Jed D. Melnick Annual Symposium

Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution Presents

INNOVATIONS IN JUSTICE: EXPERIMENTS IN RESTORATIVE PROCESSES

Agenda

8:30a.m. - 9:00a.m. Coffee and Light Breakfast

9:00a.m. - 9:15a.m. Welcome Remarks

Lela P. Love, Director, Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution

John Walpole, Editor in Chief, Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

9:15a.m. - 10:45a.m. Panel 1: The Lawyer’s Role in Restorative Processes: Zealous Advocate, Social Worker, Healer, Coach, Collaborative Negotiator?

Moderator: Lela Love, Director of Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution, Cardozo School of Law

Panelists:

Cynthia Alkon, Director of the Criminal Law, Justice and Policy Program, Texas A&M University School of Law

Douglas Ammar, Director, Georgia Justice Project

Hon. Alex Calabrese, Presiding Judge, Red Hook Community Justice Center

Barry Scheck, Co-Founder and Special Counsel, Innocence Project at Cardozo School of Law, Marvin Anderson (Exoneree) and Jennifer Thompson (Founder, Healing Justice Project)

10:45a.m. – 11:00a.m. Break in Lobby

11:00a.m. - 12:15p.m. Panel 2: Acknowledging and Reclaiming Lands as Restorative Justice: An Indigenous Rights Perspective

Moderator: Professor Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum, Director, Cardozo Law Institute in Holocaust and Human Rights

Panelists:

Fernanda Frizzo Bragato, Professor of Law, Unisinos Law School (Brazil)

Hadrien Coumans, Co-Director, Lenape Center

Paulo Celso de Oliveira, Pankararu Indigenous Lawyer, Dora Partner (Brazil)

12:15p.m - 1:00p.m. Lunch

1:00p.m. - 2:15p.m. Panel 3: Restorative Processes in Various Arenas: Elder Care, Sexual Abuse and Violence, Addressing the Climate in NYC

Moderator: Donna Erez-Navot, Assistant Director of Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution, Cardozo

Panelists:

Mary Helen McNeal, Director of Elder and Health Law Clinic, Syracuse University College of Law

Elizabeth Clemants, Founder and Executive Director, Hidden Water

Hon. Raymond E. Kramer, Director of the Administrative Judicial Institute, OATH

2:15p.m. - 2:30p.m. Break in Lobby

2:30p.m. - 3:45p.m. Panel 4: An Assessment of the Institutionalization of Restorative Practices

Moderator: Ellen Waldman, Visiting Professor, Cardozo School of Law

Panelists:

Julian Adler, Director of Policy and Research, Center for Court Innovation

Hon. Joseph Gubbay, Presiding Judge, Brooklyn Treatment Court

Jane C. Murphy, Laurence M. Katz Professor of Law, Univ. of Baltimore School of Law

Jim Nolan, Professor of Sociology, Williams College

3:45p.m. - 4:00p.m. Wrap-up and Closing Remarks