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Part of Health Law

Mental Health Law

Rights and treatment of people with mental illness.

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What this area covers

Mental health lawyers work on civil commitment, treatment rights and the way courts and correctional systems respond to mental illness.

Typical legal work

  • Representing clients in commitment proceedings
  • Advocating for treatment and services
  • Advising on mental health courts and diversion

Where lawyers work

  • Legal aid and public-interest organizations
  • Public defender offices
  • Federal, state and local government
  • Nonprofit and advocacy organizations

A setting is where you work; an area is what the work is about. The same area is practised in very different settings.

Schools with verified programs

A school is listed here only when its own website names a concentration, certificate, clinic, center or field placement in Mental Health Law. Schools are in alphabetical order. The list is not a ranking, and a school that is absent may still teach the subject.

4 schools · 4 clinics · 1 center or institute

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Program types counted as evidence: clinics, certificates, concentrations and specializations, centers and institutes, externships and field placements. Joint degrees and advanced degrees are described under Degrees & program types.

Sources

These references informed what the area covers. The description above is PreLaw Advisor’s own and does not reproduce their text.

  1. 1.American Bar Association. Health Law Section (opens in a new tab) Retrieved Sep 2026.
  2. 2.American Bar Association. Section of Civil Rights and Social Justice (opens in a new tab) Retrieved Sep 2026.

Description reviewed Sep 2026. Each school program links to the page it was verified against.

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