What is meant by Restorative Justice? What are ways this can be applied to the criminal justice system? Learn more about this critical topic through a panel discussion of experts and advocates in the field. Different perspectives will influence this discussion, including views informed by judicial, academic, and practitioner experiences.

Featuring:

Hon. Abby Abinanti, Chief Judge, Yurok Tribal Court; former Court Commissioner, San Francisco County Superior Court; former Chair of the Board, Root & Rebound Tribal Reentry Advocacy Project

Lara Bazelon, Professor of Law and Phillip and Muriel C. Barnett Chair in Trial Advocacy & Director of the Criminal & Juvenile Justice and Racial Justice Clinics, University of San Francisco School of Law; Author of Rectify: The Power of Restorative Justice After Wrongful Conviction; former Trial Attorney, Office of Federal Defender, Los Angeles

Ray Buenaventura, Councilmember, Daly City; former Mayor, Daly City; Attorney, Certified Criminal Law Specialist, Buenaventura Law Firm

Moderator:

Alex VanRooyen, Columbia Law School '23 and Member, ACS Columbia Law School Student Chapter Board of Directors

Hosted By: ACS At-Large Lawyer Chapter, ACS Bay Area Lawyer Chapter, ACS Oregon Lawyer Chapter, Columbia Law School ACS Student Chapter, and the Filipino Bar Association of Northern California

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