Students will help persons with lived experience of mental illness draft advance directives as part of a person-centered planning approach to the treatment of individuals with mental illness by third parties, including medical and law enforcement personnel.
Organization
INCLUDE Project, Mithoff Pro Bono Program
The INCLUDE Project enables students with interests in disability and probate law to provide free legal serves to persons with disabilities and their families. INCLUDE is an internal project of the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program, in partnership with the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law. The Psychiatric Advance Directives Project involves a collaboration INCLUDE and Integral Care.
Project Details
- Project Date
Friday, February 21
- Project Time
- 1pm-3pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 4 hours, including training
- Training
- Wednesday, February 19, 5pm-7pm (CCJ 1.312 (Goodwin Conference Room)); students must bring a laptop to the training
- Skills used
- Client interviewing/counseling; community education/outreach; cultural competence; document preparation
- Project location
- Judge Guy Herman Center for Mental Health Crisis Care, 6600 East Ben White Blvd.
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 3
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Strong English skills required; students with an interest in mental health law and invested in patient self-determination are encouraged to apply.
- To Apply
- Register at https://pad2sp20.eventbrite.com