Curtis J. Berger Symposium on Mental Health and the Law
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Friday, November 20, 2009 08:30 AM EST
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Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 102
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You are cordially invited to attend, The Second Curtis J. Berger Symposium on Mental Health and the Law. This event is co-sponsored by The Bridge, whose past president was Columbia Law School Professor Curtis Berger, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and Columbia Law School. We will have registration and breakfast beginning at 8:30 A.M. The program will end at 12:30 P.M.
This Symposium on Mental Health and the Law which will be moderated by Dr. Paul Appelbaum, Columbia Law School affiliated faculty member, will have a number of national experts. New York State Mental Health Commissioner Dr. Michael Hogan will be presenting on various techniques used to gain outpatient treatment compliance of persons who have serious mental illness. New York State’s Outpatient Commitment Law (Kendra’s Law) sunsets next spring. The Symposium will include a review of the recent evaluation of Kendra’s Law presented by its lead evaluator and should be of special interest to those interested in the intersection between mental health treatment concerns and civil rights.
Register Online: http://curtisjbergersymposium.eventbrite.com/
Contact:
Dr. Peter D. Beitchman
Executive Director
The Bridge Inc.
248 W. 108th Street
New York, NY 10025
ph: 212-663-3318
fax: 212-663-3181
e-mail: pbeitchman@thebridgeny.org
Carmen Abber
Program Coordinator
Columbia Law School
Phone: 212.854.7467
Email: cabber@law.columbia.edu
