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Competency and Restoration Reimagined from Practice to Possibility: Competency Alternatives

Date and Time

Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 2:00 PM until 3:00 PM

Category

Panel Discussion

Registration Info

Registration is required

About this event

Join the National Center for State Courts for the third webinar in the three-part series “Competency and Restoration Reimagined from Practice to Possibility.” The series offers insights and recommendations for improving competency to stand trial systems, focusing on:

1) Current laws, cases, and issues
2) Competency process improvements
3) Competency alternatives

In this final installment, "Competency alternatives" learn about alternatives to traditional competency processes and their pros and cons. Panelists will discuss how competency is often used with the intent to connect individuals to treatment. They will also explore the many alternatives to competency that often have better results both in terms of public safety and behavioral health outcomes.

Moderator:
Michelle R. O'Brien, principal court management consultant, NCSC

Panelists:
* Chief Judge Susan Blanco, 8th Judicial District, Colorado
* Judge John T. Gibbons, 17th Judicial Circuit Court, Illinois
* Retired Judge Steve Leifman, The Leifman Group
* Susan McMahon, professor of lawyering skills, University of California, Irvine
* Brian Shannon, professor, Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock