Krista Forbes, Managing Lawyer, Halifax Office (Family), Nova Scotia Legal Aid was a featured speaker at the November 7, 2016 CBA Women\u2019s Forum Section Meeting.\u00a0 This was a Forum where the presenters talked about their career path and use of their law degrees, from private practice to government solicitor, to Legal Aid and the Public Prosecution Service and all the other options, including taking breaks in their practice to have a family, or go back to school, or take another job<\/p>\n
It was an opportunity for members to ask about the experiences of the speakers, good and bad, as women in law.<\/p>\n
Pictured in the photo are:\u00a0 Michelle Higgins<\/strong>, Executive Director, Court Services; Krista Forbes,<\/strong> Managing Lawyer, Nova Scotia Legal Aid Halifax Office (Family); Julia Cornish, QC<\/strong>, Partner, Sealy Cornish Coulthard; Susan MacKay<\/strong>, Senior Crown Attorney, NS Public Prosecution Service. Missing from the photo is Dana MacKenzie<\/strong>, Managing Director of Employee Relations with the Public Service Commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Krista Forbes, Managing Lawyer, Halifax Office (Family), Nova Scotia Legal Aid was a featured speaker at the November 7, 2016 CBA Women\u2019s Forum Section Meeting.\u00a0 This was a Forum where […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t