Research on the Path and Role of Judicial Social Work Participating in Family Trials: Take Social Workers’ Participation in the Juvenile Family Trial Service of L Court as an Example
Lihua FU, Wenyan WANG. Research on the Path and Role of Judicial Social Work Participating in Family Trials: Take Social Workers’ Participation in the Juvenile Family Trial Service of L Court as an Example[J]. JOURNAL OF UNIVERSITY OF JINAN (Social Science Edition), 2022,32(3):129-135.
Lihua FU, Wenyan WANG. Research on the Path and Role of Judicial Social Work Participating in Family Trials: Take Social Workers’ Participation in the Juvenile Family Trial Service of L Court as an Example[J]. JOURNAL OF UNIVERSITY OF JINAN (Social Science Edition), 2022,32(3):129-135.DOI:
Since the pilot work on family trial reform was carried out in 2016
courts all over China have gradually started practical exploration. Judicial social work is the backbone of the work to resolve family disputes and one of the indispensable elements to promote family trial reform. There are diverse feasible paths for judicial social workers to participate in family trials
among which social workers play an important role: pre-litigation guide
family investigator
mediator in litigation
and post-trial caregiver
etc. Judicial social workers combine the majesty of law with the care for individuals
which improves the level of flexible judicial service. It is a clever integration to meet the requirements of China's modern judicial social governance. As related practice and research are still in the initial stage
judicial social workers are also faced with many difficulties in the process of service.