Abstract
This chapter serves first to introduce briefly the concept of therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ)—the study of the impact of the law, legal procedures, and the role of legal actors on the emotional well-being of those affected by the law. It explains how TJ practices of lawyers and judges often find application in special problem-solving or ‘solution-focused’ courts—such as drug treatment courts, mental health courts, domestic violence courts, DWI courts, and most recently veterans courts. Many of those courts also have volunteers—often clients who have themselves successfully completed programs in such courts—who now serve as mentors for clients newly-admitted to those courts.
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