Mental Health Justice Clinic

Graduate

This course is an opportunity for students to reflect on the violence that legal systems inflict on consumers/survivors of the psychiatric system. It offers students both substantive knowledge (in a weekly seminar) and practical experience (as a regular in-person placement in a community service setting). Students will attend in-class seminars where they will investigate the relevant laws and issues impacting individuals with mental health disabilities. Students will also attend regular in- person clinic dates during the semester. The clinic will be held at a community organization where mental health supports/services are also delivered. Health Justice Partnerships integrates lawyers and law students into health settings and are critical examples of cross-sector collaboration that addresses social problems that no one sector can solve on its own. Students work in support of the movement of disabled and “Mad” people by providing summary advice, public education and outreach under the supervision of counsel. (Prerequisite and/or Co-requisite: LAWG-5849. Mental Health and the Law) (This is an experiential learning course)