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Trauma-Informed Law : A Primer for Practicing Lawyers and a Pathway for Resilience and Healing / edited by Helgi Maki [and three others].

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Maki, Helgi.
Contributor:
Maki, Helgi, editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Lawyers--Mental health--United States.
Lawyers.
Lawyers--United States--Discipline.
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Psychic trauma--Patients--Rehabilitation.
Psychic trauma.
Psychic trauma--Treatment.
Resilience.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (218 pages)
Edition:
;2023-05.
Place of Publication:
Cleveland : American Bar Association, 2023.
Chicago, Illinois : American Bar Association, [2023]
Summary:
"Our focus is on trauma as it impacts and applies to lawyers and clients in practice, legal education, courts and judges, and the legal system and profession as a whole. This book gives voice to only some of the many traumatic experiences that arise in all aspects of law. Unless we hear these voices, we cannot begin to address the many legal, ethical, moral, educational, juridical systems or other issues they raise even where we have tools to do so. The pursuit of justice means voices of trauma in the legal system deserve to be heard, individually and collectively, even when it's difficult to listen"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Intro
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Content Warning
CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Trauma-Informed LawyeringOverview of the Book
Overview of the Book
About Us
Helgi Maki
Marjorie Florestal
Myrna McCallum
J. Kim Wright
How We Included Other Perspectives in This Book
About Storytelling in This Book
About the Times in Which We Wrote
The Indigenous Experience
Trauma and Re-membering
Outline of This Book
A Growing Topic
How to Read This Book (and About Experiencing Our Own Trauma)
The Trauma of Others: Witnessing Trauma
CHAPTER 2 Why It Matters: The Context for Trauma-Informed Lawyering
What's the Big Deal about Trauma in the Law?
Why Every Lawyer Can Use Trauma-Informed Lawyering
How Trauma-Informed Lawyering Can Help Us Serve Clients' Best Interests
PART I LAWYERS AND PRACTICES
CHAPTER 3 Lawyers' Perspectives on Trauma: What Is Trauma in the Law and Lawyering?
Introduction
Client Trauma
Trauma Response or Sustainable Responses?
Lawyers' Perspectives on Trauma
Built into the System
Multidisciplinary Lenses
Adverse Childhood Experiences: Research and Controversy
CHAPTER 4 Legal Practice and Trauma
Key Principles of Trauma-Informed Lawyering
Communication Strategies and Ethics
Challenges to Values and Meaning in Practice: Meaning-Making, Moral Injury, Moral Repair
No Practice Is Exempt: Some Practice Areas Affected by Trauma
Family Law
Immigration Law
Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment
Criminal Law
CHAPTER 5 Tools for Lawyers and Practice Areas: Underlying Principles of Trauma-Informed Tools
Underlying Principles of Trauma-Informed Tools
Communication and Relationship Formation Practices
Nonviolent Communication (NVC).
Powerful NonDefensive Communication
Anti-Racism and Cultural Humility Practices
Embodied Practices: Awareness, Nonjudgment and Movement
Mental and Emotional Well-Being Practices
Self-Care and Collective Care Practices
Self-Care and Collective Care
Some Trauma-Informed Practices for Self or Collective Care: Self-Awareness, Support, and Referrals
PART II SYSTEMS, GROUPS (OR ORGANIZATIONS), AND LEGAL CULTURE
Legal Systems and the Impact of Trauma
CHAPTER 6 Trauma and Healing in Legal Systems: Courts and Judges
We Need Judges to Embrace a Trauma-Informed Judicial Practice
Reliving Trauma
Practice Self-Reflection
What Is a Trauma-Informed Judge?
Why Do We Need Trauma-Informed Judges?
How Can We Recognize Vicarious Trauma?
Trauma-Informed Transformation in the Courts Requires Action
Some Trauma-Informed Practice Frameworks for Judges and Courts: Judicial Distress, Trauma-Informed Courtrooms, and Sentencing
CHAPTER 7 Legal Education and Trauma
Law School as Trauma
Trauma in the Law School Classroom
The Trauma-Informed Classroom: What Professors Can Do
The Trauma-Informed Classroom: What Law Students Can Do
Some Trauma-Informed Frameworks for Legal Education: Including Trauma in Curriculum, Vicarious Trauma, and the Trauma of Marginalization and Racism
CHAPTER 8 Systems Change and Trauma: The Legal System and Systemic or Collective Trauma
Systemic Racism and Systemic Barriers to Justice
Some Book Survey Responses Addressing Race
Addressing Trauma at the Community Level
Intersectionality
Some Trauma-Informed Frameworks for Systems Change: Change Makers, Designing Systems, and Cultural Organizing
CONCLUSION Putting Trauma-Informed Lawyering into Practice: What Will We Do Now That We Know?
Index.
Notes:
Includes index.
Description based on print version record.
Other Format:
Print version: Maki, Helgi Trauma-Informed Law
ISBN:
1-63905-276-3

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