was great to meet
in person. There is a lot to celebrate and look
forward to as we return to our IRL community
of advocates. I’d like to say a special thank you
our outgoing chair, Emily Lawrence, for steering
us through another pandemic year, and to our
vice-chair, Steven Frankel, and secretary, Sonu
Dhanju-Dhillon, for your help this year. And of
course, thank you to the Advocacy Matters team
for the interesting and timely content, as always.
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Fall Forum 2022:
The
Connected
Advocate
October 21 & 22, 2022
Blue Mountain Resort
Village Conference Centre
242 Jozo Weider Blvd Blue Mountains, ON
The Advocates’ Society, in conjunction with
the Young Advocates’ Standing Committee,
is pleased to present Ontario’s premier CLE
and networking conference for lawyers one
to ten years in practice – returning to an inperson
format for the first time since 2018!
This Fall, we will make up for lost time and will
explore strategies for advocates to reconnect,
sharpen their advocacy skills, and seek out
mentorship opportunities in today’s
ever-evolving legal landscape.
To learn more visit www.advocates.ca
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MENTORING
Word to the Wise:
Mentorship at Mixers
Megan Keenberg, Van Kralingen & Keenberg
LLP, and Katherine Chau, Van Kralingen &
Keenberg LLP,
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Game Plan.
The Advocates’ Society’s End of Term 2022 marked a welcome return to in-person
gatherings after a lengthy period of Zoom parties. In-person networking
events provide mentors with a unique and underutilized opportunity to showcase,
champion and support our mentees. The opportunity is not just to introduce
our mentees to our own networks, but also to help our mentees foster
their own style of networking with a safety net in place. In our five years of working
together at V|K, Katherine Chau and I have co-piloted many a cocktail party.
Here, we share our top five tips for upping your mentorship game at a mixer.
Identify events that might interest your mentee and bring them as your plus one, or better yet, get
them on the list. Talk about your respective social styles and levels of comfort with schmoozing.
Put together a game plan based on your mentee’s schmooze style and comfort level, and the 5 Ws
of any given event (Who, What, Where, When and, Why). Discuss who is likely to be in attendance,
who each of you would like to meet, who is the organizer/host, who are the speakers (if any) or
award recipients (if any), what is the appropriate attire, what cause is being supported, the location
of the event, and its timing. If your mentee is unlikely to have many existing contacts among
the attendees, plan to arrive together and spend more time circulating as a duo.
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2.
Practical tips.
Provide your mentees with the
practical tips and tricks that you had
to learn the hard way, for example:
a. Hold your drink in your left hand,
so that your right hand remains
dry and warm for handshakes;
b. Put your business cards in your
outside right pocket or inside left
pocket so you can reach them
easily with your right hand while
holding a drink or an hors d’oeuvre;
c. Reach for the napkin first,
and then the hors d’oeuvre; and
d. Prepare some graceful exit lines
in advance.
3.
Meaningful introductions.
Meaningful introductions are more than mere exchanges of names. Mentors can
provide icebreakers to help give their mentees some traction to start their own
independent conversations and make real connections. Point out shared interests
or interesting news that your mentee can expand upon (e.g., “This is my colleague,
Katherine. We’ve just promoted her to partner, and she just bought her first
house!”). Introductions are also a great opportunity to engage in active championing
on name pronunciation or preferred pronouns. Mentors can shoulder social
burdens by intervening to ensure their mentees are addressed the way they want
to be addressed. (Of course, this must be predicated on clear communication, and
not on assumptions – address this together as part of the game plan stage).
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4.
Let them fly.
Once you’ve identified your mentee’s social engagement
style and level of comfort, let them fly solo as
much (or as little) as they like, knowing that you can
be their home base for check-ins or tandem circulation
as needed.
5.
Follow up.
Coach your mentee on how to convert casual introductions into connections with tailored
follow up. Send quick LinkedIn invitations to new connections to establish a line of communication
and follow up later with a personalized email or phone call, picking up on the
conversation started at the event.
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ADVOCACY
The Wrong Stuff Revisited
Tamara Ramsey, Dale & Lessmann LLP
“Let the court know right off the bat that you
have a rotten case by filing a lengthy factum
filled with gobs of conflicting evidence and
lengthy quotes from irrelevant cases.”
In the August 2000 Summer Issue of The
Advocates’ Society Journal, the Honourable
Marvin Catzman wrote an entertaining
and insightful feature titled: “The
Wrong Stuff: How to Lose in the Court of Appeal.”
