Jed Melnick Annual Symposium of the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution
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About this Event
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