Deirdre M. Smith

University of Maine School of Law

Professor

300 Fore Street

Portland, ME 04101

United States

http://mainelaw.maine.edu/faculty/profile/smith-deirdre/

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

10

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Scholarly Papers (10)

1.

The Paradox of Personality: Mental Illness, Employment Discrimination, and the Americans With Disabilities Act

George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journal, Vol. 17, p. 79, 2006
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 17 May 2006 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2008
Deirdre M. Smith
University of Maine School of Law
Downloads 515 (115,392)

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disability, mental illness, psychiatry, personality disorder, discrimination, employment, Americans with Disabilities Act

2.

Diagnosing Liability: The Legal History of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Temple Law Review, Vol. 84, No. 1, 2011
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 28 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2011
Deirdre M. Smith
University of Maine School of Law
Downloads 423 (145,883)

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PTSD, posttraumatic, evidence, psychiatry, diagnoses, DSM, causation

3.

The Disordered and Discredited Plaintiff: Psychiatric Evidence in Civil Litigation

Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 31, No. 3, p. 749, 2010
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 02 May 2009 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2010
Deirdre M. Smith
University of Maine School of Law
Downloads 283 (226,287)

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psychiatry, evidence, mental illness, stigma, credibility

4.

Dangerous Diagnoses, Risky Assumptions, and the Failed Experiment of 'Sexually Violent Predator' Commitment

67 Oklahoma L. Rev. 619 (2015)
Number of pages: 114 Posted: 11 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2015
Deirdre M. Smith
University of Maine School of Law
Downloads 238 (269,252)

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civil commitment, psychiatry, psychiatric evidence, due process, sex offenders

5.

Who Says You're Disabled? The Role of Medical Evidence in the ADA Definition of Disability

Tulane Law Review, Vol. 82, p. 1, 2007
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 09 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 21 May 2010
Deirdre M. Smith
University of Maine School of Law
Downloads 235 (272,637)
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ADA, disability, discrimination, medical evidence, summary judgment

6.

An Uncertain Privilege: Implied Waiver and the Evisceration of the Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege in the Federal Courts

DePaul Law Review, Vol. 58, p. 79, 2008
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 30 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 15 Feb 2009
Deirdre M. Smith
University of Maine School of Law
Downloads 202 (314,888)

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evidence, mental health, psychotherapist-patient privilege, waiver

7.

Keeping It in the Family: Minor Guardianship As Private Child Protection

18 Conn. Pub. Int. L.J. 269 (2019)
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 20 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2020
Deirdre M. Smith
University of Maine School of Law
Downloads 177 (355,206)

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minor guardianship, kinship care, child protection, child welfare, dependency, foster care, family law, parental rights, grandparents, relative caregivers

8.

Termination of Parental Rights as a Private Remedy: Rationales, Realities, and Alternatives

Syracuse Law Review, Vol. 72, pp. 1174-1266
Number of pages: 94 Posted: 15 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2022
Deirdre M. Smith
University of Maine School of Law
Downloads 132 (453,180)

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child protection, child welfare, dependency, adoption, stepparents, foster care, family law, guardianship, parentage, parental rights, constitutional law, termination of parental rights

9.

From Orphans to Families in Crisis: Parental Rights Matters in Maine Probate Courts

68 Me. L. Rev. 45 (2016)
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 16 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2016
Deirdre M. Smith
University of Maine School of Law
Downloads 97 (569,638)

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minor guardianship, family law, family courts, probate courts, jurisdiction, court reform

10.

Judges as Lawyers

Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 04 Oct 2023
Deirdre M. Smith
University of Maine School of Law
Downloads 48 (826,332)

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judges, judicial ethics, professional ethics, access to justice, courts, court systems