David Wexler, Puerto Rico & USA - Integrative Lawyers of the World Series 3, Episode 3
David Wexler is the founder of the concept of Therapeutic Jurisprudence (TJ). TJ is an overarching lense that examines how the legal process can be harmful or helpful to all of the individuals involved. Through his groundbreaking research beginning in the late 1980's along with Bruce Winick, David helped establish the concepts and applications that have shaped a large part of the Integrative Law Movement. In this episode, we talk to Mr. Wexler about how the idea and application of TJ began, his ideas and goals for it, and how the TJ movement is growing internationally. He also shares how judges and lawyers can be therapeutic agents by thinking about the choices and actions they take and the positive or negative consequences on the well-being of those involved in the legal process. Learn more about David and our other featured Integrative Lawyers of the World at https://www.integrativelaw.com/celebrating-and-showcasing-the-global-integrative-law-movement/#DavidWexler To support the Integrative Law Movement and effect positive change in our legal systems go to https://www.integrativelaw.com/financial-support-for-the-movement/ (supporters in the USA are able to make tax deductible donations thanks to our fiscal sponsor The Renaissance Lawyer Society https://renaissancelawyer.org/ ) If you appreciate the work of these legal changemakers and want to help us continue to share more stories, please like, subscribe, and rate us 5 stars on YouTube, Google, Spotify, iTunes, and your favorite podcast platforms. Links to these sites and our social media pages can be found on our LinkTree https://linktr.ee/IntegrativeLaw Music for this podcast was created by Toby Leach. He may be contacted at: [email protected] A video recording of this podcast episode is available at https://youtu.be/dFdIr-7hDoE
Integrative Lawyers of the World · David B. Wexler, Kerry Raleigh
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Show Notes
In this conversation, we discuss:
- TJ (Therapeutic Jurisprudence): how it began; the ideas behind it, and his goals for it,
- The role of judges and lawyers as therapeutic agents,
- How the law has a positive or negative therapeutic consequence on the well-being of those involved,
- How our roles as lawyers, mediators, and judges have a positive or negative therapeutic consequence, and we can choose which one we have by the actions we take and the words we use,
- How the TJ movement is growing internationally, and
- What being an Integrative Lawyer means to him.
A video version of this episode is available on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7R-_wylJ2YQ-uLUPzRJ61bXgRxvGLulY