The Mental Health Law & Policy Journal Board of Advisors is comprised of leading scholars in mental health law from across the United States.  In addition to providing general oversight and direction, the Members of the Board of Advisors aid in conducting thorough double-blind peer-reviews of all manuscripts prior to a publication decision.  The following are the current Members of the Board of Advisors:

Donald Bersoff, J.D., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Law, Drexel University, 

Annette Christy, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of South Florida

David DeMatteo, J.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Drexel University, Director, J.D./Ph.D. Program in Law and Psychology

Thomas Hafemeister, J.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Virginia, Director of Legal Studies, Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy

James Jones, J.D., Professor, University of Louisville

Michael Perlin, J.D., Professor, New York Law School, Director of the Mental Disability Law Program and the International Mental Disability 

Elyn Saks, J.D., Ph.D., M.Litt., Professor, University of Southern California, Director of the Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy, and Ethics

Christopher Slobogin, J.D., LL.M., Milton Underwood Chair in Law, Professor of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University.

Christina Zawisza, J.D., M.A., Professor of Law, University of Memphis