The 2023 AJLM Symposium | Mental Health Law & Policy
The 2023 American Journal of Law and Medicine (AJLM) Symposium will be titled Mental Health Law & Policy. The symposium will be split into panels to discuss inequalities in access to mental health care, current and emerging mental health legislation, and privacy issues related to mental health. The panelists’ research will be featured in the AJLM’s Summer publication. We look forward to welcoming our panelists, faculty, and students for the symposium in person at BU and virtually. This symposium will be offered in person via zoom, zoom link here.
Boston University School of Law
765 Commonwealth Avenue
Room 212 (second floor)
| Time | Presenter | Title | Moderator |
| 8:30 – 8:45 am | Check-in | ||
| 8:45 am – 9 am | Introduction | ||
| 9 – 9:20 | Bryn Austin, Nancy Costello | Protecting Youth from the Dangers of Social Media Algorithms: A Legal Research Study to Inform State-level Government Action | Nicole Huberfeld |
| 9:20 – 9:40 | David Katner | A Proposed Juvenile Competency Evaluation Protocol | Nicole Huberfeld |
| 9:40 – 10:00 | Jalayne Arias | Crime, Incarceration, and Dementia: An Aging Criminal System | Nicole Huberfeld |
| 10: – 10:10 | Questions | Nicole Huberfeld | |
| 10:10 – 10:20 | Break | ||
| 10:20 – 10:40 | Michael Perlin, Talia Harmon, Maren Geiger | “The Timeless Explosion of Fantasy’s Dream”: How State Courts Have Ignored the Supreme Court’s Decision in Panetti v. Quarterman | Christie Hager |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Angela Dixon | Forwards, Not Backwards: How the U.S. Supreme Court May Save the Plight of Individuals with Mental Disabilities | Christie Hager |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Barry Solaiman | Monitoring Mental Health: Legal and Ethical Considerations of Using Artificial Intelligence on Psychiatric Wards | Christie Hager |
| 11:20 – 11:30 | Questions | Christie Hager | |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Lunch | ||
| 12:00-12:20 | Emine Ozge Yildirim | The Right to Construct Yourself and Your Identity: The Current Human Rights Law Framework Falls Short in Practice in the Face of Illegitimate Interference to the Mind |
Christoper Robertson |
| 12:20-12:40 | Julia Duffy, Sam Boyle, Katrine Del Villar | What does ‘least restrictive or ‘less restrictive’ mean in mental health law and treatment? Contradictions and confusion illustrated by the case of Queensland, Australia.’ | Christoper Robertson |
| 12:40 – 1:00 | Brian Wright, Muhmmad Ahmad Munir | Reshaping Insanity in Pakistani Law: The Case of Safia Bano | Christoper Robertson |
| 1:00 – 1:10 | Questions | Christoper Robertson | |
| 1:10 – 1:20 | Break | ||
| 1:20 – 1:40 | Barry Furrow | The Future of Behavioral Health: Can Private Equity and Telehealth Improve Access? | Christie Hager |
| 1:40 – 2:00 | Rebecca Morris, Sara Rosenbaum, Christina Andrews, Colleen Grogan | The Intersection of Medicaid Managed Care Contracts with Enrollees with Comorbid Behavioral Health Disorders | Christie Hager |
| 2:00 – 2:20 | Sabrina Singh | Supporting an Invisible Sector of the Healthcare Workforce: The Case for the Creation of the Home Health Aides Support Act | Christie Hager |
| 2:20 – 2:30 | Questions | Christie Hager | |
| 2:30 – 2:40 | Break | ||
| 2:40 – 3:00 | Timothy Hall | Consequences of Dobbs v Jackson Womens’ Health for Mental Health Law | Christopher Robertson |
| 3:00 – 3:20 | Kristin Telford, Lauren Solberg | Mental Health Matters: A Look into Abortion Law Post-Dobbs | Christopher Robertson |
| 3:20 – 3:40 | Craig Konnoth | Using Mental Health Parity to Advance Transgender Equity | Christopher Robertson |
| 3:40 – 3:50 | Questions | Christopher Robertson | |
| 3:50 – 4:00 | Closing |
Papers and Presenters:
- “Crime, Incarceration, and Dementia: An Aging Criminal System” by Jalayne Arias
- “Protecting Youth from the Dangers of Social Media Algorithms: A Legal Research Study to Inform State-level Government Action” by Bryn Austin and Nancy Costello
- “What does ‘least restrictive’ or ‘less restrictive’ mean in mental health law and treatment? Contradictions and confusion illustrated by the case of Queensland, Australia.” by Julia Duffy, Sam Boyle, and Katrine Del Villar
- “The Future of Behavioral Health: Can Private Equity and Telehealth Improve Access?” by Barry Furrow
- “Forwards, Not Backwards: How the U.S. Supreme Court May Save the Plight of Individuals with Mental Disabilities” by Angela Dixon
- “Consequences of Dobbs v Jackson Womens’ Health for Mental Health Law” by Timothy Hall
- “A Proposed Juvenile Competency Evaluation Protocol” by David Katner
- “Using Mental Health Parity to Advance Transgender Equity” by Craig Konnoth
- “The Intersection of Medicaid Managed Care Contracts with Enrollees with Comorbid Behavioral Health Disorders” by Rebecca Morris, Sara Rosenbaum, Christina Andrews, and Colleen Grogan
- “The Timeless Explosion of Fantasy’s Dream”: How State Courts Have Ignored the Supreme Court’s Decision in Panetti v. Quarterman by Michael Perlin, Talia Harmon, and Marin Geiger
- “Supporting an Invisible Sector of the Healthcare Workforce: The Case for the Creation of the Home Health Aides Support Act” by Sabrina Singh
- “Monitoring Mental Health: Legal and Ethical Considerations of Using Artificial Intelligence on Psychiatric Wards” by Barry Solaiman
- “Mental Health Matters: A Look into Abortion Law Post-Dobbs” by Kristin Telford and Lauren Solberg
- “Reshaping Insanity in Pakistani Law: The Case of Safia Bano” by Brian Wright and Muhmmad Ahmad Munir
- “The Right to Construct Yourself and Your Identity: The Current Human Rights Law Framework Falls Short in Practice in the Face of Illegitimate Interference to the Mind” by Emine Ozge Yildirim
Connect with law
How to engage with us on social media:
- Follow @BU_Law and tag us in your stories and posts on all platforms
- Post, like, and retweet content, using event hashtag and tagging speaker(s)
- Share event information on social media
- Send registration link to your networks