In the latest edition of The Alternative Law Journal, Victorian Magistrate Pauline Spencer, explores how therapeutic jurisprudence can provide a way of thinking about how to make our laws and legal systems more humane, just and effective. "From alternative to the new normal: Therapeutic jurisprudence in the Mainstream", explores recent developments in therapeutic jurisprudence and, … Continue reading New article: TJ in mainstream criminal justice
Innovative approaches: online resource for judges and others
Guest bloggers Professor Tania Sourdin, Director, Australian Centre for Justice Innovation (ACJI) and Sarah Russell, Researcher and Editor, ACJI introduce ... INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO JUSTICE: THE NEIGHBOURHOOD JUSTICE EXPERIENCE This resource has been designed for: magistrates/judges/judicial officers academics law students and others interested in incorporating community justice, restorative justice, problem-solving and solution-focused approaches, procedural justice, therapeutic jurisprudence … Continue reading Innovative approaches: online resource for judges and others
Legal Writing, Therapeutic Jurisprudence, & Professionalism
In this blog Guest Blogger Shelley Kierstead, LLB, LLM, DJur, Assistant Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University writes about legal writing, TJ and professionalism... Words matter. They matter to the clients to whom lawyers give advice, and they matter to the other professionals that lawyers deal with on a daily basis. As members … Continue reading Legal Writing, Therapeutic Jurisprudence, & Professionalism
