CLEonline.com, together with the Houston Bar Association, are pleased to present a special online CLE seminar in the area of criminal law. Forensic mental health issues increasingly dominate criminal practice. This seminar will highlight current problems, recent legislative developments, and provide a basic look at competency, sanity, and other aspects of mental illness in the context of Texas criminal law.
This seminar features an audio presentation from a live CLE seminar on this topic that was originally conducted by the Houston Bar Association (HBA) on May 1, 2009. This audio presentation features attorneys Staci Biggar of the Houston firm of Guerrero & Biggar, L.L.P. and Kevin Keating of the Harris County District Attorney's Office in Houston. This is a streaming audio presentation that you can access on demand at any time during the course of the seminar session. The audio presentation runs for approximately 1.25 hours. This seminar is entitled:
HBA Presents: "Forensic Mental Health Issues: A Primer"
** (available at any time of the day and in time increments convenient to you during the above referenced dates) **
Subjects to be discussed during this CLEonline.com seminar include:
- Crisis and (Civil) Intervention
- Civil Commitment Following Emergency Detention
- General Mental Health Issues in Criminal Cases
- Incompetence to Stand Trial
- The Insanity Defense
- Insanity Acquittal: Now What?
The instructor/moderators for this CLEonline.com seminar will be:
Ms. Staci Biggar, who is a name partner with the firm of Guerrero & Biggar, L.L.P. in Houston. Ms. Biggar is admitted to practice in all state courts in Texas and before the U.S. District Court and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Houston Bar Association. She received her law degree from South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1993).
Mr. Kevin P. Keating, who is an attorney with the Harris County District Attorney's Office in Houston. Mr. Keating is admitted to practice in all state courts in Texas and before the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Houston Bar Association. He received his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1993).
The seminar registration fee for this CLEonline.com seminar is only $32. SPECIAL DISCOUNT: If you are a member of the HBA, you are entitled to a 20 percent discount and the registration fee is only $25. NOTE: If you are eligible and you wish to receive this special discounted fee, you will need to call the HBA Office in Houston (713-759-1133) and request the 'HBA Discount Code' for CLEonline.com seminars. When you register for this seminar on our site, enter this discount code on the Shopping Cart page to receive the discounted rate.
This seminar is accredited for 1.25 hours of participatory CLE credit (no ethics) by the MCLE Committees of the State Bar of Texas and the State Bar of California. In addition, regular CLE credits for this seminar are also available in a number of other states. CLEonline.com is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider pursuant to Sec. 9 of the California MCLE Rules and Regulations. (These are not self-study credits, but rather 'participatory' credits as you would receive for attending a traditional, live CLE seminar.)
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