Tag Archives: specialist courts

Problem solving courts: Some lessons from New Zealand

Posted on February 5, 2019 by

This blog by Rob Hulls was recently published by Centre for Innovative Justice.   Thanks to Rob and the CIJ for permission to republish for the worldwide TJ community… On 24 and 25 January I attended the Future Directions of the … Continue reading →

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Can an ACE screening interview in court programs be therapeutic?

Posted on December 4, 2018 by

This is the second blog in our three part series on how the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study and trauma informed practice can deepen TJ practice in courts. Therapeutic Jurisprudence Founder David Wexler writes…

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Procedural fairness bench card (TJ Court Craft Series #11)

Posted on March 25, 2018 by

A new bench card on procedural fairness has been developed by the American Judges Association, the Center for Court Innovation, the National Center for State Courts, and the National Judicial College.

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Forming the International Society for Therapeutic Jurisprudence!

Posted on June 26, 2017 by

The International Society for Therapeutic Jurisprudence (TJ Society) is a new, non-profit, learned association established to advance therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ), a school of legal philosophy and practice that examines the therapeutic and anti-therapeutic properties of laws and public policies, legal … Continue reading →

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Snapshot: Problem-solving courts in Maryland USA

Posted on May 20, 2017 by

Guest blogger Kathleen Seifert, Center for Families, Children and the Courts, Student Fellow (2016-2017):

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Chief Justice: Non-adversarial approaches in criminal and civil law essential to “effective justice”

Posted on May 16, 2017 by

At the recent Second International Conference on Non-adversarial Justice: integrating theory and practice The Honourable Wayne Martin AC Chief Justice of Western Australia noted the limitations  of a purely adversarial system and proposed  that development and expansion of the principles of … Continue reading →

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News from the 3rd Iberoamerican Therapeutic Jurisprudence Congress

Posted on September 15, 2016 by

In June Santiago de Compostela in Spain was host to the Iberoamerican Congress of Therapeutic Jurisprudence.  Joaquin Lopez reflects on an energising two days… Although I knew of the existence of the Iberoamerican Association of Therapeutic Jurisprudence/La Asociación Iberoamericana de Justicia … Continue reading →

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