Veteran criminal defense lawyer John Philipsborn presented a toolbox for presenting and cross- examining mental health experts. It is the common experience of criminal defense lawyers that government experts tend to state their conclusions in a way that don't allow you to examine how they...
Dr. Thomas Grisso, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Psychology and the Director of the Law-Psychiatry Program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Dr. Grisso is the man. He is the grandfather of all that is competency. He created the screening tools and...
Dr. Patricia A. Zapf, Ph.D., a Professor in the Department of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice brought to bear her many years of experience researching and performing competency examinations on individuals. She has worked on a variety of cases, some as serious...
Professor Steven Drizin, J.D., is the Legal Director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions and Associate Director of the Bluhm Legal Clinic at Northwestern Law. He kicked off Day Two of the Mental Health Law Forum stating that a study of DNA false confessions resulted...
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 can be a significant issue...