Feb 21, 2015 | Current, Online Edition, Therapeutic Jurisprudence
Reflections on organizing an academic gathering easily risk becoming a navel-gazing exercise, and not a very interesting one at that. Those risks notwithstanding, I wish to use the occasion of an April 2014 program at Suffolk University Law School to champion the...
Feb 21, 2015 | Current, Online Edition, Therapeutic Jurisprudence
“With the check written but not yet signed, he swiveled back in his desk chair and seemed to ponder. The agent, a stocky, somewhat bald, rather informal man named Bob Johnson, hoped his client wasn’t having last-minute doubts. Herb was hardheaded, a slow man to make a...
Feb 21, 2015 | Current, Online Edition, Therapeutic Jurisprudence
Why shouldn’t law school introduce its students to modern, cutting edge theories, concepts, and practical skills? Teaching therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) to law students accomplishes this goal by exposing students to innovative perspectives that demand rigorous...
Feb 21, 2015 | Current, Online Edition, Therapeutic Jurisprudence
“Professionalism as a personal characteristic is revealed in an attitude and approach to an occupation that is commonly characterized by intelligence, integrity, maturity, and thoughtfulness.” “Words are the principal tool of lawyers and judges, whether we like it or...
Feb 21, 2015 | Current, Online Edition, Therapeutic Jurisprudence
In this short essay, I will discuss my historical involvement with therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ), how I use it in my classes (both in the free-standing TJ class and in all the others that I teach), its role in my written scholarship, and its role in conferences that...
Feb 21, 2015 | Current, Online Edition, Therapeutic Jurisprudence
My contribution to the April 11, 2014, Suffolk University symposium on therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) related mainly to my project—with Judge Michael Jones (ret.) of Arizona (another symposium participant) and Victoria Australia Magistrate Pauline Spencer—to...
