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Elyn SaksOrrin B. Evans Professor of Law and Professor of Law and PsychologyContact Information Phone: (213) 740-7572 Office: LAW 418 |
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 M.A. , Oxford University
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M.Litt. Philosophy, Oxford University
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B.A. , Vanderbilt University
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J.D. , Yale University
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History |
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Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, 01/01/2003-
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Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law, Psycholody, Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, , 01/01/1998-
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Clinical Associate, Los Angeles Psschoanalytic Society and Institute, 01/01/1995-
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Professor of Law, Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, , 01/01/1994-01/01/1998
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Associate Professor of Law, Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, , 01/01/1993-01/01/1994
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Associate Professor, , 01/01/1991-01/01/1993
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Assistant Professor, USC Law School, 01/01/1989-01/01/1991
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Instructor, University of Bridgeport School of Law, 01/01/1987-01/01/1989
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Staff Attorney, Connecticut Legal Services at Bridgeport, 01/01/1986-01/01/1987
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| Professor Saks specializes in mental health law, criminal law, and family law; she is being trained as a psychoanalyst. Her recent publications include Jekyll on Trial: Multiple Personality Disorder and Criminal Law (with Stephen Behnke), Interpreting Interpretation: The Limits of Hermeneutic Psychoanalysis and "Competency to Decide on Treatment and Research: MacArthur and Beyond" (with Stephen H. Behnke). Prior to joining the faculty, she practiced family law with Connecticut Legal Services. | |
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