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DESCRIPTION:For this academic year's Patricia Allen Memorial Lecture\, we w
 elcome human rights lawyer Indira Jaising\, who will be presented by docto
 ral candidates Azar Mahmoudi and Amy Preston-Samson.\n\nTo connect to the 
 talk: mcgill.zoom.us/j/87068858500\n\nAbout the speaker\n\nBorn and educat
 ed in Mumbai\, India\, Indira Jaising obtained her BA from Bangalore Unive
 rsity\, and her LLM from the University of Bombay in 1962. Throughout her 
 career\, she has been a leader in legal activism in India. In 1981\, she a
 nd her husband founded the Lawyers Collective\, an NGO devoted to progress
 ive feminist causes. Indira Jaising's contributions to the framing of Indi
 a’s Domestic Violence Act (2005) have been described as formidable. She wa
 s the first female Senior Advocate in the High Court of Bombay\, and the f
 irst woman to serve as Additional Solicitor General of India. Ms. Jaising’
 s reputation as a strong champion of human rights and a successful advocat
 e in many high-profile discrimination cases led to her inclusion in Fortun
 e magazine’s 2018 list of the 50 Greatest Leaders of the World.\n\nAbout t
 he Patricia Allen Memorial Lectures\n\nCreated in 1992 by the Class of 198
 8 in memory of Patricia Allen\, a alumna of the Faculty who was tragically
  and senselessly murdered\, this annual lectureship is devoted to sensitiz
 ing and educating the legal community and others about pressing social and
  legal issues related to violence\, especially against women. Read an arti
 cle about her in Contours\, vol. 1 (2013).\n\nThis event is eligible for i
 nclusion as 1.5 hours of continuing legal education as reported by members
  of the Barreau du Québec.\n
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LOCATION:Zoom: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/87068858500
SUMMARY:Leading the Change: The Potential and Power of Women in Law - Patri
 cia Allen Memorial Lecture
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 ower-women-law-patricia-allen-memorial-lecture-326194
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