Therapeutic Jurisprudence in an Interprofessional Practice at the University of St. Thomas Interprofessional Center for Counseling and Legal Services

Authors

Jennifer L. Wright, St. Thomas University College of Law

First Page

501

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The Interprofessional Center for Counseling and Legal Services (the "Center" or "Interprofessional Center") is a joint effort by the School of Law, the School of Social Work and the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of St. Thomas' in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In the Center, law, social work and psychology students gain practice skills by working with clients under the supervision of experienced supervisors. The Center provides pro bono professional services to low-income, working poor and other underserved populations who would otherwise have no access to such assistance. The same can be said of many clinical programs. In addition, the Interprofessional Center strives to educate future professionals (particularly lawyers, to whom it does not always come naturally) in a fundamentally therapeutic mindset by addressing client problems and concerns through its focus on the opportunities and challenges of interprofessional collaboration.

Recommended Citation

Jennifer L. Wright, Therapeutic Jurisprudence in an Interprofessional Practice at the University of St. Thomas Interprofessional Center for Counseling and Legal Services, 17 St. Thomas L. Rev. 501 (2005).
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