ASU’s 9th Biannual Law and Neuroscience Conference

Addiction and the Courts:
What Can New Science and Technologies Offer?

ASU’s 9th Biannual Law and Neuroscience Conference

Addiction and the Courts: What Can New Science and Technologies Offer?

Friday, January 10th, 2025

Sandra Day O’Connor United States Courthouse
401 W. Washington St, Phoenix, AZ

ASU Law’s Center for Law, Science and Innovation and the U.S. District Court of Arizona invite you to explore the intersection of addiction, justice and technology at a free neuroscience and law conference.

The event will feature a diverse lineup of distinguished speakers and attendees, including doctors, lawyers, professors and subject-matter experts.

Topics to be discussed include: the neurobiology of addiction, challenges the courts to face, challenges of representing addicted individuals, addiction treatment and legal implications of addictions.

More information to come!

Dr. Thomas Insel, M.D.

Tom lnsel, M.D., a psychiatrist and neuroscientist, has been a national leader in mental health research, policy, and technology. From 2002-2015, Dr. Insel served as Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). More recently (2015 – 2017), he led the Mental Health Team at Verily (formerly Google Life Sciences) in South San Francisco, CA. In 2017, he co-founded Mindstrong Health, a Silicon Valley start-up building tools for people with serious mental illness.