The midday session of the National Criminal Defense Forum on Forensic Mental Health & the Law was led by the incredible Dr. Harold Bursztajn from Harvard Medical School. In addition to teaching, Dr. Bursztajn practices both forensic and clinical psychiatry. ...
University of Wisconsin Professor of Law Michele LaVigne gave a fascinating presentation of the prevalence of language impairment in incarcerated adults and juveniles. Unfortunately, language impairment is rarely recognized and often misidentified as antisocial personality disorder or noncompliance. Language impairment...
I became a lawyer to use the power of the law to help people with mental health disabilities - the true and constant underdogs who must fight to prove they have disabilities and at the same time fear being labeled...
Prosecuting an underfunded mental health system to force it to live up to high standards of care for individuals with mental impairments held in jail is a double-edged sword. A lawyer has to know going in that the resources a...