This article explores the current debate about and development of court- and justice-based initiatives to address family violence through the experience of the Australian Capital Territory Family Violence Intervention Program (FVIP). Some critical issues about problem-solving courts and therapeutic jurisprudence, as they apply to family violence offences, are considered. The FVIP as a “specialist jurisdiction” is presented as a third way between the rigid and output-focused processes of traditional criminal justice, and the opaque or therapeutic language and open-ended processes of problemsolving courts. The article concludes that comprehensive victim advocacy is essential in a family violence specialist jurisdiction.