This series provides information regarding current scientific and legal issues related to dementia, as well as current efforts to prepare the judiciary for an expected increase in the prevalence of dementia.

Dementia and the Law: Introduction

Opinion, Al-Baluchi v. Austin, No. 1:08-cv-2083 (D.D.C. Sept. 8, 2023), D.E. 249, 691 F. Supp. 3d 133.

Constitutional Criminal Law. Experts discuss the Supreme Court’s elimination of the Watershed Exception for procedural rule changes in Edwards v. Vannoy, and the lack of need for specific findings in life without parole sentencing of juveniles in Jones v. Mississippi.  

Lou Ortenzio, a former physician who lost his career and his marriage in his struggle with opioids, shares his experience assisting others who seek to recover from substance use disorder in his home town of Clarksburg, West Virginia.