Exploring mental health of law students and admission to practice

In this guest blog, Keith Rizzardi explores his recent paper exploring the handling of the mental health of law students applying for bar admission... Like the Wizard of Oz, the Florida Board of Bar Examiners wields great power, but it is time to expose and rethink the abuses of that power when it is directed … Continue reading Exploring mental health of law students and admission to practice

How to do therapeutic jurisprudence research

Guest blogger Nigel Stobbs teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses on therapeutic courts .... I often meet academics, lawyers, graduate research students and criminologists who are inspired by the idea of using TJ as a structure or method for a particular project, but who struggle to pin down what the TJ method 'is', or how to … Continue reading How to do therapeutic jurisprudence research

We’ve Looked at TJ from Both Sides Now: Perspectives of the Professor & the Practitioner

In this blog the Professor - Michael L. Perlin, Professor Emeritus of Law, New York Law School - and the Practitioner - Alison J. Lynch, Staff Attorney, Disability Rights New York - discuss how Therapeutic Jurisprudence has informed their work, individually and in collaboration... Michael L. Perlin (MLP): Therapeutic Jurisprudence (TJ) has been part of my teaching, my writing and … Continue reading We’ve Looked at TJ from Both Sides Now: Perspectives of the Professor & the Practitioner

Therapeutic Jurisprudence: Audio and Video resources

Therapeutic Jurisprudence (TJ) is an interdisciplinary perspective that has moved from theory to practice and has now attracted the attention of academics and practitioners internationally.    There are a range of written resources (see International Network on TJ searchable bibliography) but also a great deal of audio and video.  Ideal for those who need a … Continue reading Therapeutic Jurisprudence: Audio and Video resources