Sessions Information

  • May 2, 2012
    9:00am - 10:30am
    Session Type: AALS Programs
    Session Capacity: N/A
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    There has been a significant trend over the past twenty years for courts to adopt a problem-solving and even therapeutic approach to address litigants’ issues in criminal, civil, and family courts.  With the advent of a host of problem-solving courts, including drug courts, domestic violence courts, mental health courts, and veterans’ courts, attorneys have to adapt to litigation processes and adjudication practices that differ radically from the traditional adversarial process.  This session will help clinical educators develop and incorporate into their curricula effective techniques for teaching the skills and values that inform the problem-solving approach to the practice of law.  The session will be based on a curriculum designed by faculty at the University of Baltimore School of Law Center for Families, Children and the Courts (CFCC) and implemented in the CFCC Student Fellows Program (SFP).   The SFP is an experiential course that provides students with an in-depth examination of the policies and theories surrounding court reform in family law, including unified family courts, therapeutic jurisprudence, and the ecology of human development.  While students learn about these theories during the SFP seminar component, they also experience these approaches firsthand  through their participation in a CFCC project and in field trips and on-site visits to problem-solving courts.  Session participants will discuss the SFP curriculum, which includes the following components, among others: using an interdisciplinary framework to structure classes; imposing a “real world” focus on the curriculum; balancing experiential and classroom learning; and incorporating therapeutic jurisprudence and an ecological approach into the practice of law.  The session also will focus on the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to the practice of law, particularly in those areas that involve families and children.  

     

Session Speakers
University of Baltimore School of Law
Concurrent Session Speaker

University of Baltimore School of Law
Concurrent Session Speaker

Session Fees

Fees information is not available at this time.