Therapeutic jurisprudence has significant implications for legal practice, offering an approach that promotes a more comprehensive resolution of legal problems and a more personally rewarding experience for both client and lawyer. It suggests that legal problems need to be considered in the context of the client's overall wellbeing. Of course, the best interest of the client has always been a primary concern of lawyers and wellbeing is often a part of that consideration. However, therapeutic jurisprudence suggests that findings from the behavioural sciences can be used to enable a lawyer to take a systematic and comprehensive approach to promoting client wellbeing in all cases.
The most visible illustration of therapeutic legal practice is in the work of lawyers representing clients in problem-solving courts. However, client wellbeing is an integral part of a diverse range of legal problems. For example, family law litigation concerns not only financial and child issues but also the wellbeing of separating parties and their children and the need to promote healing.
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