Although Justice Catzman promised
that he would never write on the subject
again, he followed his own advice to break
promises by providing popular losing tips for several
years to follow. With the transition to online hearings
and electronic materials, we thought it was a
good time to revisit “The Wrong Stuff” to see what
holds true and share the many new ways you can
lose in the electronic era.
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Tip 1: Always file an Incomprehensible Unlinked Factum
Justice Catzman recommends an incomprehensible
factum to “let the court know right off
the bat that you have a rotten case by filing a
lengthy factum filled with gobs of conflicting evidence
and lengthy quotes from irrelevant cases.”
This holds true, but with advances of technology
there are so many more ways to create
an unfriendly factum.
◊ Only refer to cases that pre-date the Internet.
The older authorities are always the best
and you can keep filing old-fashioned books
of authorities. Be sure to include all 200 pages
of the Supreme Court of Canada decisions
from the 1980s and a few lengthy cases that
did not make it into your factum. Of course,
for a truly incomprehensible argument, it
would be best to ignore the requirement to
highlight the relevant portions of the cases
that you cite, 1 but if you want to be helpful
to the Court, you can randomly highlight key
and not-so-key passages. While there was a
short period of time when cases were highlighted
electronically and sent to coloured
printers (or printed to PDF), keep it classic by
having a team of students and junior associates
highlight everything by hand. 2
◊ Do not use hyperlinks to cases that are readily
available on the Internet. 3 If the case is on
the Internet, I am sure that judges would prefer
to search it up themselves. By doing their
own research, judges can see that you are citing
the trial decision without referring to the
subsequent treatment by appellate courts
or failing to cite a relevant case. 4 You can improve
the judge’s chances of finding the case
by leaving out the neutral citations 5 and only
using citations to paper-based reports or
electronic services that are only available by
subscription. The same applies to all references
to statutes – either leave it out entirely
(as Justice Catzman recommends) or refer to
the statute by its most popular acronym so
that the judge can find it on Google. 6
◊ Deep links? Ignore them. The technology
available to link directly to the paragraph
you are citing should not be used if you
want a frustrated judge and ineffective factum.
It is much better to have the judge read the
entire case to find the most important
sentence. It takes far less time to add deep
links 7 than it does to highlight by hand, and
efficiencies are not good for business.
◊ Finally, do not make use of any of the tools
available in CaseLines or your PDF software
to hyperlink your Table of Contents to the
appropriate sections of your factum or to add
links to the evidence. If you want an ineffective
factum, do not follow the advice of the
Honorable Justice Dunphy in Basaraba v.
Bridal Image Inc., 2021 ONSC 8038 at paras 26-
27 (CanLII).
Notes
1. See for example, Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106, Rule
70(2.1) requiring that “relevant extracts [be] clearly marked.
2. This is an important right of passage that has been lost in this
modern era. Nothing says teamwork like an assembly line
of young lawyers with bright yellow (and the odd orange)
marker in hand.
3. To ignore this advice, and use hyperlinks, see this page
from Microsoft about how to add hyperlinks to a word
document:https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/
create-or-edit-a-hyperlink-5d8c0804-f998-4143-86b1-
1199735e07bf#:~:text=Select%20the%20text%20or%20
picture,link%20in%20the%20Address%20box
4. See: Blake v. Blake, 2019 ONSC 4062, varied by 2021 ONSC
7189 (Div. Ct.) (CanLII)
5. For example, do not use RJR-MacDonald Inc. v. Canada
(Attorney General), 1994 CanLII 117 (SCC), [1994] 1 SCR
311 that cites and links to both CanLII and Supreme Court
Judgments. For inconvenience, use RJR-MacDonald Inc. v.
Canada (Attorney General),111 DRL (4th) 385 — [1994] ACS
no 17 — [1994] SCJ No 17 (QL) — [1994] CarswellQue 120 —
EYB 1994-28671 — JE 94-423 — 54 CPR (3d) 114 — 60 QAC
241 — AZ-94111025 — 46 ACWS (3d) 40 — 111 DLR (4th)
385 — 164 NR 1
6. To ignore this advice, see the helpful guide published by
the SCC here: https://www.scc-csc.ca/parties/linking-guideliens-guide-eng.pdf
7. Deep links are not some dirty secret. They are a hyperlink
directly to a specific numbered paragraph within a
CanLII decision, simply by adding #par followed by the
paragraph’s number, after the basic URL. For instance, a
hyperlink to paragraph 69 of the Oakes Supreme Court of
Canada decision should be formatted as follows: http://www.
canlii.org/en/ca/scc/doc/1986/1986canlii46/1986canlii46.
html#par69. See: https://blog.canlii.org/2011/02/04/224/
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EVENT REPORT
Ottawa advocates welcome
the return of in-person
events
Zoe Oxaal, Department of Justice
Ottawa’s advocate community welcomed the return of in-person gatherings this season with
three events celebrating outstanding advocates.
