Education
1976 PhD Clinical Psychology, City University of New York at City College
1972 JD, University of Michigan Law School
1969 BA, Johns Hopkins University
Bio
James Wulach, Ph.D., J.D. is a clinical psychologist and attorney. He is Professor of Psychology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, where he is the creator and Past Director of the MA Program in Forensic Mental Health Counseling, Coordinator of the Postgraduate Certificate Program in Forensic Psychology, Coordinator of the MA-JD dual-degree programs with New York Law School and with CUNY Law School (which he designed), and formerly Director of the MA Program in Forensic Psychology.
He is Past President of the New Jersey Psychological Association, and a past President of the New Jersey Academy of Psychologists. He is a past Chair of the Committee on Professional Practices and Standards of the American Psychological Association. He is a past President of the Society of Psychologists in Private Practice (SPPP, since renamed EUCAP) and received its Distinguished Service Award. He is the recipient of the American Psychological Association's 1997 Karl F. Heiser Award for Advocacy. He is the New Jersey Psychological Association’s 1999 Psychologist of the Year.and also received the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Distinguished Teacher Award from NJPA.
Dr. Wulach is the author of the books, Law & Mental Health Professionals: New Jersey, and also Law & Mental Health Professionals: New York, both published by the American Psychological Association. He is the author of 40 published articles in scientific and professional journals. He has made over 60 psychological lectures and presentations to professional groups.
Dr. Wulach received his B.A. from Johns Hopkins University, J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the City University of New York at City College. He was awarded a Certificate in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis from the New York University Postdoctoral Program.
Scholarly Work
BOOKS:
Law & Mental Health Professionals:
Washington
Law & Mental Health Professionals:
Washington
Law & Mental Health Professionals:
Washington
Law & Mental Health Professionals:
Supplement, with BJ Cling.
ARTICLES:
Piagetian cognitive development and primary process thinking in children. Journal of Personality
Assessment, l977, 41, 230-237.
The incompetency plea: Abuses and reforms. The Journal of Psychiatry and Law, l980, 8, 317-328.
The assessment of competency to waive Miranda rights. The Journal of Psychiatry and Law, 1981, 9, 209-220.
Mania and Crime: A study of l00 manic defendants. Bulletin of the
August Aichorn's Legacy: The treatment of narcissism in criminals International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, l983, 27, (3), 226-234.
The Criminal Personality as a DSM-III-R antisocial, narcissistic, borderline, and histrionic personality disorder. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, l988, 32, (3), 185-199. Reprinted in N.Z. Hilton et al (Eds). Clinical Criminology: Theory, Research, and Practice.
Expert witnesses.
Psychological evaluation of consent to search. Journal of Psychiatry & Law, 1990, 18, (4), 319-328,
Psychological evaluation of Miranda waivers. New
Confidentiality and privileged communications. New
Licensure and Regulation of Psychologists: Professional Misconduct.
Child Sacrifice. [Review of In the Shadow of Moloch, by Martin Bergmann]. Contemporary Psychology, 1993, 38 (7), 724.
Ethical Guidelines in Forensic Psychology.
The New Child Custody Guidelines. N.J. Trial Lawyer. March 1994. Reprinted in N.J. Psychologist, 1994, 44, (1), 26-29.
NJPA'S 1995 Action Plan.
Be Prepared.
NJPA: How to Get Involved.
The Future of Psychology.
Comments. The Forensic Psychiatry Echo. April, 1997, 12-13, 25-26.
The Duty to Warn.
The Experience of Flow in the Profession of Psychology.
State Board Complaints.
Wulach, JS, et al. Dealing with the aftermath: NJ Psychologists’ Response to the 9/11 Attack.
HIPAA Compliance Disorder.
Wulach, JS & Shapiro, DL. Legal and Ethical Considerations in Custody Evaluations. A Handbook of Divorce and custody: Forensic, developmental and clinical perspectives. L. Gunsberg & P. Hymowitz, Eds.
Legal Perils of Child Psychologists.
To Report or Not to Report.
The Release of Test Data.
Laws Governing Adolescent Sexual Relationships. NJ Psychological Association Update. 6/13/08.
State Board Complaints . 2012 NJPA Private Practice Manual. Livingston, N.J., 2012, 27-30.
Board of Psychological Examiner’s Regulations. 2012 NJPA Private Practice Manual. Livingston, N.J., 2012, 12-17.
Coping with Subpoenas. 2012 NJPA Private Practice Manual. Livingston, N.J., 2012, 56-59.
The child custody evaluation guidelines & regulations. 2012 NJPA Private Practice Manual. Livingston, N.J., 2012, 31-38.
Training in Forensic Psychology. New Jersey Psychologist. Summer, 2012, 62, (3), 32-34.
Research Summary
GRANTS:
1993-1994 45 Foundation. $2500 Research Grant to update the volumes of New York & New Jersey Law & Mental Health Professionals.
1992-1993 45 Foundation. $2000 Research Grant to complete the volume Law & Mental Health Professionals: New York.
1990-1992 PSC-CUNY Research Foundation. $9000 Research Award, #886-2995 to write Law & Mental Health Professionals: New Jersey.
1990 New Jersey Psychological Association. $350 grant for computer research support to write Law & MHPs: New Jersey.
