There is not much in the way of a record of the very earliest years going back to 1999!! when the Law Society first hosted mental health law conferences I have co-Chaired over the last 25 years.
However, there are certainly ways to access at least some of the CLA & LAMDA co-hosted conferences over the years 2018-2022 and even a 2011 Garage Series Special on Mental Disorder Law!
Here are some ways to view these vintage gems!
First the 2011 Cooper Garage Series Mental Disorders and the Criminal Justice System
Date: June 16, 2011
I’ve blogged about this one here with some excerpts of my presentation
Then the one off LSO hosted Mental Health Conference
Mental Health Issues and the Criminal Law
September 21 2013 – co-Chaired with Breese Davies (Now Justice Davies)
A Couple of CLA alone events in 2015 and 2016
Still and again with now Justice Breese Davies and Jessyca Greenwood was added to co-Chair
Before LAMDA was formed, as soon as I became MD Portfolio Chair
The FIRST CLA Event — Mental Health Issues and the Criminal Law March 7, 2015
SECOND ANNUAL CLA MENTAL HEALTH CONFERENCE — APRIL 2, 2016
Next, the CLA and LAMDA Years – good, clean fun!
Cassandra DeMelo makes her arrival as co-Chair and never really leaves – best of friends since!!
First of these was the 3rd Annual Mental Disorder Law Conference — April 28 2018 Event
This 2018 Conference was the first co-hosted by LAMDA, as LAMDA was not created until 2017. However, by 2018 LAMDA was a co-hosting organization and that first of its kind conference on April 28, 2018 was actually titled, quite simply: “The CLA and LAMDA Mental Disorder and Criminal Justice Conference: “Beyond Fitness and NCR – Mental Health in Criminal Justice”. It was a third of something but as it turned out, also a first of something else, something new that would endure.
The Agenda and Speakers for that 2018 Conference are Still available here:
Program Agenda for the CLA & LAMDA Mental Disorder Conference April 28 2018
And Videos of Each Panel – some valuable content here:
CLA & LAMDA 3rd Annual Mental Disorder Law Conference April 28 2018 Videos YouTube
On My Blog At the Time
Next Up, the 4th Annual Event held on February 23, 2019
Proper Conference Title:
The 4th Annual CLA and LAMDA Mental Disorder and the Law Conference: “Back to the Future: Refreshers on Basics to Ensure Successes Ahead”
The Agenda for that one
- “NCR or Just High”– Concurrent Disorders vs. Self-Induced Intoxication: What’s become of Bouchard-Lebraun?
- “Reviewing the Review Board” – Emerging Guidance from the Court of Appeal
- “The 6 Minute Mental Disorder Lawyer – Emerging Topics”
- “NCR – Basics and Updates – Procedure on NCR cases”
- Smoking Bans in Psychiatric Facilities – Let them Smoke so You can Let them Out
- “Whose Friend Are you Anyway?” -The Role of Amicus in Mental Disorder Proceedings
- “It’s not speculation, it’s my clinical opinion”: Cross-examining Psychiatrists as Experts
PROGRAM AGENDA WITH SPEAKERS
Program Agenda for the CLA & LAMDA Mental Disorder Conference February 23 2019
AND THE VIDEO RECORDING OF EACH PANEL STILL AVAILABLE HERE
CLA & LAMDA 4TH Annual Mental Disorder Law Conference 2019 Videos YouTube
On My Blog at the Time
Next – THE 5TH ANNUAL CLA and LAMDA MENTAL DISORDER LAW CONFERENCE
Date: February 22, 2020
This one is MY FAVOURITE – “MENTAL HEALTH FOR ALL: Senior and Junior Counsel Alike”
Don’t Let the Poster’s Date Fool Ya’ – it says 2019 but it was held Feb 22 2020 – Seared in my Brain!
Program Agenda With Speakers Still Available Here:
Program Agenda for the CLA & LAMDA Mental Disorder Conference February 22 2020
And of Course the Webcast Recording Available here:
CLA & LAMDA 5th Annual Mental Disorder Law Conference February 22 2020 Videos YouTube
Blogged About this One A Couple of Times — First, at the relevant time, here:
And later, when I accidentally stumbled upon the recording years later, here:
Followed, Naturally, by the 6th Annual Event held Virtually on February 20 2021
Program Agenda and ALL WOMAN Speakers List Still Available Here:
Program Agenda for the CLA & LAMDA Mental Disorder Law Conference February 20 2021
Video Recording of the Entire Conference and Individual Panels Available Here:
CLA & LAMDA 6th Annual Mental Disorder Law Conference February 20 2021 Videos
On My Blog Previously
Finally, The 7th CLA and LAMDA Conference March 26, 2022
This one turned out to be the Last of Its Kind though we didn’t necessarily know that at the time of course. It had an interesting title: “HARD, HARDER, HARDEST: How to Graduate Through the Levels of Mental Health Work With Ease”
Agenda on My Blog at the Time
DeBrief on my Blog at the Time
No 8th Annual BUT instead a June 17 2023 CLA Spring Conference Panel on Fitness and NCR
called – perhaps unsurprisingly “Brushing Up On Fitness and NCR” and it was Good!
Video Recording of the Panel Presentation June 17 2023 here
CLA Spring Conference Mental Disorder Panel June 17 2023 Video
On the Blog
2024 was a Write-Off Mental Disorder Conference-Wise so Far as I can tell, which brings us to the
First Ever WiCCD and LAMDA Mental Disorder and Criminal Justice Conference April 26 2025
This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Videos of Each panel of the First Ever LAMDA and WiCCD Mental Disorder in Criminal Justice Conference April 26, 2025 will be rolled out on WiCCD’s YouTube Channel in their own Playlist here:
First LAMDA and WiCCD’s Mental Disorder and the Criminal Law Conference April 26 2025
Starting with this one and my Intro delivered effectively on my death bed – bet you can’t tell!
THANK YOU FOR TUNING IN TO ANY OR ALL OF THESE SPECIAL EVENTS
I am already looking forward to the next one – likely to be an Academic Conference also built around our latest book, the Canadian Anthology on Mental Health and the Law (CAMHL), circa Spring, 2026
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