Academics

CJ 329 Mental Health Law (3)

This course discusses current law as it applies to those with mental illness. It examines a variety of topics related to mentally disabled persons as participants in or subjects of legal proceedings: among other topics, legal issues related to competency, involuntary confinement, and relationships between individual rights and competing societal rights are explored. The course culminates in a review of new trends in mental health law such as drug courts and mental health courts.