Kayla Theeuwen
Partner
Experience
Community Involvement
- Girls E-Mentorship: Scholarship Committee Member, Scholarship Sponsor
- WeirFoulds Women: Co-lead, Girls E-Mentorship partnership (2018-2020); Co-lead, Dress for Success Toronto’s Bay Street Suit Challenge (2018-present); #CommunityOverCOVID fundraiser for the Daily Bread Food Bank
- WeirFoulds EDI Committee: Chair, Hiring Subcommittee; Chair, Communications Committee
- McMaster University: Alumni Advisor
Speaking Engagements
Guest Lecturer, "Lawyer Mobility in a National and Global Context", Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto, April 6, 2022
Speaker, "Social Media and the Practice of Law: Opportunities and pitfalls in the use of social media while practising law", Litigating in the New Normal: What’s Next, WeirFoulds LLP, Online, November 30, 2021
Speaker, "Enforcing Foreign Judgments and the Reach of Canada’s Courts", Institute Across Borders: Legal Issues and Best Practices for Ontario Lawyers from Around the World, Ontario Bar Association, Online, November 10, 2021
Speaker, "How Do I Get That Tweet Admitted: Litigating in the Age of Social Media", Virtually Together Conference, OECS Bar Association, Online, September 17, 2021
Speaker, “Law and Borders”, Ryerson University Law and Business Student Association, Webinar, August 11, 2021
Speaker, "EDLS Workshop on Remote Hearings", Eugene Dupuch Law School, Online, January 15, 2021
Speaker, “Have Zoom, will… practise? Not so fast…”, Organization of Commonwealth Caribbean Bar Associations (OCCBA), 29 October 2020
Speaker, “Law and Borders: A Discussion on International Business Law, From Canada to the Caribbean”, Ryerson University Law and Business Student Association, Webinar, July 15, 2020
Presenter, "Technology, Insider Trading and Client Confidentiality: Managing your Professional Obligations", Jamaican Bar Association (JAMBAR), Kingston, Jamaica, May 18, 2019
Moderator, "Is Arbitration the Future of Dispute Resolution?", WeirFoulds, May 7, 2018
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Published Works
- Enforcement of Judgements in Canada: Overview, Thomson Reuters, September 2022 (updated annually)
- Litigation and Dispute Resolution Module on Enforcing foreign judgments, Lexis Practice Advisor Canada, May 2020 (updated annually)
- Litigation & Dispute Resolution module, Lexis Practice Advisor Canada, September 2017 (updated annually)
- Has Reasons Review Risen Again? with Raj Anand, published in the Regulatory Boards and Administrative Law Litigation journal – Volume XII, No.2, 2015
Web Series
- Leading Questions: Presented by WeirFoulds Women