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AXSChat PodcastCan AI Truly Understand Human Needs in Justice Systems?Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren brings a rare and powerful perspective to the criminal justice system. With nearly three decades on the bench in Florida and a background in disability rights advocacy, she offers insights you simply won't find elsewhere. Her journey from working directly in a psychiatric hospital to founding America's first Mental Health Court has equipped her with a truly unique understanding of how justice and healing can intersect.What happens when we apply artificial intelligence to mental health decisions? Judge Lerner-Wren raises profound questions about whether technology can ever truly address the authentic, individualized needs of...2025-04-2528 min
Strong Talk PodcastMental Health Court: A Conversation with Judge Ginger Lerner WrenThe podcast is now in session! Join the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Vice President for Health Equity and Engagement Victor (Vic) Armstrong, MSW, as he speaks with Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren about her role as the pioneer of America’s first Mental Health Court in 1977, creating a human rights model dedicated to the decriminalization of persons living with mental illness. Throughout the discussion, Vic and Justice Wren – who serves as the presiding County Court Judge of the Misdemeanor Mental Health Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit in Broward County, Florida, and is a Judicial Representative for the Exe...2025-03-2627 min
Shine Your Soul LightRebecca A. Eckland & Mary GoodenRebecca A. Eckland, MFA, MA, MA, is a BSA published author, writer, editor, and certified Soul-Based Coach based in Reno, Nevada. She is the author of the 2018 bestselling memoir A Court of Refuge: Stories from the Bench of America’s First Mental Health Court by Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren. She is also the ghostwriter for the 2013 memoir Cracked, Not Broken: Surviving and Thriving After a Suicide Attempt by Kevin Hines. She was a contributor to the 2021 best-selling multi-author book Invisible No More: Stepping Into the Spotlight and was anthologized in Emerging Writers: An Anthology of Nonfiction. Her essays have appeared in...2023-09-2421 min
The Two Norries Podcast#135 American Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren speaks about setting up America’s first mental health court and the legal system in her stateThis week we have a chat with American Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren about her experience setting up America's first mental health court, what that means and how it's different to other systems already in place.A huge thank you to Judge Wren for joining us this week.Check out Judge Wren HEREHelp us help others by joining our Patreon...Why not become a Patron of the Two Norries to help us help you and others? We're always happy to receive donations which all go towards bills, production...2022-12-3152 min
The Night Shift with DJ Kevin StewCommunity and Finance - Therapeutic Jurisprudence with Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren (02.28.22)Judge Wren talks about the growth and development of problem solving courts and her tenure as USA's 1st mental health court judge
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Ruh Global Impact#298: A Court of Refuge: Judge Lerner-Wren on Presiding Over America’s First Mental Health CourtJudge Ginger Lerner- Wren discusses how she came to preside over America’s first mental health court and the historical criminalization of people with mental health disorders and neurocognitive disabilities. Discover the international recognition that the court has received, and the need to integrate innovative approaches and technologies into the justice system. This episode… Continue Reading #298: A Court of Refuge: Judge Lerner-Wren on Presiding Over America’s First Mental Health Court2022-01-2800 min
Human Potential At WorkE298: A Court of Refuge: Judge Lerner-Wren on Presiding Over America’s First Mental Health CourtJudge Ginger Lerner- Wren discusses how she came to preside over America’s first mental health court and the historical criminalization of people with mental health disorders and neurocognitive disabilities. Discover the international recognition that the court has received, and the need to integrate innovative approaches and technologies into the justice system. 2022-01-2637 min
The Trauma-Informed LawyerA Court of Refuge: Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren of America's First Mental Health CourtJudge Ginger Lerner-Wren describes her pathway to creating the first Mental Health Court in America and offers compelling insight into how education, understanding, compassion and dignity can transform lives for lawyers, judges and defendants who appear in her courtroom. This episode discusses mental illness, mental health, decriminalization and justice as healing.
