Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder & The Law

Legal Aid NSW Criminal Law Division

This episode is the recording of an in-house seminar given by Professor Elizabeth Elliot AM FAHMS on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and the Law. Professor Elliott is a Distinguished Professor in Paediatrics and Child Health in Sydney University Medical School; Consultant Paediatrician, Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network (Westmead); a National Health and Medical Council of Australia (NHMRC) Practitioner Fellow; and Fellow of the Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.

In this seminar, Professor Elliot provides an update on progress in addressing FASD in Australia and its relevance to the legal profession.