Sexual Abuse Lawyers Alliance (SALA) Conference: Leading Change in Sexual Abuse Litigation
PsycIME is helping to advance standards in sexual abuse litigation
With its inaugural conference, “Advancing Standards in Sexual Abuse Litigation,” set for September 19, 2025, at Vantage Venues in Toronto, Ontario (with virtual attendance available), the Sexual Abuse Lawyers Alliance (SALA) is setting new standards.
PsycIME is stepping forward in support of this crucial initiative as one of the conference’s Gold sponsors—contributing to a shared vision of trauma-informed, skilled legal practice that genuinely serves survivors.
Please refer to the sections below as we explore what SALA is, what this conference aims to achieve, and PsycIME’s role in helping to raise the bar.
What is SALA?
- SALA (Sexual Abuse Lawyers Alliance) is a recently formed alliance of leading civil litigation firms across Canada focused on supporting survivors of sexual abuse. It emphasizes trauma-informed legal practices, systemic advocacy, collaboration, and elevating the quality of legal representation.
- Founding members include Hammerco Lawyers LLP, among others. SALA works to provide compassionate, individualized legal support while pushing back against systems that have historically enabled abuse or silenced survivors.
What is the “Advancing Standards in Sexual Abuse Litigation” Conference?
This event is the first of its kind for SALA and we are very excited to share everything we have planned for this event. Here are some key details:
- Date: September 19, 2025
- Location: Vantage Venues in Toronto, Ontario. Please note that this conference is a hybrid format with both in person + virtual availability.
- Who Is This For: Civil litigators, legal professionals, insurers, trauma-informed practitioners, and anyone involved in sexual abuse litigation.
- Accreditations: The program offers continuing professional development (CPD) credit:
- Law Society of Ontario: includes professionalism and EDI-content (equity, diversity, inclusion) components.
- Law Society of British Columbia: accredited for 6 hours of CPD.
- Topics & Format: The agenda includes keynote and panel sessions on trauma-informed practices, emerging challenges, best practices in causes of action and damage claims, and real-world lessons. It also builds in opportunities for networking and peer exchange.
Why This Matters
- For survivors, the quality of legal representation can profoundly affect both outcomes in court and personal well-being. SALA’s approach aims to standardize excellence, ensuring that trauma, dignity, and healing are central—not peripheral—to legal processes.
- By bringing together advocates, specialists, and lawyers from all throughout Canada, the conference aims to create shared resources and standards. This can enhance uniformity and lessen variance in the way sexual abuse cases are handled in different jurisdictions.
- The focus on trauma-informed legal practice and equity (e.g., EDI content) shows a commitment to not just procedural fairness but humane, respectful, and culturally aware legal processes.
PsycIME: GOLD Sponsor & Partner in Change
PsycIME is proud to be listed among the GOLD Sponsors for this landmark SALA conference. This means:
- Support for Expertise: By sponsoring SALA, PsycIME helps ensure that quality resources—psychiatric, psychological, and medical-legal—are part of this conversation. Independent medical examinations, trauma-specific assessments, and mental health expertise are often critical in sexual abuse litigation, influencing outcomes, credibility, and justice.
- Commitment to Standards: Sponsorship means more than financial support. It’s a statement that best practices, rigorous evaluation, sensitivity to trauma, and accountability are components that must be elevated. PsycIME’s involvement signals that these are values they endorse and want to promote.
- Visibility & Collaboration: As a gold sponsor, PsycIME obtains a platform among legal and medical professionals to share knowledge, build partnerships, and influence how medical-psychological evidence is gathered and used in cases of sexual abuse.
What to Expect & How to Participate
- Tickets: In person tickets are $325 (CA) and Virtual tickets are$175 (CA). This current pricing tier is available until September 16, 2025.
- Agenda: Full-day program from approximately 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM ET, with sessions by expert speakers, interactive panels, Q&A, and reflections.
- Takeaways: Attendees can expect to walk away with a deeper understanding of trauma-informed litigation, updated knowledge on legal precedents, better strategies for damages, equity-informed practice, and stronger interprofessional networks.
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