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This organization has been approved as an Accredited Provider of Professionalism Content by the Law Society of Ontario.
Are you getting ready to conduct your very first bail hearing? Or perhaps you’re a seasoned bail court lawyer but haven’t done any bail reviews or bail pending appeals. This program will provide a practical step by step overview to get you through all stages of bail. There will also be practical tips on how to navigate bail hearings during Covid-19.
Highlights will include:
- The client and the special considerations that go into communicating with your client prior to bail;
- Preparing Sureties;
- Negotiating a consent release with the Crown;
- Running a bail hearing;
- Covid-19 and how that has impacted the bail court as well as Access to Justice.
Speaker
Sayeh Hassan has over 14 years of experience as a criminal defence lawyer and Charter litigator. She has appeared at all levels of court in Ontario and the Federal Court of Canada. She has conducted countless bail hearings, bail reviews and bail pending appeal applications and is passionate about issues of access to justice surrounding bail. She has published widely on criminal law issues impacting the marginalized in society and has testified before the Parliamentary Committee for Justice and Human Rights on Bill C-75. She has recently published her first book A Practitioner’s Guide to Preparing and Presenting Bail Hearings.
Moderator
Henna Parmar earned an Honours Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto where she graduated with distinction. During her undergraduate studies she completed a Research Thesis on international Human Rights and human sex trafficking. She also completed an internship at the John Howard Society of Ontario, an organization that helps reintegrate individuals who have come into contact with the Criminal Justice System. Henna graduated from the dual J.D. program in 2019 where she earned a Canadian J.D. from the University of Windsor and an American J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy.
During law school Henna was a research assistant, volunteered at Community Legal Aid, Pro Bono Students Canada, and the Detroit International Property Clinic. Henna articled for Walter Fox & Associates, a criminal defence firm in Downtown Toronto where she assisted with cases ranging from first degree murder to forcible confinement and kidnapping. She was called to the Ontario Bar in May 2020. Henna has volunteered for several non profit organizations, has held workshops for youth to teach them their rights under the Charter, and has volunteered with her local MPP.
Program details
Tuesday, October 5, 2021
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
ZOOM - 2 step registration. You will receive the details to join in your confirmation email.
This program contains 15 minutes of Professionalism content and 45 minutes Substantive content. 
Registration Fee:
- Members: Free
- Member Licensing Candidates and New Calls: Free
- Friends of the TLA: Free
- If you are a Friend, please email your request for complimentary attendance to events@tlaonline.ca
- To become a Friend register for free - Non-Members: $120.00 + HST
- Undergraduate Law School Students: Complimentary tickets are available before September 30, 2021.
- You must be a Friend, email your request for complimentary attendance to events@tlaonline.ca
- To become a Friend register for free
No refunds after September 28, 2021. An administrative fee of $25.00 will be applied to all cancellations.
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Any opinions expressed by speakers are their own and are not necessarily the opinions of the Toronto Lawyers Association, its directors and staff.