Intersections of Racial and Gender Justice: What Lawyers Need to Know

  • 13 Jul 2022
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Zoom


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Join FACL BC’s Advocacy Committee for Intersections of Racial and Gender Justice: What Lawyers Need to Know. This event is aimed at legal professionals and focused on exploring how to take racial and gender justice into account while serving clients. 

Join us as we explore barriers and issues that clients might face in relation to their intersecting identities and marginalization based on gender and race, and what legal professionals should keep in mind while providing services. The event will include a panel discussion followed by a Q&A session with the audience.

  • Date: July 13th
  • Time: 12:00pm-1:30pm
  • Location: Zoom, registration required

Moderators: Afifa Hashimi (Moore Edgar Lyster LLP and FACL BC Vice President - External) and Kaymi Yoon-Maxwell (West Coast Environmental Law)

Panelists:

  • Raji Mangat (West Coast LEAF)
  • Kareem Ibrahim (Desloges Law Group)
  • Tina Parbhakar (North Shore Law; South Asian Legal Clinic of BC)
  • Amanda Aziz (Migrant Workers Centre)

Organized by the FACL BC Advocacy Committee, including Chelsea Pang (Kahn Zack Ehrlich Lithwick LLP), Rhythm Jethi (Student Volunteer), Raman Sehmbi (YLaw Group), Abby Pang (Illuma Family Law), Jenn Choi (McCarthy Tétrault), Chanel Pabla (Richards Buell Sutton LLP), and Mark Iyengar (Peck and Company).

This event is approved for 1.5 hours of Continuing Professional Development in BC.

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