Just realized – 3 1/2 years later – that the full video is available on the Criminal Lawyers’ Association’s YouTube Channel – this is well worth the 5-6 hours – particularly for the mock ORB hearing at the end!

The Mock Hearing starts around the 5:21:30 mark in this video – it’s tongue in cheek but hilarious, brilliant and in terms of the serious take-aways, it does cover substantive issues and process akin to real life.

The last in person CLA / LAMDA Mental Health Conference – February 22 2020

The 5th Annual Mental Health Conference – held on February 22, 2020
HOSTED BY THE CRIMINAL LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION (CLA) AND THE LAW AND MENTAL DISORDER ASSOCIATION (LAMDA)
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Agenda and Topics:

  *   9:30 – 10 a.m. Check-In and Networking

  *   10 – 10:05 a.m. Opening Remarks – Webcast begins
     *   Cassandra DeMelo, DeMelo Law, Women’s Vice President, Criminal Lawyers’ Association and Co-Chair, CLA Mental Health Committee

  *   10:05 – 10:40 a.m. “Lessons from Walker: What being amicus means now”
     *   Moderator: Graedon Pfeiffer, Greenwood Defence
     *   Dena Bonnet, Crown Counsel
     *   Megan Savard, Addario Law Group LLP , Director, Criminal Lawyers’ Association
     *   The Honourable Riun Shandler, Ontario Court of Justice

  *   10:40 – 10:55 a.m. BREAK

  *   10:55 – 11:10 a.m. “The 4-1-1 on s. 33.1: How the NCR test might look if s. 33.1 is struck down by the Court of Appeal”
     *   Moderator: Cassandra DeMelo, DeMelo Law, Women’s Vice President, Criminal Lawyers’ Association and Co-Chair, CLA Mental Health Committee
     *   Jill Presser, Presser Barristers
     *   Danielle Robitaille, Henein Hutchison LLP

  *   11:10  – 11:50 a.m. “Keeping up with the Justices: Reviews of the latest and greatest out of the Court of Appeal by the greatest and latest out of the Bar”
     *   Moderator: Anita Szigeti, Anita Szigeti Advocates
     *   Michael Davies, Davies Barristers
     *   Maya Kotob, Anita Szigeti Advocates
     *   Meaghan McMahon, Davies Barristers, Recent Call Director, Criminal Lawyers’ Association
     *   Joanne Stuart, Crown Counsel

  *   11:50 a.m.  – 12:30 p.m. “Jails are not and can not be treatment centres“
     *   The Honourable Senator Kim Pate

  *   12:30 – 1:15  p.m. LUNCH BREAK

  *   1:15 – 2 p.m. “The Double-Whammy: a consideration of the intersection of race and mental illness in criminal law?
     *   Moderator: Cassandra DeMelo, DeMelo Law, Women’s Vice President, Criminal Lawyers’ Association and Co-Chair, CLA Mental Health Committee
     *   Jennifer Chambers, Executive Director, Empowerment Council
     *   Roy Wellington, H. Roy Wellington, Barrister

  *   2 – 2:25 p.m. “Fall from Grace: when getting fired by your client (or firing them) is for the best”
     *   Moderator: Dean Embry, Embry Dann, Assistant Secretary, Criminal Lawyers’ Association and Co-Chair, CLA Mental Health Committee
     *   David Connally, Barrister & Solicitor
     *   Sabrina Feldman, Sabrina Feldman Law
     *   Suzan E. Fraser, Fraser Advocacy

  *   2:25 – 2:40 p.m. BREAK

  *   2:40 – 3:20 p.m. “Paging the Doctor: preparing your client for assessments, and the intricacies of this process”
     *   Moderator: Leah Shafran, Greenwood Defence
     *   Emily Dixon, Defence Lawyer
     *   Dr. Mitesh Patel
     *   Dr. Lisa Ramshaw

  *   3:20 – 3:55 p.m. “Worlds Colliding: Civil and Criminal Mental Health Law Clash In MOCK ORB hearing”
     *   Moderator: Anita Szigeti, Anita Szigeti Advocates
     *   Kelley Bryan
     *   Christel Francis
     *   Dr. Robert McMaster, Forensic Psychiatrist, CAMH
     *   Meghan O’Brien, Lamb and O’Brien
     *   Dr. Mark Pearce, Forensic Psychiatrist, CAMH

  *   3:55 – 4:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
     *   Dean Embry, Embry Dann, Assistant Secretary, Criminal Lawyers’ Association and Co-Chair, CLA Mental Health Committee