The ITL Conference and Gala 2026

Majekodunmi is a lawyer and social entrepreneur with a decade of legal experience spanning dispute resolution, commercial law, investment law, private equity, M&A, and regulatory compliance. Currently, he serves as Privacy Counsel, where he advises on GDPR and global data privacy compliance. Majekodunmi's work includes reviewing tools, drafting and negotiating privacy notices and data processing agreements, shaping data retention policies, and providing practical strategies to mitigate privacy and contractual risks.

Beyond his legal practice, Majekodunmi is passionate about advancing diversity and inclusion in the legal profession in Europe. Majekodunmi founded the Foreign-Trained Lawyers in Germany (FTLG) Network, a social enterprise dedicated to amplifying the skills of internationally qualified lawyers and supporting their integration into new jurisdictions in Germany and across Europe. Through networking events, mentoring opportunities, and collaborative initiatives, FTLG Network fosters connections between internationally trained and locally trained lawyers, building an inclusive and diverse legal workforce.

Majekodunmi thrives at the intersection of law, compliance, and inclusion, bringing both technical expertise and social impact to his work.

cial services and structured finance. He has worked with leading law firms and corporate legal teams advising on financings, governance matters, and complex transactional arrangements. Mohammad is particularly interested in the intersection of law, finance and emerging technology.

Devan is a research lawyer in LAWPRO’s claims department. A self-described law nerd, he provides practical strategic advice and litigation support to internal and external counsel on whatever weird or niche professional liability issues that invariably walk through the door. Before LAWPRO, Devan began his practice on the plaintiff’s side before switching to primarily insurance defence and coverage matters in Toronto where he maintained a select plaintiff’s practice (to keep him honest). Devan is also a board member for the Canadian Defence Lawyers and Vice-Chair of its CLE Committee. He has also obtained his Associate of Risk Management designation. When not asking, “what about this issue?” at the office, or guest lecturing at law schools and conferences, Devan can be spotted riding around town on a cargo bike, brewing (mostly decent) beer, and woodworking in his basement.

Lola (Agbaje‑Williams) Williams Afolabi is Lead Counsel at Williams Armstrong LP, where she specializes in Business and Intellectual Property (IP) Law. She holds an LL.M. in IP Law from Queen Mary University of London and is licensed to practice in both Nova Scotia and Nigeria.

Her practice focuses on commercial transactions, IP strategy, privacy, technology, regulatory compliance, and cross‑border business matters. Lola advises innovation‑driven companies, startups, and organizations on leveraging technology and AI responsibly while protecting IP assets and enabling scalable growth in competitive markets.

Lola serves as a Board Member and Atlantic Regional Representative of the Canadian Technology Law Association (CANTECH), contributing to the AI, Privacy, Women in Tech (WIT), and Conference Planning subcommittees. She is also President of the Nova Scotia chapter of the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers, and a member‑at‑large of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) National IP Section and its Copyright Committee. She regularly speaks on the intersections of Business Law, Intellectual Property, and Artificial Intelligence, and contributes to national consultations on AI governance, IP modernization, copyright, and cross‑border digital issues. Outside of her legal practice, Lola is a committed mentor and advocate.

Victoria is Vice-President of Underwriting & Customer Service and Board Secretary at LAWPRO, the professional liability insurer for Ontario lawyers. She leads underwriting strategy, customer service operations, and plays a key role in governance oversight.

As an underwriter, Victoria focuses on understanding how lawyers (and other insureds) practice and the risks they face, using those insights to strengthen LAWPRO’s programs and support insureds and their clients.

A former practising lawyer with experience across many practice areas, Victoria frequently speaks and writes on professional liability, legal ethics, insurance, and emerging risks facing the legal profession, including evolving practice models.

