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That meant long\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-05-22T14:47:34-07:00\u0022\u003E05\/22\/2025-2:47pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"To determine whether someone can stand trial, certified mental health professionals evaluate a person\u2019s competency, but until now, the required training was only offered in person, once every two years. Now, thanks to a new collaboration between the\u00a0Arizona Supreme Court and ASU, this certification is available online and on-demand.","teaser":"When Arizona courts need to determine whether someone can stand trial, they rely on a small group of certified mental health professionals to evaluate a person\u2019s competency.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-05\/Scale%20and%20Gavel.jpg?itok=_cc3Tp_V","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20250522-law-journalism-and-politics-asu-arizona-supreme-court-launch-online-mental-health-evaluation-certification","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"New College","contributor-contact-information-name":"Melissa Stroud","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"West Valley campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-05\/Scale%20and%20Gavel.jpg?itok=_cc3Tp_V","image_alt":"A judge\u0026#039;s gavel and balanced scales of justice on a desk with books.","image_caption":"The\u00a0Arizona Supreme Court,\u00a0ASU\u2019s New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences and ASU\u00a0Learning Enterprise are collaborating on an online and on-demand competency evaluator training program. 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His courses, he said, were the perfect intersection of digestible\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-05-09T15:55:31-07:00\u0022\u003E05\/09\/2025-3:55pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Ryan Pogemiller is graduating this spring with a bachelor\u0026#039;s degree in philosophy. His next step? Harvard Medical School. 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