Michael King's blog

A key contribution made by therapeutic jurisprudence in its
application to judging drug courts, family violence courts, mental
health courts and the like is to highlight the importance of
interpersonal skills. Other, independent developments in judging have
also shown that interpersonal skills are important in judging. One
example is the introduction of equal opportunity bench books and the
conduct of judicial education programs to inform the judiciary of the

It is almost a year now since I have returned to the bench and have been the magistrate for the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. Yes, comprehensive law, therapeutic jurisprudence and non-adversarial justice have extended even to the remotest regions. My time for blogging has been limited, with the extensive circuit commitments that I have. But I have a short period now before I go on leave during which I can put thoughts to computer (and Internet).