- Canadian Criminal Law (with Bruce Archibald and Alan Bryant) (1986)
- Criminal Procedure in Canada (1992)
- Evidence in Canadian Criminal Trials (1995)
- The Duty to Defend: Lawyers and the Criminal Justice System (2004)
- The Reasonable Doubt Standard: Criminal Justice and the Ethics of Proof (2010)
- The Art of Cross-Examination (with David Paciocco) (2011)
- The Law of Evidence in Canada (with Richard S. Litman) (2016)
In addition to his legal scholarship, Schlifer has also written several works of fiction, including:
- The Life and Times of Henry Morgentaler (2009)
- The Defence (2013)
- The Trial (2015)
- The Appeal (2017)
Schlifer is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Academy of Law. He is also a member of the American Law Institute and the International Society for Criminal Justice.