Advanced Legal Studies - Semester (87366) | William S. Richardson School of Law
002
520N
LAW
Law and Restorative Justice: The Adversarial System and Healing

Law School Description

 

 

 

UH Mānoa Catalog Description

Faculty members or visiting scholars present selected topics focusing upon subject areas in their area of specialty or expertise. (B) topic 1; (C) topic 2; (D) topic 3; (E) topic 4; (F) topic 5; (G) topic 6; (H) topic 7; (I) topic 8; (J) topic 9; (K) topic 10; (M) topic 11; (N) topic 12; (O) topic 13; (P) topic 14; (Q) topic 15.

Notes

This short accelerated course will be taught by two lawyers who have practiced and promoted restorative justice for over 25 years: Mike Town is a practicing mediator, retired Hawai’i state circuit court judge, and former member of the Hawai’i parole board. Lorenn Walker a public health educator and restorative lawyer. Judge Town introduced Walker to restorative justice in 1995 when she was studying for her master’s degree in public health while also representing indigent youth and adults in criminal and child protections cases. Since then Walker has designed, implemented, evaluated, and published the findings of many restorative pilot projects conducted in Hawai‘i. Her work has been replicated in other states and countries. The course will be hands-on and participatory with students experiencing restorative processes. Lectures will be minimal while engaging exercises including discussions in circles, a few outstanding short films, and speakers who have participated in restorative processes, will be featured during ten classes. At completion of the course students seeking one credit will be expected to work in small groups or dyads to research how restorative justice is applied and make a formal presentation to the class. Students seeking to earn two credits will also provide a presentation and an additional 5 to 10 page paper discussing their presentation. The two books required for the course are Restorative Justice Today: Practical Applications (van Wormer & Walker, 2013) and Changing Lenses: Restorative Justice for Our Times, 25th Anniversary Edition (Zehr, 2015) both available on Amazon.

Credit(s) for this CRN

2

Instructor Approval

No

Competition

No

Bar Course

No

Clinical Requirement

No

Instructor(s)

Class Schedule

M
7:20pm - 8:40pm
W
7:20pm - 8:40pm

Dates

October 14, 2019 to November 13, 2019

Course Reference Number

87366
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