Mental Disability Law and Criminal Law
Presented by Heather Ellis Cucolo, JD and Michael L. Perlin, JD, in partnership with Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates.
This on-demand professional training program on Mental Disability Law and Criminal Law is presented by Michael L. Perlin, JD, and Heather Ellis Cucolo, JD, in partnership with Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates.
This program explores in depth the relationship between mental disability and the criminal trial process. Topics include all aspects of the criminal incompetency status (including trial, plea, counsel waiver, and other pre-trial, trial, and post-trial stages); the insanity defense; institutionalization and release policies that govern the cases of persons found permanently incompetent to stand trial and those found not guilty by reason of insanity; the right of forensic patients to refuse antipsychotic medications; the role of mental disability evidence in other aspects of criminal trial and pre-trial proceedings (including confessions and privilege against self-incrimination matters); sentencing, the death penalty (including issues involving mitigation, predictions of future dangerousness, executability of persons with mental retardation, and competency to be executed); and the effectiveness of counsel in cases involving defendants with mental disabilities.
Upon completion of this program you will be able to:
Describe how experts and attorneys interact at all stages of the criminal prosecution (pre-trial, at trial and post-trial)
Describe aspects of the criminal incompetency status including: competency to stand trial, competency to waive counsel, competency to plead guilty, and “other” competencies (pre-trial, at trial and post-trial)
Describe all issues related to the refusal of medication in cases involving forensic patients
Describe issues related to those currently incompetent to stand trial, those pleading the insanity defense, and those who have been convicted
Describe the interaction between experts and attorneys during sentencing and the significance of mental disability in Federal Sentencing Guidelines cases
Describe the full spectrum of issues in death penalty cases involving persons with mental disabilities (including those with mental illness and those with intellectual disabilities)
Describe questions of mitigation
Describe competency to be executed
Describe eligibility for the death penalty
Describe all issues related to the role of mental disability evidence at trial
Michael L. Perlin, JD
Heather Ellis Cucolo, JD
This is a badge-earning program, which means it will help you earn a certificate that can be showcased on digital platforms like LinkedIn.
Review Before Proceeding
Lesson 1 Video
Involuntary Civil Commitment
Criminal Trial Proces: Competency
Resistance to Jackson v. Indiana
Forty Years After Jackson v. Indiana
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 2 Video
The Relationship Between the ADA and the Incompetency Process
Indiana v. Edwards
Pro Se Competence in the Aftermath of Indiana v. Edwards
Beyond Dusky
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 3 Video
Insanity
CLARK v. ARIZONA
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 4 Video
Michael Jones v. United States
Procedural Issues
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 5 Video
New Generation of Medications
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 6 Video
Trial Process
Power and Greed and the Corruptible Seed
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 7 Video
Sentencing
UNITED STATES v. BOOKER
The Impact of PTSD on Criminal Sentencing
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 8 Video
Death Penalty
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 9 Video
The Role of Counsel
Panetti V Quarterman
HALL v. FLORIDA
Lesson Quiz
Lesson 10 Video
THE EXECUTIONER'S FACE
Strickland v. Washington
Far from the Turbulent Space
Lesson Quiz
Instructions
Evaluation
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Mental Disability Law and Policy Associates
Custom training options for groups of 5 to 500+