International Society for Therapeutic Jurisprudence

Current Penal Reform Trends in Japan from a TJ Lens
2023-01-23 20:00 - 2023-02-16 21:30 (Asia/Tokyo)
Professors Makato Ibusuki and Yasuhiro Maruyama will discuss current trends in penal reform in Japan. Participants will have an opportunity to engage in a discussion of comparative efforts in other jurisdictions.

Around the World with TJ Webinar - January 19
2023-01-19 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Toronto)
Please join us for the first webinar in the Around the World with TJ Webinar Series:

Fostering Healthy Processes and Outcomes in Child Welfare Matters
January 19
2:00 pm EST (GMT-5)
Professor Margaret Spencer (Australia)
Professor Tali Gal (Israel)
Professor Shelley Kierstead (Canada)

Here is the registration link:
https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtd-mhrDorH9RMK4FvNsYl4t7bxKH4sDjY
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
For information about other webinars in the series, click here.

IALMH 2022
2022-07-03 - 2022-07-08 | Lyon, France, Lyon, France
The International Academy of Law and Mental Health (IALMH) Congress will be held from July 3-8, 2022 in beautiful Lyon, France. The Congress has a dedicated TJ Stream. You can register here.

Webinar Series: TJ for Judges, Lawyers and Court Staff
2022-05-26 21:49 (America/Toronto)
Stay tuned for ISTJ’s 2022 global webinar series about TJ for judges lawyers and court staff.

*Postponed* Therapeutic Justice Scholars’ Convening
2020-10-09 - 2020-10-10 | University of Baltimore, 1401 N Charles St, 12th Floor, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
*This event has been postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19. We will update this event with details as they are given to us.*
The University of Baltimore School of Law Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families Children and the Courts (CFCC) and the International Society for Therapeutic Jurisprudence will host a Therapeutic Jurisprudence Scholars’ Convening at the University of Baltimore.
Fri, October 9, 2020, 8:30am – 5pm *postponed*
Saturday, October 10, 2020, 9am – 1pm *postponed*
There will be an opportunity to present and to submit papers for possible publication.
The University of Baltimore Law Review will publish a symposium issue devoted to therapeutic jurisprudence scholarship, and Family Court Review (July 2021) will publish a special issue (July 2021) consisting of articles focused on family law/therapeutic jurisprudence topics.
HOTEL:
Hotel Indigo Baltimore – For online hotel reservation click here.
Group Name: Therapeutic Jurisprudence Scholars
Group Block Code: UB7
Robert W. Breeden 443.961.3405 or robert.breeden@hotelindigobaltimore.com
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara A. Babb
Associate Professor of Law
Director, Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts (CFCC)
Director Post-J.D. Certificate in Family Law
Editor-in-Chief, Family Court Review
University of Baltimore School of Law
1420 North Charles Street AL 534
Baltimore, MD 21201
410.837.5661 (p)
410.837.5737 (f)
bbabb@ubalt.edu

Therapeutic Justice in the UK
2020-04-16 10:30 - 18:00 (Europe/London)
In 2018, Dr. Emma Jones (Sheffield University) and Dr. Anna Kawalek (Leeds Beckett University) engaged in several lengthy discussions about the potential of launching a Therapeutic Jurisprudence (TJ) in the UK Chapter. This had yet been done before in the UK context, but would form a branch of the International Society of TJ (ISTJ), and would mimic international Chapters with similar goals and interests.
In 2019, Jones and Kawalek went on to organise and host the first UK meeting themed around TJ in the UK at the Open University, marking the official launch of the UK Chapter. The purpose of the meeting was to showcase some key work in the area whilst bringing together individuals with shared interests, augmenting networks within the UK body and across the international society (ISTJ).

Following the success of the first TJ in the UK meeting, Dr. Emma Jones, Dr. Anna Kawalek, and Penelope Welbourne (Plymouth University), are hosting the first *official* conference for TJ in the UK. This will take place at Plymouth University on 16th April 2020. We are delighted to announce that tickets are now on sale and a list of speakers have now been confirmed.
Delivering the Keynote Speech is Professor David Wexler, who co-founded the concept “TJ” in the 1980s, and who is Director of the International Society for Therapeutic Jurisprudence; we welcome him all the way from Puerto Rico!
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS:
· 10:30-10:45 – Penelope Welbourne and Dr Anna Kawalek
· 10:45-12:15 – Professor David Wexler
· 12:15-12:45 – Dr John Stannard
· 12:45-13:30 – Lunch provided in the foyer
· 13:30-14:00 – Professor Nicola Glover-Thomas
· 14:00-14:30 – Amber Turner
· 14:30-15:00 – Joanna Shapland
· 15:00-16:00 – Round table discussion

