Emeritus Professor Donald Bersoff is giving the commencement address at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University on May 20.

An internationally recognized authority on law and mental health, Bersoff was the founding director of the law school’s Law and Psychology Program. 

In 2011, he was elected president of the American Psychological Association.

He edited the landmark “Ethical Conflicts in Psychology,” now in its fourth edition.

The Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology offers three doctoral programs accredited by the APA as well as a master’s degree in mental health counseling.