law: Faculty

Mort P. Cohen
Title:
Professor of Law
Department:
Law
Campus:
San Francisco

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COURSES TAUGHT

  • Civil Procedure
  • Criminal Law

    • RESEARCH INTERESTS AND AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

  • Bioethics
  • Civil Litigation
  • Criminal Law
  • Disability Law
  • Elder Law
  • Health Law
  • Mental Health Law

    • EDUCATION

    • LLM, Harvard University

    • LLB, Brooklyn Law School

    • BS, New York University

    PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE

    • Has taught criminal law for over 25 consecutive years
    • Litigates in the area of prisoners and the constitutional rights of the mentally ill
    • Consultant to the California Mental Health Association
    • Former trial attorney with the US Department of Justice

    SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

    • ed., Cambridge Quarterly of Health Care Ethics, Cambridge University Press (1992-1995).

    • AIDS Law for Mental Health Professionals: A Handbook for Judicious Practice, (AIDS Health Project, University of California 1991-1995). Legal adviser.

    PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

    • Member of the Board of Directors for the California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
    • Member, California, New York & Michigan State Bars