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Legal Services for the Indigent – Legal Representation and Mental Health
Thu, Nov 17, 12:30 to 1:50pm, Hilton, Quarterdeck C, Riverside ComplexSession Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel
Abstract
Four papers concerning legal representation of persons with mental health issues.
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Individual Presentations
To Show That … the Courts Are on the Level: Addressing Questions of Competency and Adequacy of Counsel in Mental Health Courts. - Michael Louis Perlin, New York Law School / Mental Disability Law & Policy Associates
Effective Assistance of Counsel for Forensic Defendants: Calling in Backup - Alison Julia Lynch, Disability Rights New York
Sexual Perversion and Morality: How an Attorney’s Personal View of Deviance Can Shape the Quality of Representation in Sex Offender Cases - Heather Cucolo, New York Law School
Representing Indigent Clients with Diminished Capacity - Naomi M. Weinstein, MHLS