Shaun Bernstein is a recovering lawyer and is the Owner and Chief Storyteller of The Write Stuff Agency. Formerly an employment and human rights lawyer, Shaun left law in 2019 to focus on his passion for writing, and has built a career as a ghostwriter and personal branding strategist. He helps clients with everything from books to blogs to websites, and you'd never know it was him. He has also been a lecturer at Durham College, and is the co-host of the Branding and the Beast podcast. When not at a keyboard, he and his wife can usually be found competing furiously in bar trivia around Durham Region. 

In his nearly 20 years as: a human rights lawyer; diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and belonging (DEIAB) advisor; filmmaker; speaker; and writer, Prasanna Ranganathan works tirelessly to build a more accessible, inclusive world for communities across all dimensions of diversity. As the founder of Prasanna Ranganathan Consulting (a DEIAB consultancy), the former Head of Diversity and Belonging at Shopify, and a human rights lawyer with experience at the Department of Justice Canada, Federal Judicial Affairs Canada, the Independent Street Checks Review, the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, and the United Nations Development Programme, Prasanna has embedded DEIAB best practices into organizations, programs, and institutions in over 15 countries worldwide. His volunteer work as a Founding Board Member of the Disability Screen Office (which seeks to make Canada’s screen industry more accessible and inclusive), a past board member of Inside/Out Film Festival (Canada's largest 2SLGBTQIA+ film festival), and his previous work on the Justice Canada Advisory Committee for Persons with Disabilities exemplify his commitment to DEIAB and inclusive storytelling. Recognizing the power of storytelling to drive change, Prasanna is a Consulting Producer on Born for Business, a 10-episode docuseries on disabled entrepreneurs (airing on Crave Canada and NBC Peacock) and the co-author of the cookbook Made with Prema raising funds for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. Prasanna is a seasoned speaker, providing the annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) inclusion and accessibility workshop, launching the Reimagine Lecture Series at the British Film Institute with a keynote on accessibility, delivering the Sundance Institute's anti-bias and accessibility learning programming, speaking at the TIFF Industry Conference, and serving as a Guest Lecturer at the University of Southern California Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on inclusive storytelling. Prasanna is the recipient of various awards including, most recently, the David C. Onley Award for Leadership in Accessibility presented during the 2024 Legacy Awards from the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.

Gregory Tardi B.A. (Hons.), B.C.L., DJur. is President of the Institute of Parliamentary and Political Law.  He is Editor of the Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law and of the Understanding Canada collection of books.  He is a former federal public servant with service at Elections Canada and in the Office of the Law Clerk of the House of Commons.  He teaches law at the University of Ottawa and in the Osgoode Professional Development Program.  He has written several books relevant to the theme of this Conference.

Kamika McLean is a corporate lawyer, business executive, and board director with strong expertise in governance, strategy, and regulatory oversight. She serves as Senior Legal Counsel at Farm Mutual Re providing legal advice on complex reinsurance and insurance matters, helping the organization manage risk, navigate regulatory requirements, and support sound business decisions across its operations. She was formerly the General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at private equity company WeShall Investments Inc., where she supported portfolio companies across Canada, the U.S., and the Caribbean, leading legal, risk, procurement, and commercial matters in sectors including construction, manufacturing, shareholder advisory, hospitality, ESG, talent search and fintech.

She currently serves on the Federal Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee (GTA) and sits on the Executive of the Ontario Bar Associations In-House Counsel Section. Recognized as one of Canadian Lawyers Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers (2024) and recipient of the Sun Life Tomorrow's Leader Award. She has also served on boards including Black Female Lawyers Network, Young People's Theatre and the College of Homeopaths of Ontario.

Kamika is committed to mentorship and supporting the advancement of racialized legal professionals. Since its inception four years ago, she has served as a mentor in the Advancing Black Students Program through the York University Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, mentoring three students each year as they navigate their academic and professional development. In addition, she supports racialized associates working at Bay Street law firms by providing guidance, career insight, and advocacy to help them progress and thrive within the legal profession.

Kim Gale is a distinguished estate litigation lawyer, mediator, and innovator whose career reflects leadership, professional excellence, and meaningful contributions to the legal community. She is the founder and Principal Lawyer of Gale Law Professional Corporation, a boutique firm in Toronto dedicated exclusively to estate litigation and dispute resolution, where she provides incisive legal strategy and compassionate client advocacy.

Kim’s academic foundation includes a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from City, University of London and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Dispute Resolution from Osgoode Hall Law School. Her advanced training in mediation complements her litigation practice, allowing her to resolve complex disputes through both persuasive advocacy and expert negotiation.

Since being called to the Ontario Bar in 2018, Kim has built a reputation for excellence in estate litigation. From will challenges and dependent support claims to power of attorney disputes and guardianship matters. She has appeared at all court levels and achieved published successes, including favourable outcomes, notably, Doherty v. Doherty, 2023 ONCA 763 and Anroop et al. v. Naqvi et al., 2025 ONSC 160 before the Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Appeal.

Beyond her legal practice, Kim has demonstrated a deep commitment to professional leadership and community impact. She is the president for the Canadian American Law Society, founded Law For Millennials, a widely read legal blog demystifying law for young adults, and The NCA Network, a non-profit dedicated to supporting internationally trained lawyers and fostering inclusion in the profession. 

Kim has served in leadership roles within the Ontario Bar Association, including as Chair of the Elder Law Section, where she advocates for seniors and vulnerable populations and contributes to policy and professional development initiatives.

Her professional excellence has been recognized with a nomination for Litigator of the Year (2024) at the Canadian Law Awards, inclusion in the Best Lawyers rankings for Trusts and Estates in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, and leadership in having Gale Law named among Canada’s Best Law Firms in 2025. She is also an active educator, frequently presenting at industry events and serving as an instructor for estate law bar preparation programs for Emond Publishing.

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Kiranpreet Litt is a counsellor and licensed lawyer who is currently not practicing law. She is a member in good standing with the OCCSSW and Law Society. She joined the Osgoode community in January 2022. Her experiences as a counsellor, lawyer, student, and South Asian woman, have allowed her to be able to connect with students of a variety of backgrounds. These experiences allow her to meet a student where they are at and provide tailored support based on student needs.

As a part of her journey, Kiranpreet has worked in several areas including non-profits, EAP and completed various legal placements. She brings not only counselling experience but firsthand experience with law school, having faced many of the same challenges current law students experience in completing law school and further steps in licensing. In her practice, Kiranpreet has worked with a range of diverse client groups, including those who identify as racialized, couples as well as various professions including lawyers.She has several years of counselling experience and then decided to return to law school in 2017. This unique background of law and social work have helped her to be able to connect with law students from a basis of lived experience with law school and its associated challenges. My approach is solution focused and strength based. Kiranpreet support students in overcoming challenges they face by being client centred. She also works from an intersectional model recognizing that each student has their own experiences that have shaped them.  Furthermore, while working at Osgoode Kiranpreet has been able to support future lawyers in learning how to manage complex relationships both personally and professionally. Kiranpreet has helped law students learn the skills they need to manage heavy work loads and provided them with a tool kit to helps students safeguard their mental health both now in law school but also as future legal professionals.

Erin started her legal career as a corporate commercial litigator at McMillan LLP in Toronto after graduating from the University of Ottawa Faculty of Common Law in 2004. Following several years in a traditional lawyer role, Erin opened her solo freelance lawyer practice in 2013. In 2015 she founded Flex Legal Network Inc., a freelance lawyer platform that matches busy lawyers, law firms, and in-house counsel with freelance lawyers to assist with overflow legal work on a project basis.

Erin is also on the Board of Directors for CanLII, has volunteered with several legal organizations, taught Legal Research & Writing at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, and was the Regional Alumni Advisor (Toronto) for the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, providing confidential career coaching to new lawyers. In addition to an award-winning law-blog, Erin writes for several legal publications and is a regular speaker on a variety of topics including alternative careers in law. Her first book, “The Modern Freelance Lawyer: A Guide to the Business, Ethics, and Evolution of Freelance Legal Work”, was published in 2025 and has reached several best seller lists on Amazon, and is also available at Indigo, Barnes & Noble, and the Toronto Public Library.

