Joryn Jenkins

Eight Self-Improvement Activities For Quarantine People ask how I’m coping with being “quarantined.” And I’m not sick, so, of course, “I’m great! And grateful for that.” But I can’t help also exuberantly sharing all of the postponed projects I’ve finally accomplished, amazing missions I’ve finally undertaken, delayed chores I’ve completed, and longstanding plans I’ve finally

Zoom During Lockdown This shelter-in-place directive, quarantine, safer-at-home order, or whatever you call it, has taken over our lives in more ways than we care to admit. Worse, despite our rampant optimism, it does not appear that it will be rescinded anytime soon. However, those of us who are successful are effective because we overcome

Advice for Victims of Domestic Violence During Lockdown Even in the happiest of households, quarantine can cause strife as Leave It To Beaver families are prohibited from leaving their homes and have little to do to stay busy. Now imagine that you are living in one of the millions of homes in the US in

Five Fun Family Activities For Lockdown “Familiarity breeds contempt.” I toss this phrase around all the time but never really appreciated how very true this ‘truism’ is so much as I do now! Say it with me now! I’M SICK OF MY FAMILY! My divorcing clients often, in the normal course of our work together,

Exercising Supervised Timesharing During Quarantine Supervised visits are a reality for some families involved in custody disputes, dependency actions, and divorces, as a parent works hard to get back on his feet, to protect a fragile parent/child relationship, and/or to prove his suitability to parent. For families like these, regular supervised visits are essential to

The Impact of Implicit Bias on Litigation Thus far, we’ve discussed implicit bias and examples I’ve experienced in everyday life. But, how does implicit bias impact the courtroom, and more importantly, how does implicit bias impact your family when in court? Since the beginning of time, we have formed biases in response to fears and

Implicit Bias Series — Recognition In the introduction to this blog series, we met an experienced black lawyer who shared her struggles in the workplace – body language and facial expressions – with me. Black lawyers in her office perceived her everyday relaxed facial expressions to be intimidating and stayed away, while white lawyers did

Implicit Bias Series — Face I recently had coffee with a young lawyer who works for our Public Defender here in Tampa. She and I had connected on LinkedIn and, as is my wont with local lawyers I don’t yet know, I suggested we meet. I like to use this type of opportunity, not just