The fourth biennial conference of MDLN will be held at the University of Nottingham on 3 and 4 July 2025, preceded by a preconference for doctoral students and early career researchers on 2 July.  There will be three plenaries –

• Mental health, social care and the law for children and young people
• Mental health law and neurodivergence
• Mental health law and BAME communities

The event brings together academics, policymakers, professionals and people with lived experience of mental health problems or mental disability to discuss legal developments. 

Call for papers closes 1 May 2025. 

• For academic-style papers, please submit through https://forms.office.com/e/gKBJRwU86L. 
• The link for Evidence from lived experience is https://forms.office.com/e/nPgL6yakxR.
• For written or artistic contributions, please contact Nell Munro (nell.munro@nottingham.ac.uk).

Institute of Mental Health Nottingham