Psychology for Lawyers
James R. Elkins
writing topics
Caveat: I do not mean to suggest or imply by presenting the following list of illustrative topics, that you may not find something you want to write about for the course that is not included on this list.
Legal Counseling and Psychotherapy
What Lawyers Can Learn About Counseling from Psychotherapists
Transference and Countertransference in the Attorney-Client Relationship
The "Psychology" in Legal Interviewing and Counseling Texts
Lawyers in Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy for the Unhappy Lawyer
Psychotherapy for Patients Who Have Learned to "Think Like a
Lawyer"
On Being a Lawyer: Psychological Perspectives
C.G. Jung, Analytical Psychology, and the Lives We Live as Lawyers
James Hillman, Archetypal Psychology, and the Lives We Live as Lawyers
The Psychology of Lawyer Unhappiness
Gerry Spence: A Psychology of Trial Lawyering
"Thinking Like a Lawyer": A Psychological Perspective
A "Lawyer Personality": Does It Exist?
Legal Education
A Psychological Portrait of Law School Classroom Dynamics
Humanistic Psychology and Legal Education
Persona and Shadow in Legal Education
Legal Education: A Psycho-Pathological Tour
A Psychoanalytic View of Legal Education
A View of Legal Education from a Psychodynamic Perspective
Law Teachers and Their Teaching: A Transactional Analysis Perspective
A Jungian View of Legal Education
Legal Education: A World of Archetypes
Positive Psychology & Legal Education
A Mindfulness Perspective in Legal Education
Johari Window
Using the Johari Window to Explore Gerry Spence's Approach to Lawyering
The Johari Window & Jungian Depth Psychology
The Johari Window: A Personal/Self Assessment
Personal Essays
One Student's Account: Learning How to Wear a Professional Mask
Finding a Place for My Neurosis in the Practice of Law
How Law School Tried to Drive Me Crazy
Persona and Shadow in the Life of a Law Student
Self-Awareness: From the Perspective of the Big Five Personality Traits
Self-Awareness: Using the Johari Window as a Framework
Self-Awareness: Putting "Psychology for Lawyers" to Use
Benjamin Sells, The Soul of the Law
The Benjamin Sells book is replete with possible paper topics. Notes
on The Soul
of the Law: Sells notes
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