HOW TO APPLY

Mental Health and the Law: Theory and Practice - FALL 2024 & WINTER 2025

Instructor Amna Qureshi

Join us for an INFORMATION SESSION on Zoom on Friday, June 21, 2024 from 12-1pm. 

View the info session recording (passcode V!x*Mam9)

This is a full year course which blends theory and practice and is meant to provide students with foundational law in relation to civil and criminal mental health law and hands on experiences in Edmonton’s Mental Health Court (EMHC).  

In this course students will:

- learn and discuss the basic legal rules and seminal jurisprudence that apply in both the civil and criminal mental health law contexts

- learn about mental disorders, therapeutic justice, trauma informed lawyering and much more 

- Observe and tour community organizations and facilities such as the Edmonton Remand Centre and Alberta Review Board 

- Shadow and work in EMHC under the supervision of Legal Aid Staff Duty Counsel 

Acceptance into the course is through application process only and students selected must commit to being enrolled in both the fall and winter semester and be available to attend court at least 3 hours a week on Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays beginning in October. There will be no class component in the winter semester. 

APPLICATION DETAILS

Interested students are encouraged to attend the information session. Applications may be made to the attention of Professor Qureshiby submitting a curriculum vitae, law transcripts (unofficial is acceptable) and a letter of no more than 500 words, explaining why you are interested in an internship with the mental health court. Applications should be sent by e-mail to lawsupp@ualberta.ca with subject line “Mental Health Law Course”. The application deadline is 4pm on Friday, July 5, 2024. 

More detailed information will be provided at the June 21 information session.