AALS President's Program

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Session Type: AALS Programs

Session Capacity: N/A

Location: Hilton New Orleans Riverside

Room: Grand Ballroom A

Floor: First Floor

In contexts ranging from mass atrocities to school discipline, lawyers have created legal and judicial processes that seek to promote healing, forgiveness, and community restoration. This panel will explore the opportunities and challenges of restorative justice processes and consider questions such as whether the desire for reconciliation is at odds with law or, to the contrary, is at the core of true justice; what conditions are necessary for restorative process to be successful; and what lessons can be learned from restorative justice efforts both in this country and abroad.