Preface - A new model for the practice of law

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In this Preface, the guest editors of this special theme issue describe the new therapeutic jurisprudence–preventive law model that the issue illustrates and analyzes. They also discuss the organization of the special issue and summarize its contents. Finally, they discuss the significance of the special issue to lawyers, legal educators, and psychologists and other social scientists. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)

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Psychology
Public Policy
and Law
Copyright 1999
by the
American Psychological Association, Inc.
1999, Vol.
5, No. 4,
795-799
1076-8971/99/$5.00
DOI:
10.1037//1076-8971.5.4.795
PREFACE
A New
Model
for the
Practice
of Law
Bruce
J.
Winick David
B.
Wexler
University
of
Miami
School
of Law
College
of
Law, University
of
Arizona
and
University
of
Puerto Rico
Edward
A.
Dauer
University
of
Denver
In
this
Preface,
the
guest editors
of
this special theme issue describe
the new
therapeutic
jurisprudence-preventive
law
model that
the
issue illustrates
and
ana-
lyzes.
They also discuss
the
organization
of the
special issue
and
summarize
its
contents.
Finally,
they
discuss
the
significance
of the
special issue
to
lawyers,
legal
educators,
and
psychologists
and
other social scientists.
I. The
Integrated Therapeutic
Jurisprudence/Preventive
Law
Model
of
Legal Practice
In
large
measure,
this
special
theme issue
has its
roots
in a
short
article
published
in
1996
by
Dennis
Stolle,
now a
practicing lawyer
in
Indianapolis
and
then
a
student
in the
University
of
Nebraska—Lincoln
Law-Psychology
joint
degree
program.1
Stolle's
article
proposed,
for
certain purposes,
the
integration
in
legal practice
of the
perspectives
of
therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ)
and
preventive
law
(PL).
The
article
immediately ignited
our
interest2
and, soon thereafter,
the
interest
of
others working
in one or the
other
of
these
approaches.
Our
enthusiasm
can
be
traced
to the
fact that each
perspective
seemed
capable
of
providing
the
other
one
with something
it
desperately
needed.
TJ
focuses
on the
law's
impact
on
emotional life
and
psychological well-
being.3
It
looks
at the
actual
and
potential
therapeutic
and
antitherapeutic effects
Bruce
J.
Winick, University
of
Miami School
of
Law; David
B.
Wexler, College
of
Law,
University
of
Arizona,
and
University
of
Puerto Rico; Edward
A.
Dauer,
College
of
Law, University
of
Denver.
Correspondence concerning this article should
be
addressed
to
Bruce
J.
Winick, University
of
Miami School
of
Law, Room 476,
1311
Miller
Drive,
Coral Gables, Florida
33146.
Electronic mail
may
be
sent
to
bwinick@law.miami.edu,
or
visit
the Web
site
at
www.brucewinick.com.
1
Dennis
P.
Stolle, Professional Responsibility
in
Elder Law:
A
Synthesis
of
Preventive
Law
and
Therapeutic Jurisprudence,
14
BEHAV.
Set.
& L. 14
(1996).
2
We
organized
a
program
at a Law and
Society Association meeting held
in St.
Louis
at
which
Stolle presented
his
article
and the
three
of us
offered commentary.
The
conversation spilled over
into
dinner
and
beyond,
and the
four
of us
decided
to
co-author
an
article
on the
integration
of
therapeutic jurisprudence
and
preventive
law
into
a new
model
for
lawyering.
See
Dennis
P.
Stolle,
David
B.
Wexler, Bruce
J.
Winick,
&
Edwajd
A.
Dauer, Integrating Preventive
Law and
Thera-
peutic
Jurisprudence:
A Law and
Psychology Based Approach
to
Lawyering,
34
CAL.
W. L.
REV.
15
(1997).
3
See
generally
DAVID
B.
WEXLER
&
BRUCE
J.
WINICK,
ESSAYS
IN
THERAPEUTIC JURISPRUDENCE
(1991);
LAW IN A
THERAPEUTIC
KEY:
DEVELOPMENTS
IN
THERAPEUTIC JURISPRUDENCE
(David
B.
795
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