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Richard D. Schneider

The Honourable Mr. Justice Richard D. Schneider, BSc, MA, PhD, LLB, LLM, CPsych, is a Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice, Deputy Judge of the Territorial Court of Yukon, Chair of the Ontario Review Board, and Alternate Chair of the Nunavut Review Board. He was previously a criminal defence lawyer and certified clinical psychologist. He was counsel to the Ontario Review Board from 1994 to 2000 and was certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a specialist in criminal litigation. Justice Schneider is also an Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto; a “Specially Appointed Researcher” at the China University of Political Science and Law Criminal Psychology Research Centre. He was named Honorary President of the Canadian Psychological Association in 2002. Justice Schneider’s private practice was generally limited to the representation of mentally disordered accused, and a great deal of his time has been spent presiding at the Mental Health Court in Toronto. His major research interests are competency and criminal responsibility, and he has published extensively in the area of mental disorder and the law. Recent books include Mental Health Courts: Decriminalizing the Mentally Ill (2007, with H. Bloom & M. Heerema); Annotated Ontario Mental Health Statutes, 4th ed (2007); The Lunatic and the Lords (2009); Law and Mental Disorder: A Comprehensive and Practical Approach (2013, with H. Bloom); Mental Disorder and the Law: A Primer for Legal and Mental Health Professionals, 2d ed (2017, with H. Bloom); Fitness to Stand Trial: Fairness First and Foremost (2018, with H. Bloom); and The Death of a Butterfly: Mental Health Court Diaries (2019) (all published by Irwin Law/Delve Books).

Books by Richard D. Schneider

The 2023 Annotated Mental Health Provisions of the Criminal Code, Part XX.1

by (author) Richard D. Schneider & Lora Patton
edited by Caitlin Pakosh

The Annotated Ontario Mental Health Statutes, 5/e

by (author) Richard D. Schneider & Lora Patton
edited by Caitlin Pakosh

The Lawyer's Guide to the Forensic Sciences

contributions by Caitlin Pakosh, Gail S. Anderson, Maggie Bellis, Hy Bloom, Vladimir Chlistovsky, Kristopher Cunningham, Brian L. Cutler, Sheila D. Early, Lindsay Fitzsimmons, Cecilia Hageman, Sarah Harland-Logan, Liam Hendrikse, Jayantha Herath, Wade Knaap, Anita Lal, Patrick Laturnus, Stéphanie B. Marion, Rolf W. Mathewes, Tim Moore, Michael Pickup, Michael S. Pollanen, Dan C. Purdy, Ashwyn Rajagopalan, Steve Rogers, Tracy Rogers, Toby H. Rose, Vincenzo Rondinelli, Daniel M. Scanlan, Richard D. Schneider, David Sweet, Sherah VanLaerhoven, James Watterson, Alison Weir & James G. Wigmore

Law and Mental Disorder

A Comprehensive and Practical Approach

edited by Hy Bloom & Richard D. Schneider

The Lunatic and the Lords

by (author) Richard D. Schneider

The Annotated Ontario Mental Health Statutes, 4/e

by (author) Richard D. Schneider

Mental Health Courts

Decriminalizing the Mentally Ill

by (author) Richard D. Schneider, Hy Bloom & Mark Heerema

Mental Disorder and the Law

A Primer for Legal and Mental Health Professionals

by (author) Hy Bloom & Richard D. Schneider