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Therapeutic Jurisprudence makes Black’s Law Dictionary

admin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:36:35 +0000

The new edition of Black’s Law Dictionary contains an entry for therapeutic jurisprudence:

therapeutic jurisprudence. The study of the effects of law and the legal system on the behavior, emotions, and mental health of people: esp., a multidisciplinary examination of how law and mental health interact.

• ‘This discipline originated in the late 1980s as an academic approach to mental-health law.

Bryan A. Gardner, ed., Black’s Law Dictionary pg 933 (9th ed. 2009)

Dedication Ceremony of the Therapeutic Jurisprudence Center

admin — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:56:26 +0000

A dedication ceremony for the Therapeutic Jurisprudence Center will be held on Sept. 24,2009, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Lowe Art Museum on campus. Justice Barbara Pariente of the Florida Supreme Court will be the keynote speaker. Other speakers will include University of Miami President Donna Shalala, Patricia White, the new Dean of the law school, and several members of the Center’s Advisory Board, including Prof. David B. Wexler of the University of Puerto Rico School of Law, Prof. Winick’s long-time collaborator and co-founder with him of therapeutic jurisprudence; John McShane, a leading Dallas trial lawyer who considers himself a therapeutic jurisprudence lawyer. Judges and alumni and members of the Miami bar, professors from around the university, and law school faculty from the University of Miami and elsewhere will attend.

Florida Coastal Law Review Therapeutic Jurisprudence Symposium

admin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:12:58 +0000

On February 27th Prof. Winick will be an honored speaker, along with Prof. David B. Wexler as the founders of the school of social enquiry called therapeutic jurisprudence, at the Florida Coastal Law Review Therapeutic Jurisprudence Symposium. He will be speaking on the topic of public health law as it relates to the Elderly. Prof

Other speakers at the symposium include:

Susan Daicoff: Professor of Law at Florida Coastal School of Law – on sexual harassment and discrimination law
David Yamada: Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School – on employment law
Kathy Cerminara: Professor of Law at Nova Southeaster University – on death and dying issues
Cindy Adcock: Professor of Law at Charlotte School of Law- on death and dying issues

Shelley Kierstead: Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School (Canada) – on family law
Marsha Freeman: Professor of Law at Berry University School of Law – on family law
Dax Miller: Third year student at Florida Coastal School of Law – on family law form reform

Therapeutic Jurisprudence in New York

admin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:42:28 +0000

At the annual meeting of the International Academy of Law and Mental Health, from June 28-July 5, 2009 there will be five days of therapeutic jurisprudence sessions featuring almost 90 therapeutic jurisprudence speakers from a dozen countries. The program will be held in New York City at the NYU School of Law. At the opening session of the conference, on June 28th, Professor Winick will receive the Academy’s highest honor, its Philippe Pinel Award, and will give a lecture on therapeutic jurisprudence. A list of the sessions and speakers can be browsed along with their abstracts by clicking “TJ in New York” on the menu above, or click here.

Developing a Mental Health Court for Domestic Violence Perpetrators: A New Judicial Model

admin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:15:10 +0000

During the 162nd Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association being held in San Francisco May 16-21, 2009, Professor Winick will present his paper entitled Developing a Mental Health Court for Domestic Violence Perpetrators: A New Judicial Model on May 20th. This session will teach about such Courts by describing and evaluating a new court process in Miami, Florida that is providing specialized services for mentally ill individuals charged with domestic violence, and by presenting preliminary data of an outcome study of cases processed by this court.

Abstract:

People suffering from mental illness are being referred to the nation’s Domestic Violence Courts, which combine civil and criminal jurisdiction. However the typical diversion programs available, such as batterer’s intervention, anger management, counseling programs for drug abuse, etc., are inadequate for those with serious mental disorders

As a result, the Miami-Dade Domestic Violence Court has developed a new approach for dealing with domestic violence offenders whose violence is a product of their mental illness. Various mental health court techniques, such as judicial interpersonal skills, motivational interviewing, and behavioral contractng are used to facilitate mentally ill domestic violence offenders’ acceptance of treatment for their illness, i.e. being INMT.

Hon. Debora White-Labora pioneered this new judicial-therapeutic model, and if she is able to attend she will relate historical and forensic insights regarding the process and field questions from attendees

Two forensic psychiatry fellows at U.Miami Med.Schl.Dept.Psy.& Behav.Sciences, Drs.Cureton & Ohm, will elaborate on this new judicial/therapeutic model and follow with several case studies while commenting on surfacing clinical issues.

Bruce Winick, U. of Miami Prof. of both Law and of Psychiatry, who is co-founder of therapeutic jurisprudence and was General Counsel of the N.Y.City DMH,MR,and Alcoholism Services, will situate this model within the context of other problem-solving courts, describe usual diversion methods, and discuss how this court uses principles and approaches of therapeutic jurisprudence to reach better results.

Anthony Castro, Asst.Prof.of Clinical Psychiatry, U. Miami will report the results of a retrospective and longitudinal study of 20 cases from this court over a two year period, comparing them to a sample of non-mentally ill perpetrators processed by the court in the same period.

American Psychiatric Association – May 2009, San Francisco

admin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:24:46 +0000

International Conference on Justice and Policing in Diverse Societies

admin — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:54:00 +0000

Professor Bruce Winick will be speaking at the upcoming John Jay College of Criminal Justice-sponsored “International Conference on Justice and Policing in Diverse Societies” taking place June 9-12, 2008 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His panel is part of a conference taking place at the same location under the sponsorship of the International Network on Therapeutic Jurisprudence.

Prof. Winick’s presentation, “The Miami Dade Domestic Violence Mental Health Court: A Pioneering Hybrid Problem-Solving Court Using Principles of Therapeutic,” is part of a panel discussion on Therapeutic Jurisprudence, Offenders and Victims (June 12).

Therapeutic Jurisprudence: An Introduction – University of Zurich School of Law

admin — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:36:05 +0000

On May 23, 2008, Professor Winick will give a lecture at the University of Zurich School of Law entitled “Therapeutic Jurisprudence: An Introduction.”

A Therapeutic Jurisprudence Approach to Dealing with Coercion in the Mental Health System

admin — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:33:03 +0000

In May, 2008, Professor Winick published an article titled “A Therapeutic Jruisprudence Approach to Dealing with Coercion in the Mental Health System” in 15 Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 25-39 (2008)

Therapeutic Jurisprudence – San Juan, June 9-12

admin — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:48:46 +0000

Professor Winick will speak at a therapeutic jurisprudence conference at the University of Puerto Rico School of Law in San Juan, Puerto Rico that is part of a much larger international meeting of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. His topic is titled “The Miami-Dade County Domestic Violence Mental Health Court: A Pioneering Hybrid Problem Solving Court Using Principles of Therapeutic Jurisprudence.”