SHEILA KIRSH
- Accredited Advanced Collaborative Professional
- Past Chair of Collaborative Practice Toronto
- Member of International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
Education
- Called to the Bar:
- April 14, 1978
- Bar Admission Course:
- Toronto, Ontario - September 1977 - April 1978
- Law School:
- University of Windsor
Windsor, Ontario - September 1973 - May 1976
- Undergraduate University:
- York University
Toronto, Ontario - September 1969 - May
1973
Honours B.A.
Major - Clinical Psychology
- Notary Public:
- June, 1978
Continuing Legal Education
- Interdisciplinary Collaborative Team Training, November 2008
- Ontario Collaborative Law Federation Train the Trainers, 2007-March 2009
- Collaborative
Law Skills Training, November 2001
- Collaborative Law Training, October 2000
- Mediation at Harvard Law School Program, November 1997
- Attendance at Continuing Legal Education Programs on Family Law
- Attendance at Continuing Legal Education Programs on Trusts and Estates
Memberships
- Member
of the Executive of the Ontario Bar Association – Family Law Section (FLS)
- Past Chair,
Director and Founding
Member of Collaborative
Practice Toronto, (formerly the Collaborative Family Law
Association of Ontario - Toronto group)
- Member of the
International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP)
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- Member of the
Collaborative Family Law Group for Peel Halton Region
- Member of the York
Region Association of Collaborative Professionals
- Past Delegate of the
Ontario Collaborative Law Federation
- Member of Council of
the Ontario branch of the Canadian Bar Association
- Member
in good standing of the Law Society of Upper Canada for over 30 years
- Member
in good standing of The Canadian Bar Association for over 30 years
- Member
of The Lawyers Club
- Member of the Toronto
Lawyers Association
- Member
on the Legal Aid Panel of Lawyers for Civil Law
- Member
on the Law Society of Upper Canada's Lawyer Referral Service Panel
- Member
on the CAW Legal Services Plan Panel
Professional Activities
- Radio interview regarding Collaborative Practice on AM900 CHML on December 10, 2008.
- Radio interview regarding Parenting Pointers for the holidays on CHML on December 16, 2008.
- Author of an article that appeared in the
April 2005 issue of Divorce Magazine, titled Collaborative Law Issues.
- Panellist at the OBA Alternate Dispute Resolution/Family Law, Joint Program on
Making Family Mediation Work on Wednesday Nov. 19, 2003. A summary of the
Panel's remarks was written up in Volume 12, #2 of the OBA's Alternative
Dispute Resolution newsletter.
Interests
- Golf, Skiing,
Scuba Diving, Aerobics, Tennis, Squash, Music.