John P. Nelligan Award for Excellence in
Advocacy: Richard (Rick) Dearden
On May 3, 2022, The Advocates’ Society held a
dinner in honour of Richard (Rick) Dearden of
Gowling WLG, recipient of the John P. Nelligan
Award for Excellence in Advocacy. Rick was feted
by clients and fellow advocates including his
law partner and spouse Wendy Wagner (Gowling
WLG), and master of ceremonies Anne Turley
(Department of Justice). Appearing by video,
former Ottawa Citizen and CBC journalist Neil
McDonald gave the reporter’s perspective on
Rick’s vital role defending news media during
times when newsrooms were better resourced
than today. Rick spoke passionately about the
highlights of a career that took him from the
University of Ottawa class of 1977 to law firm
“lifer” at Gowlings.
While he has a significant practice in international
trade, it is his advocacy in media and defamation
law that has made headlines. Reflecting
on the current media context, Rick urged
that we cannot take freedom of the press for
granted and that the legal profession must be
vigilant in preventing its erosion. As Rick pointed
out, freedom of the press guaranteed by the
Charter is meaningless if nobody defends it.
A Life of Firsts: the Honourable Rosalie
Silberman Abella
Also in Ottawa on May 12 & 13, 2022, advocates
from across the country, as well as legal scholars
and international jurists, gathered for the
conference “A Life of Firsts: A Celebration of a
Remarkable Career and Legacy” honouring the
retirement of former Supreme Court of Canada
justice, The Honourable Rosalie Silberman
Abella. Over two days, panels examined topics
arising from Justice Abella’s life, career and
jurisprudence, from human rights and family
law to labour and international law.
TAS contributed to the conference with a panel
entitled “Justice Abella & Women in the Legal
Profession.” The session explored Justice Abel-
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la’s trailblazing career and its specific
significance for women in the legal profession.
The panel was chaired by Deborah
E. Palter, Thornton Grout Finnigan
LLP and thenPresident of The Advocates’
Society. Speakers included The Hon. Justice
Andromache Karakatsanis, Supreme
Court of Canada; Sana Halwani, Lenczner
Slaght LLP; The Hon. Justice Freda Steel,
Manitoba Court of Appeal; Rosalie Jukier,
Associate Dean, Faculty of Law, McGill
University; Linda Rothstein, LSM, Paliare
Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP and
Shantona Chaudhury, Pape Chaudhury
LLP.
Former TAS President Guy J. Pratte, Ad.
E., LSM, acted as Master of Ceremonies of
the gala dinner, and gave a moving personal
speech touching on the anti-Semitism
suffered by family friends during
his youth. The events also featured musical
interludes befitting Justice Abella’s background
as a classical pianist, including a live
performance by a virtuosic young violinist from
the Royal Conservatory of Music, a rap by TAS
member and former Abella clerk, Gerald Chan,
and a video from Osgoode Hall law students
performing a choreographed “Abella” adapted
from Rihanna’s hit song “Umbrella.”
Among the many dignitaries paying tribute to
Justice Abella were U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Sonia Sotomayor, author Margaret Atwood,
former Justice Minister Irwin Cotler and South
African constitutional court Justice Albie Sachs.
A constant refrain was how this long-serving
and much-loved judge, known everywhere simply
as “Rosie,” has touched an extraordinary
amount of lives with her approach to justice,
the law and humanity.
The Sting: Ottawa’s Lawyer Play
Finally, June saw the return of the Ottawa’s Lawyer Play at the Great Canadian Theatre Company,
an annual legal thespian tradition that was much missed over the past two years. TAS
was a sponsor of the Gala Reception on June 25. This year’s production, The Sting, adapted
from the Oscar-winning screenplay, starred numerous members of the Ottawa bar. The
event raised funds for the Roger Neilson House, a local organization that provides palliative
care and support to newborns, children, youth and their families.
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INTERVIEW
Interview with Peter W.
Kryworuk
Michelle Alton
Peter Kryworuk is a senior Partner at Lerners LLP and the leader of the firm’s Health Law Group. He is a
Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. He has
a wide civil litigation and appellate practice which includes medical and professional negligence, personal
injury and insurance litigation, product liability litigation, commercial litigation, and class action litigation.
Peter is TAS’ President for the 2022 – 2023 term.
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Q. What is your vision for your term as President? What are your priorities?
