Dr. Ursula Castellano
Dr. Ursula Castellano, Associate Professor of Sociology, was invited to present at the International Therapeutic Jurisprudence Workshop at St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami Gardens, Fla., in February.
She presented her multi-media and research project on veterans treatment courts, “Judging Therapeutically: Notes from the VTC Photography and Video Project.”
She also showed the introduction of her new film, Discharged: Veterans’ Stories of Pre and Post Military Trauma (Trailer 2018) from Ursula Castellano on Vimeo.
The format of the workshop provided an opportunity for participants to share their works in progress and provide feedback to others regarding therapeutic jurisprudence and its broad applicability.
The event was organized and sponsored by the International Society for Therapeutic Jurisprudence.
Co-founded in 1987 by law professors David Wexler and Bruce Winick, therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) is an interdisciplinary field of philosophy and practice that examines the therapeutic and anti-therapeutic properties of laws and public policies, legal and dispute resolution systems, and legal institutions. It is a field and community that values psychologically healthy outcomes in legal disputes and transactions, without claiming exclusivity in terms of policy objectives.
For many years, the therapeutic jurisprudence community has existed as an informal, growing global network of scholars, practitioners, judges, and students. The formation of the ISTJ consolidates a variety of TJ initiatives and begins the building or an organizational framework for this community.
The organization spent much of 2017 assembling its founding board of trustees and global advisory council, drafting and filing its incorporation papers and application for tax-exempt status, and creating a website. The ISTJ held its founding meeting in July 2017, at the International Congress on Law and Mental Health in Prague, Czech Republic.
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