Elyn Saks

Elyn Saks received a B.A. (1977) from Vanderbilt University, an M.Litt. (1981) from the University of Oxford, and a J.D. (1986) from Yale Law School. Her additional publications include numerous scholarly articles and the books Interpreting Interpretation: The Limits of Hermeneutic Psychoanalysis (1999) and Refusing Care: Forced Treatment and the Rights of the Mentally Ill (2002). She joined the faculty of the University of Southern California Gould School of Law in 1989, where she is currently associate dean and the Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.