Paula J. Caplan

95 Slater Ave. Phone/Fax: (401) 861-0962
Providence, RI 02906 E-mail: [email protected]

Law- and Court-Related Curriculum Vitae
 Testimony, Consulting, Invited Addresses and Symposia, Teaching
Expert witness testimony in courts, in the Law Society of Upper Canada for Women's Legal Education and
    Action Fund, and for the Ontario Board of Examiners in Psychology.
Invited address, "Legal Implications of Sexism in Diagnosis: DSM-IV." American Psychological Association
    Division of Psychology of Women and Womenís Interest Group of the Massachusetts Psychological
    Association conference on "Feminist Psychology and the Law." Boston. February 3, 1995.
Invited participant, symposium "Concerning Child Protection and Domestic Violence Issues." Family Law
    Bar Admission Course, Law Society of Upper Canada. Toronto. September 24, 1992.
Invited moderator, "Connecting with Our Elders: Women, Aging, and Action" forum for Women's Legal,
    Education, and Action Fund. Toronto, Ontario, June 24, 1992.
Invited panel presentation, "Women and the Law." Conference on Challenges for Women in the 21st 
    Century. St. Clement's School. Toronto, Ontario, April 30, 1992.
Supervised dissertation: Evelyn Sommers. (1992). Voices from within: Women in conflict with the law.
Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice presentation, "The Justice System's Endorsement of
    Mental Health Assessors' Sexism and Other Biases: Charter Issues and Other Forms of Injustice".
    Toronto, Ontario, October 12, 1990.
Invited panel presentation, "Preliminary Findings of the Law Society of Upper Canada's Questionnaire
    Survey of Mental Health Professionals Who Conduct Child Custody Assessments," Law Society of
    Upper Canada Education Dept. program, Assessing the Assessors: What You Need to Know. Toronto,
    December 15, 1989.
Invited participant, consultation on Seaboyer/Gayme (rape law) case, Women's Legal Education and
    Action Fund, Toronto, 1989.
Keynote address, "Myth of Women's Masochism." Toronto Legal Aid Clinics Conference, Toronto,
    Ontario, June 2, 1988.
Participant in Upper Canada Law Society conference on sexual abuse. Osgoode Hall, Toronto, June 6,
    1986.
Discussant for Toronto Family Lawyers Group on Women's Mistreatment by the Courts, May 5, 1986.
Keynote address, "The Myth of Women's Masochism." Rexdale Legal Aid Clinic's conference on wife
    battering. Rexdale, Ontario, 1985.

Publications
Caplan, Paula J. Foreword for Evelyn K. Sommers, Voices from Within: Women Who Have Broken the
    Law. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1995, pp.ix-x.
Caplan, Paula J. The justice systemís endorsement of mental health assessorsí sexism and other
    biases: Charter issues and other forms of injustice. In Bernard Dickens & Monique Ouellette (Eds.),
    Health Care, Ethics and Law/Soins de sante, ethique et droit. Canadian Institute for the Administration
    of Justice/Institut canadien díadministration de la justice. Les editions Themis, 1993, pp.79-87.
Caplan, Paula J., & Wilson, Jeffery. Assessing the child custody assessors. Reports of Family Law, Third 
    Series, 27(2), October 25, 1990.