The Science of the Mind: Litigating Mental Health in Criminal Cases (2024)
Program Summary: Experts estimate that between 55 and 75% of all incarcerated people suffer from mental health issues. Whether it is insanity, incompetence, or impairment; mental health issues affect bail decisions, sentencing, and the chance of winning at trial. Understanding the Science of the mind, how to decode potential defenses, untangle issues of competence, and being able to use all that information can be the key to successful representation of a client.
Experts in the sciences and the nation’s top litigators with extensive experience representing mentally disabled or affected clients are sharing their insights, knowledge, and understanding of mental health to assist you in helping your next client obtain a successful outcome.
This program will cover various aspects of mental health issues, ranging from competence to insanity defenses, jury selection and persuasion, and sentencing. You will learn how to get a jury to care about your client, how to effectively cross-examine a variety of experts, and mitigation at sentencing.
CLE Credit: Up to 14 hours of self-study CLE credits. Please confirm with your state's CLE commission to ensure this program is available for self-study CLE certification.
Presentations Included:
1. The Psychological Landscape of Parricide: Research and a Case Study – Dr. Nicole M. Vienna
2. Cross of Mental Health Experts on Competency – Jason Downs
3. Understanding the Development of Sexual Behavior: Normative Versus Pathological – Dr. Gimel Rogers, Psy.D., ABPP
4. Voir Dire in Mental Health Cases – Andrea Lyon
5. Getting Help in Competence Litigation: Using the Lawyer Expert – John T. Philipsborn
6. Rehabilitation: Second Chances When Jailed as a Juvenile – Halim Flowers and Sonya Pfeiffer
7. The Lawyer’s Mental Health Journey – Angelica Cogliano
8. A Paradigm Shift for Representing the Convicted, Committed, the Condemned: Defending Sexually Violent Persons (SVP) – Richard L. Jones
9. Malingering in Forensic Evaluations – Dr. Allison Paganelli, Psy.D., ABPP
10. Defending Veterans in Criminal Cases: Mitigation on PTSD – Captain Art Cody, USN (Ret.), Esq., and Teresa J. "Teri" Sopp
11. Autism Spectrum Disorder – Dr. Jill Fodstad, PhD HSPP BCBA-D
12. The Law of Storytelling: A Conversation about Schizophrenia and Drug Addiction – Reggie Burch and Jennifer Sellitti
Prices
- List Price $225.00
- Member Price $199.00