Room 3-04
Speakers
Judge John Zhuo Wang, Presiding Judge, Midtown Community Justice Center
Judge Melissa De Jesus, Supreme Court, Criminal Term, Kings County, Brooklyn Treatment Court
Carlette Quinto, Clinical Supervisor, Midtown Community Justice Center
Moderator
Hon. L. Austin D'Souza, Judge, New York City Civil Court, Past President, SABANY; AABANY member
Program Chair
Judge John Zhuo Wang, Presiding Judge, Midtown Community Justice Center
Description
Problem-solving court is the general umbrella concept for alternatives-to-incarceration, mental health, drug, veteran, youth, and emerging adult courts. The term “problem-solving” applies to the general proposition that these courts are not specifically adjudicatory courts that decide the narrow legal issues before them, but address underlying needs and risk factors that led to the case being filed. These courts – often specialty courts of the criminal court system – utilize social service and community-based providers to treat criminogenic factors such as substance abuse, criminal thinking, and negative social supports that are proven to increase involvement in the criminal justice system. “Person-centered Justice” is the umbrella term for tenets such as procedural justice or therapeutic jurisprudence that emphasize dignity, voice, and fairness as a component of the court’s treatment of these individuals – often in the courts viewed as most dehumanizing. In the most recent NYS State of the Judiciary, the Chief Judge expressed a vision to expand problem-solving courts throughout New York State.
Click here for the CLE materials for this program (in Google Drive).
Approved for 1.5 CLE Credits, Areas of Professional Practice (transitional and non-transitional).