Dispute-Settlers – Challenges and Dilemmas
2019-12-01 08:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Jerusalem)
The Non-Adversarial and Therapeutic Justice Center (NATJC) is continuously heading various activities related to TJ. In December 2019 the NATJC held the conference “Dispute-Settlers – Challenges and Dilemmas” which dealt with the changes in the role of lawyers, mediators and judges in dispute resolution procedures.
The conference included a panel discussion on ethical aspects and dilemmas of Judges as Dispute-Settlers, including a Judge from the Israeli Community Court who participated in said panel. In addition, the NATJC hosted additional judges from the Israeli Community Court for a discussion which included examples of the integration of TJ practice in Israel’s Community Court. Moreover, the NATJC held a few lectures which focused on various TJ topics and set the goal of exposing students and different practitioners to the principles of TJ and encouraging the study of TJ and the implementation of it. The above activities took place in continuation to the “Therapeutic Law Week” which was held by the NATJC last year and included numerous events and the host of TJ Movement Founder, Professor David Wexler, and Professor Susan L. Brooks of Drexel University.

2019 Justice for Young People Conference
2019-11-08 - 2019-11-09 | Rendevous Hotel Melbourne, 328 Flinders St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
What are the latest and most pressing problems in the highly complex area of youth justice? And how can the various courts and tribunals of Australia’s juvenile justice system work together to provide a more effective and responsive youth justice system for all young people, including Indigenous, African and Pacific Islander youth?
Judicial officers, lawyers, police, medical experts, psychologists and social scientists from around Australia will be convening to discuss these issues at the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration’s conference on youth justice, to be held on November 8-9 at Melbourne’s Rendezvous Hotel.
Join them in panel sessions that will focus on identifying the most urgent issues at hand in youth justice and on finding practical solutions for them. Conference sessions will also cover the complex medical and psychological issues that are relevant in a jurisdiction that, at its best, can help divert the flow of damaged, marginalised and brutalised children away from youth detention and the adult prison system and back into family life.
A must for any professional working in this area, the conference will begin with keynotes from the NT’s Judge Sue Oliver and them from Judge Amanda Chambers, President of the Children’s Court of Victoria, together with Judge Peter Johnstone, President of the Children’s Court of NSW.

XXXVIth International Congress on Law and Mental Health
2019-07-21 - 2019-07-26 | Various, Rome, Italy
There will be a dedicated Therapeutic Jurisprudence (TJ) stream at the congress. This is a great opportunity to share ideas with people from many different disciplines who are interested in improving laws and legal systems.
CALL FOR THERAPEUTIC JURISPRUDENCE ABSTRACTS submit by 30 April 2018
You can submit an abstract for an individual or a panel session for the TJ stream.

Therapeutic Jurisprudence Oceania symposium
2019-04-13 - 2019-04-14
Interested in a justice system that improves the well-being of all those impacted it?
Come along to the first Therapeutic Jurisprudence Oceania symposium in Brisbane, Australia on April 13 & 14, 2019
It will be an intimate and relaxed gathering of people across the region to exchange current TJ developments and plan for the future of TJ in Oceania.
For all the details link here to the ISTJ Oceania Chapter Symposium Flyer.
If you can attend, email Katey Thom.

XI Congreso Internacional de Psicologia Juridica y Forense
2018-11-01 - 2018-11-03 | Granada, Various, Spain

ISTJ Board approves creation of the Hora/Jones Award
2017-12-06
The ISTJ Board of Trustees has enthusiastically approved the creation of the “Peggy Hora/Michael Jones Award for Distinguished Judicial Service,” to be presented to “judges who are making outstanding contributions to the administration of justice in a therapeutic jurisprudence mode.” The award is named for two former judges who have made significant contributions to the TJ community, Peggy Hora and the late Michael Jones. During 2018, we will make plans to solicit nominations for the first Hora/Jones Award(s).

Kathy Cerminara and Amy Campbell receive the first Wexler/Winick Awards
2017-07-02
At the Prague founding meeting, law professors Amy Campbell (U. Memphis) and Kathy Cerminara (Nova Southeastern U., Florida) were named the recipients of first Wexler/Winick Distinguished Service Awards, given in recognition of outstanding service to the TJ community. The award is named for TJ co-founders David Wexler and the late Bruce Winick.

ISTJ Holds Founding Meeting in Prague, Czech Republic
2017-07-01
The ISTJ’s opening event was a founding meeting on Tuesday at the International Congress on Law and Mental Health, held in Prague, Czech Republic. Several dozen people from around the world filled a meeting room to discuss plans for this new organization, and the combined energies created a palpable sense of enthusiasm and engagement.

