ABSTRACT
This chapter explains how, in the face of an emerging refugee crisis and in reaction to significant national funding cuts, the authors established a refugee family reunion clinic based upon a therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) philosophy. This chapter explores the development and operation of this human rights clinic based on this experiential and clinical legal education model. It offers an explanation of the induction and training provided to the students, of how a TJ philosophy is infused into their development and their interactions with the clients, and of the experience and reflections of the students following their involvement. The chapter explores how the ideas that TJ exhorts are becoming an increasingly important skills-base for graduates, and particularly for those students who will become the next generation of lawyers, judges and advisors. It is asserted that such philosophies are universally applicable to global legal education.
