Event Videos

PANEL ONE - Theoretical Framework. Discuss concepts that led, sustain, and challenge the integration of mental health considerations and interventions within potentially coercive legal systems. Moderator: Richard Boldt, J.D., T. Carroll Brown Professor of Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Panelists: Michael Sinclair, MSSW, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Morgan State University School of Social Work. Chrysanthi Leon, J.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Delaware. Inbar Cohen, MSW, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Child and Youth Rights Program of the Minerva Center on Human Rights; Law Faculty, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

PANEL TWO - In the Community. Analyze the multiple tensions that arise within legal institutions and other social service agencies, in balancing empathy and individual needs with concerns that arise from the community, recognizing the heterogeneity of community stakeholders such as local government, law enforcement, mental health providers, homeowners and businesses. Moderator: Hope Randolph, Law Student; Journal of Healthcare Law & Policy Symposium Chair, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Panelists: Ruth Shefner, MPH, MSW, Ph.D. Student, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health. Lewis Bossing, J.D., Senior Staff Attorney, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law. Shelly Wiechelt, MSW, Ph.D., Chair and Associate Dean, University of Maryland Baltimore County School of Social Work.

PANEL THREE - In the Home. Explore the reach of the mental health turn, understood broadly as all facets of intervention aimed at well-being and behavioral change, into intimate areas of family life. This includes intimate partnerships, parental relationships, and child and adolescent development. Moderator: Korey Johnson, J.D., Ph.D. Student, Morgan State University. Panelists: Linda-Jeane (LJ) Mack, MSW, Ph.D. Student, University of Maryland Baltimore School of Social Work. Chaz Arnett, J.D., Associate Professor of Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Laurie Graham, MSW, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Social Work. Iris Cardenas, MSW, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Social Work.

PANEL FOUR: Where to? Consider how current and future professionals should think about and assess whether, when, and how to engage with and shape the intertwining of mental health services and interventions with legal system encounters. Moderator: Corey Shdaimah, LLM, Ph.D., Daniel Thursz Distinguished Professor of Social Justice, University of Maryland School of Social Work. Panelists: Inbar Cohen, MSW, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Child and Youth Rights Program of the Minerva Center on Human Rights, Law Faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Leigh Goodmark, J.D., Co-Director of Clinical Law Program; Marjorie Cook Professor of Law; Director of the Gender Violence Clinic, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Ariya Hayes-Lawson, MSW Student, University of Maryland School of Social Work. Courtney Bergan, Law Student, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.