Practicing Culturally Competent Therapeutic Jurisprudence: A Collaboration Between Social Work and Law

Causes & Communities Served Implicit Bias, General
Resource Types Written
Level of Training Level 2 (Intermediate)
Year of Publication 2004
Length of Material 11+ pages/slides

Overview

Therapeutic jurisprudence is a comprehensive law movement that argues for increased attention to race, ethnicity, and culturally competent practice in the lawyer-client relationship from a therapeutic jurisprudence perspective. The article advocates for the application of the framework by lawyers when interacting with clients. Carolyn Copps Hartley & Carrie J. Petrucci. January 2004.

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