A. First of all, let me say that I am very honoured and excited to serve as President of The Advocates’
Society for the upcoming year. I hope to have the opportunity to meet and engage with many of our
members. I am looking forward to working with our great group of committed volunteers including
our Board of Directors and amazing TAS staff.
A key focus for the next year will be mentorship. This is very important to me personally and
I know most advocates appreciate the importance of mentorship. I have personally benefitted
from mentorship and have had the opportunity to mentor a number of young lawyers. Being a
mentor is a most rewarding experience.
We know the pandemic has been very difficult for all advocates but especially for our younger
members. Advocacy training and skills development has been compromised. Mentorship and
collegiality opportunities have been restricted. More than ever there is a need for TAS to create
and promote more opportunities for mentorship; especially for our young advocates but also for
members who are sole practitioners, from small firms and from diverse backgrounds, and who
may not have easy access to mentorship.
I think mentorship is an important part of the life of an advocate. It is a long-standing tradition.
Advocates have a common bond that is reflected in the collegiality and respect we show each other.
TAS will also focus on bringing together members in collegiality events across the country. Our
mentorship and collegiality initiatives will strive to support the mental health and wellbeing of our
members. TAS will continue to focus on our core work in skills-based training and advocacy. We
will continue to be the voice of advocates across Canada.
As we emerge from the pandemic, we have the opportunity to plan for our future in a post-pandemic
environment. This process, to be done over the next couple of years, will include a broad
review of our core values, vision, and strategic goals, and will result in a plan to move TAS forward
stronger than ever.
Q.What role do you see 10+ members playing in the work of TAS?
A. 10+ members have an important role to play in the work of the Society and bring an important voice
to the table. 10+ members make a significant contribution to TAS in so many ways. They bring a unique
perspective to almost every issue. The 10+ Committee has been asked to play an important role in
helping TAS develop and implement our mentorship initiatives. Mid-level advocates have mentorship
experience and new ideas which will enhance our mentorship opportunities. I look forward to working
with 10+ and supporting their programs and initiatives.
Q.What does TAS mean to you? What do you want it to mean for TAS members and the
profession generally?
A. TAS means everything to me as an advocate. I have been a member of TAS for over 33 years and
have seen TAS grow from a small group of advocates to a large national organization and the voice of
advocates in Canada. TAS has a very important role to play within the justice system and legal community
in Canada. I would like our members and all advocates to have the same connection with TAS that
I do. I want them to view TAS as a strong, connected and inclusive community of advocates. I would like
all advocates to feel welcome in the Society and that they are part of the family of advocates in Canada.
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Q.What are your thoughts on the future of the profession?
A. As advocates and lawyers, we are members of an honourable profession. We continue to play an
important role in our society. I do not see this changing in the future. Like many things in life, the profession
has changed over the years and most of these changes have been positive. The profession has
become more diverse, more inclusive and more in touch with the community we serve, although there
is much more work to be done. On the other hand, the profession has grown considerably. The bar is
no longer as close and collegial as it has been in the past. Notwithstanding these changes, the role of
lawyers representing the interests of their clients and ensuring access to justice for those who require
it remains as important as ever.
I am very excited about the energy and enthusiasm that I see in young advocates. They bring fresh
new ideas on how to do things better to meet the needs of the community we serve. They respect the
traditions of our past, yet recognize the need to adapt to the ever changing world we live in. The need
for advocates is as great now as ever and that is unlikely to change. I enthusiastically encourage young
people to pursue a career in law. The practice of law is a most rewarding career. I believe that lawyers
can and do make a real difference in the lives of so many. I am confident that the advocates of today
are up to the many challenges they will face moving forward.
Q.How has the pandemic impacted your view of the justice system?
A. The pandemic exposed the vulnerability of our justice system. An unknown virus was able to shut
down our judicial system within days. However, the pandemic also demonstrated the resiliency of our
justice system and its ability to adapt and change as needed. The pandemic gave us the opportunity to
make many necessary changes and reforms. Increased resources resulted in enhanced use of technology
in our Courts, which has made a difference.
I am very concerned about the significant delays in our Courts, which are having a profound impact
on access to justice. While these delays pre-existed the pandemic, they have become even more acute,
especially in the civil justice system. Advocates must work together with the Judiciary and Court administrators
to find ways to address these delays. We need to raise awareness of this problem and to
advocate for solutions. We need to explore opportunities to collaborate with other stakeholders in the
justice system to address the problem. Advocates need to do their part to help make our system more
efficient and to reduce unnecessary delays. On balance I am optimistic that our justice system and our
profession will emerge from the pandemic revitalized and reenergized and ready to meet the needs of
our community.
