The existing criminal legal system replenishes itself regularly with newly minted graduates and other professionals educated and trained in an adversarial model. This classical education teaches criminal justice leaders to use the law, rules, and procedures to maximize the strength of their own position, while highlighting and exploiting the weaknesses of the adversary. Educating undergraduate, graduate, and law students in the adversarial model perpetuates the use of the adversarial model.

Bringing restorative justice to the law school context interrupts this cycle and equips the next generation of criminal justice professionals to bring the restorative justice approach to bear in reforming the current system.

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Who: The event is open to current law students, aspiring law students, and recent graduates from any law school in the United States. There is no requirement of previous knowledge of restorative justice to attend and the event is free of charge, though advanced registration is required.

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What: The aim of this one-day, virtual, gathering is to explore the applicability of restorative justice content and practices in the law school context and what restorative approaches have to offer the field of legal education. This is an opportunity to learn more about restorative justice and to explore, as a community of law students, how restorative justice might be brought into law school classrooms and communities.

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When: Friday, September 15, 2023 from 12:00pm to 5 pm ET

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Where: Online via Zoom

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Cost: Free