X Congreso Internacional de Psicologia Juridica y Forense
2017-05-25 - 2017-05-27 | Sevilla, Spain

IX Congreso Internacional de Psicologia Juridica y Forense
2016-02-25 - 2016-02-27 | Santiago de Compostela, Spain

II Congreso Iberoamericano de Justicia Terapéutica
2014-12-04 - 2014-12-06 | Salón Fuerte de Guadalupe Centro Expositor, Puebla, Puerto Rico
Honor Committee
– Rafael Moreno Valle . Governor of the State of Puebla.
– Martha Erika Alonso de Moreno Valle . President of the State DIF of Puebla.
– Roberto Flores Toledano . President of the Superior Court of Justice of the State of Puebla
– María Belinda Aguilar Díaz . General Director of the Judicial Studies Institute of Puebla.
– David Wexler . Director of the International Network on Therapeutic Jurisprudence
– Pascual Ortuño . Vice-president of the Groupement Européen des Magistrats pour la Médiation
– Francisca Fariña Rivera . President of the AITJ
Advisory Committee
NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
– Luís Enrique Osuna Sánchez . Secretary of the Federal Court of Fiscal and Administrative Justice. (Mexico)
– Sara Patricia Colín Soto . Deputy Director of the Institute of Judicial Studies of the State of Puebla (Mexico)
– Luz Anyela Morales Quintero . Academic and Research Advisor of the Institute of Judicial Studies, Research Professor of the Benemérita University of Puebla (Colombia-Mexico
VOCALS :
– Sofia Cobo . National Institute of Criminal Sciences INACIPE (Mexico)
– Eric García-López . Director in Mexico of the AIPL (Ibero-American Association of Legal Psychology)
– Olga Galicia . President of the Mexican Professional Association of Psychology of Mexico (Mexico)
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
– Alberto Amiot Rodríguez . TTD Judge for Adults and Adolescents. (Chile)
– Isabel Bonilla . Member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Association of Family Lawyers (AEAFA). (Spain)
– Fernando Díaz Colorado . Professor at the Universidad Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. (Colombia)
– Catalina Droppelmann Roepke . Researcher at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge. Advisor to the Paz Ciudadana Foundation. (Chile)
– Claudio Enrique Habijan . Person in charge of the Sexual Abuse and Child Sexual Abuse Team of the Judicial Branch of the Province of Mendoza. (Argentina)
– Marcos Kac . Director of the Brazilian Association of Therapeutic Justice. (Brazil)
– Kieran McGrath . Professor of the Department of Social Studies at Trinity College Dublin. (Ireland)
– Daniel Pulcherio Fensterseifer . Professor of Law. Integrated Regional University of Alto Uruguai das MissÃμess.(Brazil)
– John Charles Torres Vásquez . President of the Peruvian Association of Legal and Forensic Psychology. (Peru)
scientific Comittee
PRE SIDENCIA:
– David B. Wexler . Univ. Of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)
– Francisca Fariña Rivera . University of Vigo (Spain)
VOCALS :
– Luz Anyela Morales Quintero . Academic and Research Advisor of the Judicial Studies Institute, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla BUAP (Mexico)
– Rui J. Abrunhosa . University of Minho (Portugal)
– Mila Arch . University of Barcelona (Spain)
– Ramón Arce Fernández . University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
– Virginia Barber . New York University (USA)
– Claudia Chan Gamboa . University of Guadalajara (Mexico)
– Marelli Colon . University of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico).
– Rigoberto Cuéllar Cruz . Technological University of Honduras (Honduras)
– Cristina Estrada Pineda . University of Guadalajara (Mexico)
– Francisca Expósito . University of Granada (Spain)
– María Dolores Fernández Fustes . University of Vigo.
– Martha Frías . University of Sonora (Mexico)
– Esther González Pillado . University of Vigo (Spain)
– Pablo Grande Seara . University of Vigo (Spain)
– Norberto Liwski . University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
– Paula Cristina Martins . University of Minho (Portugal)
– Mercedes Novo Pérez . University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
– Eduardo Osuna . University of Murcia. (Spain)
– Mª Silvia Oyamburu . Lomas de Zamora University (Argentina)
– Francisco Javier Rodríguez . University of Oviedo (Spain)
– Dolores Seijo Martínez . University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
– Francisco Torres . Granada University (Spain)
– Francisco Tortosa . University of Valencia (Spain)
– María José Vázquez Figueiredo . University of Vigo (Spain)
Organizing Committee
PRESIDENCY:
– Judge Roberto Flores Toledano . President of the Superior Court of Justice of the State of Puebla
SECRETARY:
– Magistrada María Belinda Aguilar Díaz . General Director of the Judicial Studies Institute of Puebla

VOWELS:
– Sara Patricia Colín Soto .
– Magistrada María de los Ángeles Camacho Machorro
– Judge Margarita Gayosso Ponce
– Carlos Enrique Rojas Plascencia
– Rafael Estrada Michel .
– Luis Alejandro Duran Cerón
– Juan Carlos Morales Flores

TECHNICAL SECRETARY:
– Ana Mijanjos
– Marby Carrera

VIII Congreso Internacional de Psicologia Juridica y Forense
2014-10-23 - 2014-10-25 | Santiago de Compostela, Spain

VII Congreso Internacional de Psicologia Juridica y Forense
2013-02-14 - 2013-02-16 | Madrid, Spain

I Congreso Iberoamericano de Justicia Terapéutica
2012-10-03 - 2012-10-05 | Palacio de Congresos de Pontevedra, Rúa Alexandre Bóveda, Ponevedra, 36005, Spain
