Our team of experts at Lorio Forensics provides CLE talks for legal teams, judges, and other professionals who work in the justice system.  The LF experts have an unmatched nexus of academic credentials, clinical expertise and court consultation experience.  As such, we are able to synthesize peer-reviewed science and real-life applications relevant to our audiences. In addition, our clinicians have diverse professional backgrounds and areas of expertise, including but not limited to psychiatry, social work, psychology, early childhood development, trauma and complex trauma, addiction, child & adolescent mental health, neuropsychology, and social determinants/drivers of health. Training needs and audiences are dynamic, and our breadth and depth of expertise equips us to deliver tailored and high-quality trainings.

Lorio Forensics experts have given CLE lectures related to numerous topics, including but not limited to adolescent development,  trauma and adverse childhood experiences, psychological testing, Antisocial Personality Disorder, secondary traumatic stress for officers of the court, and culturally and structurally informed approaches to mitigation. Many of our clinicians hold academic appointments and are knowledgeable of adult learning and highly experienced lecturers. A sample of our topics is as follows: 

• Secondary Traumatic Stress & Judges
• Culture, Context, and Critical Hope: Considerations for Attorney Mental Wellbeing 
• Trauma Through the Lens of Race
• Identifying Signs and Symptoms of Mental Illness
• Adverse Childhood Experiences: How Early Trauma Impacts Behavior
• Poverty, Incarceration, & Mental Illness
• Cannabis & Adolescents

Our firm has a national reputation for quality and excellence, which is why we’re called on to conduct trainings year round, repeatedly lending our expertise be it  bar associations, judge trainings or attorney conferences. In fact, LF founder and principal consultant, Dr. Sarah Y. Vinson, is one of just four national co-chairs – and two psychiatrists – for the Judges and Psychiatrists Leadership Initiative (JPLI), a collaboration between the Council for State Governments and the American Psychiatric Association Foundation that has trained over 4,000 judges across the country. 

The Lorio Forensics experts are committed to remaining on the cutting edge of theory and practice at the intersection of the law and mental health, and are excited to explore opportunities for collaboration in line with your organization’s needs.