Marc was called to the Alberta Bar in 1994 and the British Columbia Bar in 2010, and has decades of corporate and commercial experience in both private practice, including with several top-tier national firms, and in-house roles. He served as General Counsel for GE Energy Financial Services in Vancouver and as Chief Legal Officer of a private energy start up in Calgary.

He joined Assist in 2025 as Programming Director, where in addition to overseeing Assist programming, including peer support, mindfulness, and yoga initiatives, he focuses on well-being education, awareness, and fostering greater community and connection within the legal profession.

Marc is also a sessional instructor at the University of Calgary, Faculty of Law, where he developed and teaches a pioneering course on Mental Health and the Legal Profession. His work is informed by his lived experience of surviving cancer and navigating treatment- resistant major depression and anxiety disorders.

Through his teaching and interdisciplinary research spanning neuroscience, polyvagal and systems theory, psychology, phenomenology, and legal history and culture, he is developing a unified framework examining the root causes and underlying architecture of lawyer distress within legal education and practice, and the systemic and structural forces that shape it. This framework also emphasizes the importance of fostering a legal culture grounded in psychological safety, mutual respect, and openness to diverse voices and perspectives.

His work seeks not only to support students and lawyers in crisis, but also to address the psychological and cultural conditions that give rise to chronic distress, addiction, and burnout in the profession.

Marc mentors through the CBA, provides peer support to lawyers and students through Assist, and separately provides peer support to individuals navigating cancer. He is also trained in mental health crisis support.

Tyler Wentzell is an assistant professor at the Canadian Forces College and has worked as an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, where he received his law degree and SJD. He has published his work in the Globe and Mail, The Walrus, The Conversation, Criminal Law Quarterly, Advocates Quarterly, Labour/Le Travail, Canadian Jewish Studies, Canadian Military History, the Canadian Army Journal, and the Canadian Military Journal. He has been a frequent commentator in the news regarding legal aspects of the war in Ukraine and routinely works as an expert witness regarding First Nations land claims.

Erin Durant is the founder of Durant Barristers, a litigation boutique located in eastern Ontario that has a broad range of litigation experience. Operating throughout Ontario and elsewhere in Canada, Erin administers the firm, assists her colleagues on case strategy and drafting, and consults for other law firms and legal workplaces.

Erin is available to consult with other lawyers and trial teams on case strategy and trial preparation. As an experienced adjudicator, she assists with mock hearings to test drive arguments.  She also assists legal workplaces to conduct workplace audits, improve culture, and improve workplace practices and procedures. She is a frequent paid speaker at legal workplaces about her experience managing mental health challenges and burnout.

Gabriel Latner went to law school in the UK and US, suffered through the NCAs, and couldn't get a job. So he started his own practice. He rarely regrets it.

Saad Minhas serves as Assistant General Counsel at Crusoe, where he leads legal strategy for AI data center development and related infrastructure platforms. His experience spans real estate, construction, energy, board advisory, and general corporate matters across government, a major bank, a leading real estate startup, and the global leader in data centers. He is frequently requested to speak and publish on the law and infrastructure development, and support those entering the profession. Saad is deeply committed to community service, mentorship, and reading to his daughters.

Claudio Klaus is a graduate of the Global Professional Master of Laws program at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. He is an articling student at Northview Law and spent the summer of 2025 at the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee. Claudio is a licensed lawyer in Brazil and a member of the Ontario Bar Association, Canadian Bar Association and the International Bar Association. His experience includes clerking in the Brazilian judiciary (Roraima Court of Appeals), working as a legal extern at the Arizona Supreme Court, and lecturing at a Brazilian university (UNIARP). Claudio is the host of the Studying Law Around the World Podcast and the mind behind UofT's Booklet "75 years 75 stories: Celebrating 75 years of modern legal education, one conversation at time".