> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Advocates' Society - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/advocates-society/ - Published: 1999-01-02T08:57:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-03-20T19:19:11.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization **The Advocates' Society (TAS)** is a Canadian not-for-profit association based in Toronto, Ontario. ## Organization TAS's leadership and personnel are available on its website.[\[1\]](#fn1) | Name | Position | Notes | | ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Darryl Cruz | President | McCarthy Tétrault | | Sheree Conlon | Vice-President | Nijhawan McMillan & Conlon Barristers (NM&C), Nova Scotia Barristers' Society (NSBS), Schulich School of Law | | Sheila Gibb | Treasurer | Epstein Cole | | Scott Hutchison | Secretary | Henein Hutchison Robitaille (HHR) | | Vicki White | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) | \- | | Ira Nishisato | Director | [Borden Ladner Gervais](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Borden-Ladner-Gervais) (BLG), [Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Institute-for-Advanced-Legal-Studies) | | Peter Osborne | Director | Lenczner Slaght | | Nadia Effendi | Secretary, Appellate Advocacy Practice Group[\[2\]](#fn2) | [Borden Ladner Gervais](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Borden-Ladner-Gervais) (BLG), [Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Institute-for-Advanced-Legal-Studies) | | Guy J. Pratte | President (2020-2021)[\[3\]](#fn3) | [Borden Ladner Gervais](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Borden-Ladner-Gervais) (BLG) | | Christine Mohr | Modern Advocacy Task Force member[\[4\]](#fn4) | [Department of Justice Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Department-of-Justice-Canada) | | Alexander Pless | Modern Advocacy Task Force member | Superior Court of Quebec, [Department of Justice Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Department-of-Justice-Canada) | | Owen Rees | Modern Advocacy Task Force member | [Department of Justice Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Department-of-Justice-Canada), Ontario Superior Court of Justice, [Supreme Court Advocacy Institute](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Supreme-Court-Advocacy-Institute) (SCAI) | | Thomas Cromwell | Modern Advocacy Advisory Group member | [Cross-Jurisdictional Technical Advisory Group](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Cross-Jurisdictional-Technical-Advisory-Group), Supreme Court of Canada, [Borden Ladner Gervais](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Borden-Ladner-Gervais) (BLG) | | Beverley McLachlin | Modern Advocacy Advisory Group member | [Cross-Jurisdictional Technical Advisory Group](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Cross-Jurisdictional-Technical-Advisory-Group), Supreme Court of Canada | | Robert Sharpe | Modern Advocacy Advisory Group member | [Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Institute-for-Advanced-Legal-Studies) | ### Sponsors TAS events have been sponsored by:[\[5\]](#fn5)[\[6\]](#fn6) - 30 Forensic Engineering - Banack Resolutions - DLD Financial Group[\[7\]](#fn7) - Farris - Fasken - Heuristica Discovery Counsel - McEwan Partners - MNP - Pivot HR Services[\[8\]](#fn8) - PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) - Triage Data Solutions (TDS)[\[9\]](#fn9) - Veritext - Victory Verbatim ## Publications - June 2021: "[The Right To Be Heard: The Future of Advocacy in Canada](https://www.advocates.ca/Common/Uploaded%20files/Advocacy/ModernAdvocacy/The%5FRight%5Fto%5Fbe%5FHeard%5FThe%5FFuture%5Fof%5FAdvocacy%5Fin%5FCanada%5FDIGITAL.PDF)" by the Modern Advocacy Task Force ## External links - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/TheAdvocatesSociety) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-advocates%27%E2%80%8B-society/) - [Website](https://www.advocates.ca/) - [X](https://x.com/Advocates%5FSoc) --- 1. *Officers & Directors.* The Advocates’ Society. Retrieved February 27, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref1) 2. *Nadia Effendi.* Borden Ladner Gervais. Retrieved February 27, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref2) 3. *Guy J. Pratte.* Borden Ladner Gervais. Retrieved February 27, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref3) 4. Pratte, G. J. (2021). *The Right to be Heard: The Future of Advocacy in Canada - Final Report of the Modern Advocacy Task Force.* The Advocates’ Society. [https://www.advocates.ca/Common/Uploaded files/Advocacy/ModernAdvocacy/The\_Right\_to\_be\_Heard\_The\_Future\_of\_Advocacy\_in\_Canada\_DIGITAL.PDF](https://www.advocates.ca/Common/Uploaded%20files/Advocacy/ModernAdvocacy/The%5FRight%5Fto%5Fbe%5FHeard%5FThe%5FFuture%5Fof%5FAdvocacy%5Fin%5FCanada%5FDIGITAL.PDF) [↩︎](#fnref4) 5. *The Advocates’ Society BC in Bloom Gala 2025.* The Advocates’ Society. Retrieved February 27, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref5) 6. *Fall Convention 2024.* The Advocates’ Society. Retrieved February 27, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref6) 7. *The Vancouver Gala.* The Advocates’ Society. Retrieved February 27, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref7) 8. *Pivot Sponsors The Advocates’ Society’s Fall Social Event.* Pivot HR Services. Retrieved February 27, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref8) 9. *The Advocates’ Society Vancouver Gala 2024.* The Advocates’ Society. Retrieved February 27, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref9)