A Glimpse into the Future of Justice: Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Baltimore City’s Veterans Treatment Court

By Usman O. Suleman, CFCC Student Fellow (2018-2019) Therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) is a theory of law that is one of the shaping principles of the University of Baltimore School of Law’s Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts.  TJ is an interdisciplinary philosophy of law that takes into consideration social sciences…

Connecting Cognitions: Courts and Mental Illness

The Healing Practice of Law  in Action: Mental Health in Problem Solving Court  By Emily Blitzer, CFCC Student Fellow (2018-2019)  The Baltimore City Mental Health Court (“BCMHC”) operates within the confines of the Baltimore City District Court system, but its purpose is to provide meaningful justice to criminal offenders with mental health issues. A brief…

Teen Court, an Innovative Way to Address Juvenile Justice Issues

By Alana Glover,  CFCC Student Fellow (2018-2019) As a Student Fellow in  the University of Baltimore School of Law’s Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts’ (CFCC) Student Fellows Program, we think critically about how families are affected by the legal system. We think in depth about therapeutic jurisprudence and the…