Palma Paciocco is an assistant professor at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, where she researches and teaches in the areas of criminal law and evidence. She holds an SJD degree from Harvard Law School, BCL and LLB degrees from the McGill Faculty of Law, and a joint-honours BA from the McGill Faculty of Arts. She served as a law clerk to the Honourable Justice Louise Charron of the Supreme Court of Canada and is called to the bars of Ontario and New York. She is a frequent lecturer at continuing education programs for judges and lawyers and is a recipient of the Osgoode Hall Law School Teaching Award.