Registrations are now closed.
This unique and fascinating presentation will appeal to all lawyers, regardless of practice area.
How do wrongful convictions really occur? How do opposing counsel have such opposing views of a matter? And why does the truth sometimes seem so difficult to distill? Answer: cognitive biases.
We are designed to organize patterns in our complex, information-filled world, allowing us to be efficient and make rapid decisions with little mental effort. Relying on these “mental shortcuts” has the potential to skew or undermine criminal investigations and lead to wrongful convictions, and it even has the power to blind us from objectivity and fact.
This TLA special presentation will be led by David Rudolf, criminal defense and civil rights lawyer featured in Netflix’s hit The Staircase and civil rights and criminal defense lawyer Sonya Pfeiffer . Sonya is also an award-winning journalist who covered the real-life trial behind The Staircase. The husband-wife duo will use a real-life case study from the trial of Michael Peterson (as depicted in The Staircase) to demonstrate how unconscious bias plays out in a complex and high-profile criminal trial. Throughout the program, David and Sonya will engage the audience by asking questions and conducting polls. Participants are also encouraged to ask questions.
Got your EDI hours? TLA has you covered!
This unique and fascinating presentation will appeal to all lawyers, regardless of practice area AND gets you the EDI hours you need for the year.|
This program has been accredited for 1 hour of EDI Professionalism and 15 minutes Professionalism in the following provinces:
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For the following provinces and territory, where there is no official accreditation process, this program has 1 hour of EDI Professionalism and 15 minutes Professionalism:
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Speakers
Click on each speaker's name to read their bio.- Sonya Pfeiffer , Counsel, Brauti Thorning LLP
- David Rudolf , Counsel, Brauti Thorning LLP
Program details
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
5:30 - 6:45 p.m.
HYBRID: In-person at TLA Lawyers Lounge or online via live stream
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This program contains 1 hour of EDI Professionalism content and 15 minutes of Professionalism content. |
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This program has been approved for LAWPRO’s Risk Management Credit. |
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This program has been accredited for 1 hour of EDI Professionalism and 15 minutes Professionalism in the following provinces:
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For the following provinces and territory, where there is no official accreditation process, this program has 1 hour of EDI Professionalism and 15 minutes Professionalism:
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Registration Fee:
- Members: $49.00 + HST
- Friends of the TLA: $99.00 + HST
- Non-Members: $99.00 + HST
- Member Licensing Candidates and New Calls: $25.00 + HST
- Undergraduate Law School Students: Complimentary tickets are available before October 28, 2022.
- If you are a Friend-Student, please email your request for complimentary attendance to events@tlaonline.ca
- To become a Friend register for free
No refunds after October 28 , 2022 . An administrative fee of $25.00 will be applied to all cancellations.
This organization has been approved as an Accredited Provider of Professionalism Content by the Law Society of Ontario.
Any opinions expressed by speakers are their own and are not necessarily the opinions of the Toronto Lawyers Association, its directors and staff.