Making Contact with the Legal System
December 16th, 2022
Answer the following question separately:
1. Discuss some of the differences between the approaches lawyers and mental health professionals take. How do you think this may present conflicts and what types of conflicts would you expect?
2. When contacted by an attorney for a case referral, what questions would you want to be sure to ask before you agree to the case?
Readings: https://www.apaservices.org/practice/update/2008/12-17/subpoena
Barsky,A.E.(2012). Clinicians in Court ,Second Edition chapter 3,4,7
Brodsky,S.L.(2012) Testifying in Court : Guidelines and Maxims for the Expert Witness ,Second Edition chapter 46
1. Discuss some of the differences between the approaches lawyers and mental health professionals take. How do you think this may present conflicts and what types of conflicts would you expect?
2. When contacted by an attorney for a case referral, what questions would you want to be sure to ask before you agree to the case?
Readings: https://www.apaservices.org/practice/update/2008/12-17/subpoena
Barsky,A.E.(2012). Clinicians in Court ,Second Edition chapter 3,4,7
Brodsky,S.L.(2012) Testifying in Court : Guidelines and Maxims for the Expert Witness ,Second Edition chapter 46