Psychology Professor Presents at Law Society of Ireland
NSU College of Psychology adjunct professor Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren will be presenting to the Law Society of Ireland’s annual human rights lecture. The lecture is scheduled for Wednesday, June 7, 2023 and will be conducted via Zoom.
Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren, who teaches in the College’s Forensic Psychology M.S. program, is currently the presiding County Court Judge of the Misdemeanor Mental Health Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit in Broward County. She pioneered the nation’s first therapeutic Mental Health Court in 1997 which has been dedicated to the decriminalization of persons with mental illnesses and neurological disorders.
The Law Society is the educational, representative and regulatory body of the solicitors’ profession in the Republic of Ireland. It offers legal education and training as well as encouraging and supporting the highest professional standards in the profession.
Posted 02/19/23
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