Michael A. Saini

Michael A. Saini is a Professor at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, holding the Factor-Inwentash Chair in Law and Social Work and co-directing the Combined J.D. and M.S.W. program with the Law Faculty. His scholarship focuses on intersections of law and social work, with a specific emphasis on children and families within legal systems.

Key research areas include

• Coparenting assessment methodologies
• Parent-child relationship dynamics
• Interparental conflict impact
• Technology in family justice
• Crossover cases between child protection and custody
• Legal systems as socially embedded phenomena

His funded projects cover Co-parenting across family structures, Family justice in Quebec, Virtual visitation, and Access to effective family justice. Recent publications focus on coparenting scales, domestic violence implications, and pandemic-related family stressors.

Scientific recognition includes

• Stanley Cohen Distinguished Research Award (2019)
• Meyer Elkin Essay Award (2017)
• John & Minnie McKay Award

He maintains active roles as co-PI on four external grants, serves on editorial boards including Family Court Review, and holds leadership positions in organizations like the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and Family Mediation Canada.