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AXSChat PodcastAXSChat Podcast with Judge Ginger Lerner-WrenJudge Ginger Lerner-Wren was elected Broward County Court Judge, (17 th Judicial Circuit,Florida) in 1997; where she pioneered America’s first specialized Mental Health Court; dedicated to the decriminalization and diversion of persons arrested with mental illness, and neurocognitive disorders.The Court is a national and global model; and has diverted over 23,000 women and men out of Broward County’s jail.The Court was the model for The American Law Enforcement and Mental Health Project. This Congressional legislation piloted 100 mental health courts in the U.S. (2000).Judge Wren has received many honors for her...2021-10-2540 min
Exploring Different BrainsMental Health & The Justice System, with Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren | EDB 221Mental Health Court trailblazer Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren discusses community and legal support for the neurodiverse.
(30 minutes) Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren is a county court judge in the Criminal Division of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Broward County, Florida. She is an adjunct professor, Nova Southeastern University, Criminal Justice Institute. Judge Lerner-Wren was appointed by Chief Judge Dale Ross to administer and preside over the Nation's first Mental Health Court. She is responsible for leading and coordinating this specialized criminal, problem solving, diversionary court to address the complexities of mentally ill offenders arrested on nonviolent misdemeanor offenses and to improve the administration of...2020-10-1030 min
Hope Illuminated_Sally Spencer-ThomasHuman Rights and Mental Health: Interview with Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren | Episode 64Suicide Prevention from a Social Justice Perspective
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A new social movement is emerging, and it’s gaining momentum: it’s time we position suicide prevention as a social justice issue. If we only view suicide through the mental health lens, we will be very limited in our ability to create systematic change. When we look at suicide prevention through this lens, the change agents are the mental health service providers, who work with individuals – at least those who make it into their services; one-on-one, one at a time.
In order to take a more...2020-07-2058 min
Hope Illuminated Podcast: Helping the Helpers Bring Light to Life’s Darkest MomentsHuman Rights and Mental Health -- Justice Speaks: Interview with Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren | Episode 64Suicide Prevention from a Social Justice PerspectiveFigure 3 B MH, PH, SJ Diagram color.jpgA new social movement is emerging, and it’s gaining momentum: it’s time we position suicide prevention as a social justice issue. If we only view suicide through the mental health lens, we will be very limited in our ability to create systematic change. When we look at suicide prevention through this lens, the change agents are the mental health service providers, who work with individuals – at least those who make it into their services; one-on-one, one at a time.In ord...2020-06-2358 min
Exploring Different BrainsNeurodiversity & The Law, w/ Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren, Haley Moss, and more | EDB 165(25 minutes) In this special episode, Hackie Reitman, M.D. welcomes various legal experts and advocates to get their advice on how to best interact with the law. Featured are Haley Moss (healthcare attorney, artist, author of “Middle School: The Stuff Nobody Tells You About” and “A Freshman Survival Guide for College Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders”, & autism self-advocate), Justice Ginger Lerner-Wren (judge & legal rights advocate), Carol Weinman, Esq., C.A.S.. (legal consultant, author, mediator, trainer, & nationwide autism speaker), Lori Butts, J.D., Ph.D. (psychologist & president and director of the Clinical & Forensic Institute), William Packard, Ph.D. (author of “Intellectu...2019-04-1025 min
Exploring Different BrainsJustice for the Neurodiverse, with Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren | EDB 21In this episode, Harold Reitman, M.D. speaks with Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren, a County Court Judge in The Criminal Division of the 17th Judicial Circuit, in Broward County of Florida, and one of the pioneers of America’s first mental health court, dedicated to the decriminalization of people with mental illness. Judge Lerner-Wren discusses the genesis of the mental health court, the pitfalls the neurodiverse can come across in the criminal justice system, and what she hopes the entire criminal justice system can do to better recognize different brains.2016-09-2737 min