Fredrick Vars

University of Alabama School of Law

Professor Vars joined the University of Alabama School of Law faculty after practicing law for six years at Miller Shakman & Beem LLP in Chicago. Professor Vars teaches Property, Decedents’ Estates, and Mental Health Law. His research interests include mental health and empirical analysis of law.

Fredrick Vars's Articles

Mental Health

The Most Dangerous Moment of My Life: Reducing Police Killings During Mental Health Crises

July 6, 2022

“You need to get on the gurney now,” the police officer said, leaning toward me. This was a pivotal moment in my life — my first psychotic episode — but one I cannot remember. Looking back through the haze of psychosis, I see only the rough outline of a police officer standing in the door of…