Skip to main content

Mental Health Law

Current Offerings

Mental Health Law (3010): This class will explore timely issues surrounding mental health law. Representative topics include civil commitment proceedings; forced outpatient treatment and hospitalization; mental health in the criminal justice system; guardianship/conservatorship and its alternatives; mental health courts; the Americans with Disabilities Act; the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); and neurodiversity. A variety of stakeholders---clinicians, attorneys, individuals with mental illness or developmental disabilities, and family members---will join us as guest speakers to reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of the current system and to discuss possible reforms. The course will be graded on an MP/R/F basis. Elements used in grading: Class Participation, Written Assignments.

Sections

Mental Health Law | LAW 3010 Section 01 Class #1112

  • 2 Units
  • Grading: Law Mandatory P/R/F
  • Learning Outcomes Addressed:
    • LO1 - Substantive and Procedural Law
  • Course Category:
    • Law, Medicine & Health Policy

  • 2023-2024 Spring ( )
  • Thu
  • Room: LAW 285

Past Offerings

Mental Health Law (3010): This class will explore timely issues surrounding mental health law. Representative topics include civil commitment proceedings; forced outpatient treatment and hospitalization; mental health in the criminal justice system; guardianship/conservatorship and its alternatives; mental health courts; the Americans with Disabilities Act; the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); and neurodiversity. A variety of stakeholders---clinicians, attorneys, individuals with mental illness or developmental disabilities, and family members---will join us as guest speakers to reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of the current system and to discuss possible reforms. The course will be graded on an MP/R/F basis. Elements used in grading: Class Participation, Written Assignments.

Sections

Mental Health Law | LAW 3010 Section 01 Class #1119

  • 2 Units
  • Grading: Law Mandatory P/R/F
  • 2021-2022 Winter
    Schedule No Longer Available
    • 1L: Winter Elective (Open to First-Year JD Students)
  • Learning Outcomes Addressed:
    • LO1 - Substantive and Procedural Law
  • Course Category:
    • Law, Medicine & Health Policy

  • 2021-2022 Winter
    Schedule No Longer Available
Back to the Top