About the Author

• Author: Richard D. Schneider
• Pages: 289-289

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Hon. Richard D. Schneider, Ph.D. LL.M., C.Psych., is a justice of

the Ontario Court of Justice, where he presides at Toronto’s Mental

Health Court, and Alternate Chair of the Ontario and Nunavut Re-

view Boards. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of

Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Toronto, and an

Adjunct Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. Prior

to his appointment to the bench, Justice Schneider was a criminal de-

fence lawyer, a clinical psychologist, and counsel to the Ontario Re-

view Board. He was recently appointed Honorary President of the

Canadian Psychological Association. He has published extensively in

the area of mental disorder and the law.