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Jennifer Brevorka,
Henein Hutchinson LLP
EOT ROUNDTABLE
End of Term 2022
Miranda Spence, Aird & Berlis LLP, Nadia Chiesa,
WeirFoulds LLP, Cynthia Spry, Babin Bessner Spry
LLP, and Jennifer Brevorka, Henein Hutchinson LLP
After a two-year hiatus, over 1,200 TAS
members were more than ready to come
together to celebrate the End of Term in
person, and this year’s event sold out within
days of invitations going out to members.
The 2022 edition featured a return
to the event’s historic venue at the Royal
York Hotel, with incoming President Peter
W. Kryworuk acting as MC. The program
included the presentation of a number of
TAS awards, brief remarks from the Hon.
Chief Justice George R. Strathy, a farewell
to President Deborah E. Palter, a memorable
keynote speech from Supreme Court of
Canada Justice Mahmud Jamal available for
viewing here, themed after-party rooms…
and surprisingly few kilts. We know a good
time was had by all when none of our contributors
were able to find the photo booth!
Nadia Chiesa, WeirFoulds LLP, Cynthia
Spry, Babin Bessner Spry LLP and Jennifer
Brevorka, Henein Hutchinson LLP all agreed
to provide their insights and observations
about the evening.
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How many men did
you see in kilts?
• NC: Just one this year. (But everyone’s fashion game was
strong. Clearly we were ready to get out of sweatpants!)
• CS: Surprisingly, I saw zero men in kilts. How did I miss
them? Probably I was too busy chatting away.
• JB: Shockingly, none!
Ed. Note: We counted at least 3 kilts this year but there were
probably more!
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Most memorable line
from the speeches?
• JB: Justice Jamal’s hilarious speech hit upon the sentiment
I feel when interviewing millennials about
media habits with “old” media being Facebook and
Twitter, and “new” media consisting of Tik Tok and
SnapChat.
• CS: I loved Justice Jamal’s description of his sons’ reaction
to his high school graduation photo, circulated
in the news after his Honour was appointed to the
Supreme Court: “Dad, you were a nerd even among
nerds”. His Honour’s whole speech was memorable –
it gave such an insightful, witty, wry depiction of his
path to our highest court.
• NC: Do I have to pick just one? Justice Jamal’s speech
had our table doubled over with laughter, and it was
eye-opening to see such a different side of the SCC.

Favorite cartoon?
• NC: Erin Pleet, outgoing chair of YASC. The cartoon captured her energy so well!
• JB: Emily Lawrence, outgoing chair of 10+.
Emily Lawrence
Erin Pleet
What was your favorite after-party room?
The Hon. Justice kjkj Mahmud Jamal,
Supreme Court of Canada
• CS: My favourite after-party room was not a room at
all, but the foyer between rooms at the top of the escalator.
It was a great place to see as many people as
possible, on their way into and out of the party, and
between actual rooms.
• JB: McCarthy Hansen & Co.’s and Veritext’s disco and
candy room (with photobooth that I apparently missed!):
nothing trumps sugar and beats.
What was the best part of the night?
• CS: This one is easy: connecting with so many old and new friends. I was so thrilled to see so many
people in person again after all this time. All my fingers and toes are crossed that we can stay together,
in person and indoors, forever into the future.
• NC: After working together on Zoom for two years, meeting so many litigators for the first time in real
life, including many of the members of the 10+ Standing Committee.
• JB: Getting to be among friends and fellow advocates again and having the opportunity to dress up.
Virtual reality was a necessary means for us to stay healthy, but it was (and is) a sad replacement for the
experience of being amidst a sea of lawyers all of whom appreciate a speech, a joke, and a good toast.
Ed. Note – thanks to everyone who joined us for the 2022 End of Term Dinner, and special thank you
to all of our generous sponsors who helped make the evening extra special.
Cocktail Reception Sponsor: LCM Avocats Inc.
Dinner Wine Sponsor: Lerners Appellate Advocacy Group
After-Party Sponsors: ADS Forensic Accountants, McCarthy Hansen & Company LLP, RSM Canada
LLP, Veritext
Supporter: MNP
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End of Term
June 23, 2022 | Fairmont Royal York

Darryl Cruz presents the Arleen Goss Award to Divya Khurana,
Legal Aid Ontario
Dominique Hussey presents the Eric Hoaken Award for Excellence
in Mentoring to Frank Walwyn, WeirFoulds LLP
Peter W. Kryworuk, TAS President
TAS Executive Committee 2021-2022
Steven Frankel, 10+ Vice-Chair and Chloe Snider, 10+ Chair
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