The co-founder of the school of social enquiry known as therapeutic jurisprudence, Winick is Director of the University of Miami School of Law’s recently established Therapeutic Jurisprudence Center.
Winick also had a long career as a civil rights lawyer, and had served as an expert witness on a variety of law-related issues.
Winick recently served as the first Chair of the Association of American Law Schools’ Section on Balance in Legal Education.
Professor Winick previously served as New York City’s Director of Court Mental Health Services and as General Counsel of its Department of Mental Health and has practiced law in New York City.
These include Civil Commitment: A Therapeutic Jurisprudence Model (2005), Judging in a Therapeutic Key: Therapeutic Jurisprudence and the Courts (2003) (co-edited with David B. Wexler), Protecting Society from Sexually Dangerous Offenders: Law, Justice, and Therapy (2003) (co-edited with John Q. LaFond), Practicing Therapeutic Jurisprudence: Law as a Helping Profession (2000) (co-edited with Dennis P. Stolle and David B. Wexler), The Essentials of Florida Mental Health Law: A Straightforward Guide for Clinicians of All Disciplines (2000) (co-authored with Stephen H. Behnke and Alina M. Perez), The Right to Refuse Mental Health Treatment (1997), THERAPEUTIC JURISPRUDENCE APPLIED: ESSAYS ON MENTAL HEALTH LAW (1997), LAW IN A THERAPEUTIC KEY: DEVELOPMENTS IN THERAPEUTIC JURISPRUDENCE (1996) (co-edited with David B. Wexler), CONSENT TO VOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATION (1993) (American Psychiatric Association Task Force Report No.