Online Programs

Current and Emerging Issues in Civil Sexual Assault

Table of Content

Program Date: Feb 26, 2018

Tab A
Agenda

Tab B
Faculty List and Biographies

Tab 1
Resolution Without Trial
Frank Gomberg, Gomberg Mediation Solutions Inc.
Kathleen Urdahl, Global Resolutions
Simona Jellinek, Jellinek Law Office

Tab 2
Institutional Liability Claims
Bruce Hutchison, Genest Murray LLP
Loretta P.Merritt, Torkin Manes LLP
Linda C.Phillips-Smith, Stieber Berlack LLP
Robert Talach, Beckett Personal Injury Lawyers
Susan Vella, L.S.M., Rochon Genova LLP
Alexander D.Pettingill, Thomas Gold

Tab 3
Class Actions
Linda C.Phillips-Smith, Stieber Berlach LLP
Margaret L.Waddell, Waddell Philips Professional Corporation

Tab 4
Credibility and Memory Issues in Sexual Assault Cases
Loretta P.Merritt, Torkin Manes LLP
Dr.Candice M.Monson, C.Psych., Department of Psychology, Ryerson University
The Hon. Justice Diane Oleskiw, Ontario Court of Justice

Tab 5
Bill 132 – Ontario’s New Sexual Violence & Harassment Legislation and Initiatives
Joanna Birenbaum, Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LLP
Simona Jellinek, Jellinek Law Office

Tab 6
Civil Sexual Assault and the Defamation Claim
Andrea Gonsalves, Stockwoods Barristers
Alex Smith, Henein Hutchison LLP

Tab 7
What’s on the Horizon: New And Emerging Issues
Anna Matas, Lerners LLP
Molly Reynolds, Torys LLP

Tab 8
Supplementary Materials

Tab 9
Note Paper

Mental Disorder: Criminal Justice and Community Solutions

Table of Content

Program Date: Feb 23, 2018

Tab A
Agenda

Tab B
Faculty List and Biographies

Tab 1
Challenges and Practical Solutions for Addressing the Needs of Accused Persons with Mental Health Challenges – Part 1

Hamilton Police Service
Eric Girt, Chief, Hamilton Police Service

Mental Health Issues and the Criminal Justice System
Michael Callaghan, Assistant Crown Attorney, Criminal Law Division, Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario)

Challenges and Practical Solutions for Addressing the Needs of Accused Persons with Mental Health Issues
Dr.Sandy Simpson, Chief of Forensic Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Associate Professor and Head of the Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

Crown Prosecution Manual

Tab 2
Not Criminally Responsible

Raising NCR After a Finding of Guilt: Practical and Strategic Considerations Relating to Bifurcation
Erin Dann, Barrister
Craig Fraser, Assistant Crown Attorney, Criminal Law Division, Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario)

Tab 3
Challenges and Practical Solutions for Addressing the Needs of Accused Persons with Mental Health Issues -Part 2

Mental Health Services in Ontario Corrections
Nancy Sanders, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services

Challenges and Practical Solutions for Addressing the Needs of Accused Persons with Mental Issues
Sheldon Kennedy, Lead Director, Co-Founder of Respect Group, Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy Centre

Mayor’s Task Force on Behavioral Health and the Criminal Justice System Action Plan 2014

Brooklyn Mental Health Court

A Guide to Court-Based Intervention and Resource Teams

Brooklyn CIRT 2014-2017

From Punishment to Treatment: The “Clinical Alternative to Punitive Segregation” (CAPS) Program in New York City Jails

Department of Correction Description of CAPS and PACE Units

The Enhanced Pre-Arraignment Screening Unit

Staten Island HOPE Program Press Release 2017/2018

A Guide to Pretrial Supervised Release

Tab 4
Trending Issues Before Review Boards – Part 1: Results of the Interdisciplinary Study of the Ontario Review Board

Therapeutic Jurisprudence, Procedural Fairness, Access to Justice, and Ontario Review Board Process
Dr.Sandy Simpson, Chief Forensic Psychiatry, Centre for Addition and Mental Health, Associate Professor and Head of the Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Jamie Cameron, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

Tab 5
Trending Issues before the Courts and Review Boards – Part 2
Jamie Cameron, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Michael Feindel, Crown Coordinator, Ontario Review Board, Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario)
Janice E.Blackburn, Bersenas Jacobsen Chouest Thomson Blackburn LLP
Erin Dann, Barrister

Tab 6
Notes

Work Integrated Learning – Best Practices for Legal Risk Management

Table of Content

Program Date: Feb 15, 2018

Tab A
Agenda

Tab B
Faculty List and Biographies

Tab 1
The Report of the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario: An Overview
Lisa Phillips, Interim Vice-President Academic & Provost; Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

Tab 2
Employment Standards and Insurance – Perspectives of Employer, Student & Institution
Amanda E.Lawerence-Patel, Hicks Morely Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP
Joshua Mandryk, Goldblatt Partners LLP; Ontario Director, Canadian Intern Association

Tab 3
Human Rights Challenges and Accommodations
Marian Y.MacGregor, Equity Advisor, Equity Initiatives, The Law Society of Upper Canada
David Lepofsky, Volunteer Chair, AODA Alliance, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act Alliance
Jacob Schweda, Acting Executive Director, Canadian Intern Association

Tab 4
Occupational Health & Safety – Legal & Risk Management Considerations
Leanne De Filippis, Interim Executive Director, Office of the Counsel, York University
Giselle Basanta, Senior Legal Counsel, Office of the General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Governors, Ryerson University

Tab 5
Perspectives Panel: Challenges on the Frontlines & Want To Do When Things Go Wrong
Susan Soikie, Director, Arts & Science Co-op, University of Toronto Scarborough
G.D. (Doug) Gallant, MBA, MIM, CD, Director, Science, Information technology, Engineering Co-op, Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia)

Tab 6
Additional Resources

Tab 7
Note Paper