OPEN TO THE PUBLIC – PRESENTED BY
THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS
Preliminarly Conference Schedule
Friday, September 30, 2016
Pre-Conference Workshop (3.5 CLE)
Mental Illness & the Justice System
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
This workshop is FREE, and registration for it is separate from registration for the Conference.
This half-day CLE will help public defenders, prosecutors, investigators, members of the judicial system, social workers, and members of law enforcement understand how Washington’s legal system responds to people with mental illness. It will provide an opportunity to hear directly from people living with mental illness, discuss the barriers to treatment, as well as explain the impact of legal financial obligations and ethical challenges in representing people living with mental illness. Workshop components include:
Mental Illness 101
Panel Discussion on Recovery: Hearing from People Living with Mental Illness
Challenges, Barriers to Treatment, Punishment Instead of Treatment and Legal Financial Obligations
Ethical Challenges in Representing People living with Mental Illness