Advocacy Matters - Summer 2020

Faisal Mizra, Mirza Kwok
Tom Curry and Martha McCarthy Present:
On Oral Advocacy:
Required Reading,
Viewing & Listening
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET
Live Online
TAS Members: $25 + HST
Non Members: $50 + HST
Join Tom Curry and Martha McCarthy as they
celebrate their love of the profession while
discussing essential reading, viewing and
listening for advocates. If you are a perennial
student of the law, constantly craving good
content on strong oral advocacy skills, this
live webcast is for you.
The program will conclude with a Q&A session,
during which our speakers will respond to live
questions from the online audience.
To learn more or register visit
www.advocates.ca
THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
Advocacy Matters Profile:
Faisal Mizra and
the Sentencing &
Parole Project
William Thompson, Addario Law Group LLP
In May 2020, the Sentencing and Parole Project (“SPP”) began providing reports describing how
systemic racism has impacted the lives of Black people in Ontario for use in the criminal justice
system. These Enhanced Pre-sentence Reports are meant to provide sentencing judges and other
decision-makers with in-depth background information about the defendant’s life that is connected
to a broader understanding of systemic racism’s hand in bringing the person before the Court.
Faisal Mizra, a criminal lawyer and Advocates’ Society board member is one of three co-founders
of the project. The other two founders are criminal lawyer Emily Lam and human rights lawyer
Anthony Morgan. Mirza and his co-founders believe educating judges and counsel about systemic
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