PROGRAM FEE: $60 SLL members and CPCS staff, bar advocates and prosecutors; $75 all others

CPCS approved for 2 hours of Mental Health Litigation, Juvenile Delinquency, Post-conviction, and Adult Criminal Trial credits. 


Faculty (l to r): Hon. Thomas A. Connors, Superior Court (Chair); Hon. Robert C. Cosgrove, Superior Court, Hon. Kenneth J. Fishman, Superior Court; Debra A. Pinals, M.D., Assistant Commissioner, Forensic Services, Department of Mental Health

Criminal practitioners will learn the intricacies of dealing with mental-health issues at both pre-trial and trial.

• How judges address competency issues within the statutory framework
• Practical considerations for defense counsel and prosecutors including the consequences of an incompetency finding
• Tactical considerations in trying cases where the defendant’s mental state is at issue
• How clinicians assess issues of competency and of assertion at trial of impaired mental
capacity

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