From chehill@concentric.net Fri Mar 30 16:47:25 2001 Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 01:17:16 -0600 From: Cheryl Lynn Wofford Hill Reply-To: cheryllhill@yahoo.com To: "Ackerman, Habadasher Soup -- David" , "Brotemarkle, Jeff" , "Culberson, Lucrecia" , "Eisenstein, David D." , "Moncure, Rev. Rhymes" , "Hinshaw, Val" , "Lasiter, Kelly" Subject: [Fwd: Re: Therapeutic Jurisprudence] David E. and Habadashers, I told David that I would send information regarding a Lecture Series. I'm including a copy of a letter I sent to a law professor, thanking him for helping me to discover a new area of law. My graduation from law school is scheduled for May 12, 2001. The bar exam is July 24-25, 2001. I hope that you will hear more from me after I have passed these milestones. Cheryl -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Therapeutic Jurisprudence Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 01:07:04 -0600 From: Cheryl Lynn Wofford Hill Reply-To: cheryllhill@yahoo.com CC: "Gibson, Michael" BCC: chehill@concentric.net, cheryllhill@yahoo.com References: <6B55AE00234DD411807600B0D03D60B7A53B9B@ocuexchange1.okcu.edu> <3AC42C52.B470E48B@concentric.net> Cheryl Lynn Wofford Hill wrote: > Professor Gibson, > > I am writing to extend sincere thanks to you for sending me the e-mail > message concerning Therapeutic Jurisprudence. > > I am the featured speaker of "The Coover Lecture Series" at Sunny Lane > United Methodist Church in Del City, Oklahoma on April 1-3, 2001. In > response to your e-mail message, my research helped me to discover seven > treatises written by David B. Wexler (John D. Lyons Professor of Law and > Professor of Psychology at the University of Arizona and Professor of > Law and Director of the International Network on Therapeutic > Jurisprudence at the University of Puerto Rico) that are housed in the > OCU Law Library. I plan to incorporate his thoughts on "Therapeutic > Jurisprudence" into my Tuesday evening lecture, "Restoration: Salvation > as Wholeness." > > About Therapeutic Jurisprudence, David Wexler has written: "Basically, > therapeutic jurisprudence is a perspective that regards the law as a > social force that produces behaviors and consequences. Sometimes these > consequences fall within the realm of what we call therapeutic; other > times anititherapeutic consequences are produced. Therapeutic > jurisprudence wants us to be aware of this and wants us to see whether > the law can be made or applied in a more therapeutic way so long as > other values, such as justice and due process, can be fully respected." > This quote is from an article adapted from a lecture given at the Thomas > Cooley Law School, "Therapeutic Jurisprudence: An Overview" available at > http://www.law.arizona.edu/upr-intj/intj-o.html with the kind permission of > the Thomas Cooley Law Review (citations omitted). > > The Reverend Dr. John Rusco, Dean of the Chapel at OCU, is one of the > respondents to my lecture on Tuesday evening (there will be a panel with > a moderator after each of the evening lectures). Among his other > credentials, Dr. Rusco is a licensed family therapist. He seemed very > pleased that my explanation of "Restorative Justice" would include an > introduction of a model of "Therapeutic Jurisprudence." I hope to also > add a least a footnote about "Therapeutic Jurisprudence" to my student > Note which has been accepted for publication in the Oklahoma City > University Law Review in a forthcoming "Jurisprudence" issue. Your help > in directing my awareness to this field of law is deeply appreciated, > and I will always be indebted to you for your kindness. > > Sincerely, > > Cheryl Lynn Wofford Hill > > P.S. For your information, the theme of the lecture series is > "Restorative Justice: Making Things Right." I will be presenting two > sermons on Sunday morning (8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.), and an evening > lecture on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday evenings. A concert at 7:00 p.m. > will precede the lectures which will begin at 7:30 p.m. At 8:00 p.m., > brief responses will be given by a panel with questions from the > audience being addressed. Among the panelists are a retired judge, a > member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the Del City area, > area clergy, and a practicing member of the Oklahoma Bar. The title of > the Sunday evening lecture is "Restorative Justice as God's Justice," > and the Monday evening lecture is "Criminal Justice as Mercy and > Forgiveness." The Reverend Dr. Stan Basler will be the moderator on > Sunday evening, and Rex Friend will be the moderator on Monday and > Tuesday evenings. I will try to remember to bring you a brochure of the > event. I would be honored if your schedule would allow you to attend > some portion of the event, and I do plan to mention that you helped me > discover this area of law. I don't really expect that you would be able > to come, knowing your busy schedule, but I thought you might like to > know how I utilized the information you kindly shared with me. > > "Gibson, Michael" wrote: > > > I spotted this on a list serve; Restorative Justice appears somewhere in the > > description. > > > > SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE > > ON THERAPEUTIC JURISPRUDENCE > > > > May 3 - 5, 2001, Cincinnati, Ohio > > > > http://www.law.uc.edu/tj2001/ > > > > The Glenn Weaver Institute of Law and Psychiatry at the > > University of Cincinnati College of Law and the Fetzer > > Institute are pleased to announce that the Second > > International Conference on Therapeutic Jurisprudence will > > be held on May 35, 2001, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The > > Conference will provide a forum for lawyers, educators, > > judges, and other interested persons to explore the many > > dimensions of the blossoming field of study known as > > therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) and to create a dialogue > > among practitioners and advocates of TJ and related fields. > > > > CONFERENCE DETAILS: > > > > You may register for the Conference online at the > > Conference website: > > > > http://www.law.uc.edu/tj2001/ > > > > The Conference will begin at 1:00 on Thursday, May 3rd with > > a keynote presentation by Chief Justice Robert Yazzie, the > > Chief Justice for the Supreme Court of the Navajo Nation, > > and Mr. Jim Zion, the Chief Solicitor for the Navajo > > Nation. Chief Justice Yazzie and Mr. Zion will describe the > > Navajo Nation's approach to therapeutic jurisprudence in > > hozhooji naat'aanii, or Navajo peacemaking. The featured > > speaker for Friday will be Professor Nathalie Des Rosiers, > > the Vice-President of the Law Commission of Canada and > > professor of law at the University of Western Ontario. > > Professor Des Rosiers will speak on why an understanding of > > TJ is necessary to any enterprise of law reform and review > > several examples of law reform questions in criminal law, > > constitutional law, family law and social policy. Finally, > > Saturday's keynote presentation will be delivered by > > Professor John Braithwaite, a Professor at the Australian > > National University and a leading scholar in the area of > > restorative justice. Professor Braithwaite will discuss the > > interrelationship of restorative justice with therapeutic > > jurisprudence, and discuss the role of shame > > acknowledgement and shame displacement in justice > > processes. > > > > In addition to the keynote presentations, the Conference > > will feature over 75 presentations divided into six > > concurrent session strands across the three-day Conference. > > Over 100 speakers are scheduled to present during these > > presentations, with speakers travelling as far as India and > > Australia to present their work in this innovative field. > > > > REGISTRATION PROCEDURE: > > > > You may register online for the Conference at: > > > > http://www.law.uc.edu/tj2001/ > > > > ________________________________________ > > -- > Cheryl Lynn Wofford Hill > > (405) 741-3542 > Every 3.6 seconds someone dies of hunger; 3/4 of the deaths are > children under 5. Follow this link daily to "Donate Free Food" >