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, judges, 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.
Dr. Keith Humphreys is the Esther Ting Memorial Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. He is also a Senior Research Career Scientist at the VA Health Services Research Center in Palo Alto and an Honorary Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London. His research addresses the prevention and treatment of addictive disorders, the formation of public policy and the extent to which subjects in medical research differ from patients seen in everyday clinical practice.