Rate Professor Elyn Saks

Academic Profile

Academic Background: J.D., Yale Law School.

• M.Litt., Oxford University.
• B.A., Vanderbilt University.

Research Interests: Mental health law, ethics, and policy, with focus on involuntary treatment and patient rights.

Appointments:

• Orrin B. Evans Distinguished Professor of Law, USC Gould School of Law.
• Director, Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy, and Ethics.
• Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, UC San Diego.

Awards:

• MacArthur Fellowship (2009).

Publications:

• The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness (Hyperion, 2007).
• Articles in Stanford Law Review, Journal of Legal Medicine.