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Charles Halpern is a pioneer in the public interest law movement, a successful public interest entrepreneur, an innovator in legal education, a long-time meditation practitioner and advocate, and author of ''Making Waves and Riding the Currents: Activism and the Practice of Wisdom'' () He is currently Director of the Berkeley Initiative for Mindfulness in Law (), a new venture at Berkeley Law exploring the benefits of meditation to legal education and law practice. Halpern earned his Bachelor of Arts in American history and literature from Harvard College in 1961 and his Law degree from Yale Law School in 1964. ==Education and employment== After finishing law school he clerked for two years with Judge George T. Washington of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Halpern then accepted an associate position with the D.C. law firm Arnold and Porter, which he held for four years. It was during his time with Arnold and Porter that Halpern found his calling in the public interest law movement, initially in the area of mental health. He was lead counsel in the case ''Rouse v. Cameron'',(373 F.2d 451 ) (D.C. Cir. 1966), which challenged the adequacy of treatment being provided to an individual confined in a mental hospital.〔See James Ridgeway: “Who's Fit to Be Free?” The New Republic, February 4, 1967, 24–26; “The Rouse Case,” The New Republic, June 1, 1967, 5.〕 Halpern was later counsel in ''Wyatt v. Aderholt'',(503 F.2d 1305 ) (5th Cir. 1974), which affirmed a Constitutional right to treatment for individuals civilly committed to state mental facilities.〔For further discussion of the development of the right to treatment see Charles R. Halpern, “A Practicing Lawyer Views the Right to Treatment,” in “The Right to Treatment Symposium,” Georgetown Law Journal (special issue), March 1969, 782–817. See also “The Right to Treatment Symposium,” Georgetown Law Journal (special issue), March 1969.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Halpern」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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