Our Mission

Listen to Janine discuss Marquette's Restorative Justice Program

Under the direction of former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janine Geske, Distinguished Professor of Law, the Restorative Justice Initiative will serve as a resource for victims, communities, and restorative justice organizations, as a restorative justice clinical experience for law students, and as a program promoting scholarship, research, and dialogue on restorative justice. The Initiative is committed to supporting victims and communities in the healing process by providing information and training resources, and by facilitating communication. Find out more information

 

Dr. Mark Umbreit continuing to work with Marquette Law School's Restorative Justice Initiative

Listen to Dr. Umbreit's explanation of Restorative Justice

In the 2005-2006 academic year, Dr. Mark Umbreit, served as the visiting Boden Professor at Marquette University Law School, and wrote the lead article in the Marquette Law Review's symposium on restorative justice, called "Restorative Justice in the Twenty First Century: A Social Movement Full of Opportunities and Pitfalls." Dr. Umbreit is a Professor and the founding Director of the Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking at the University of Minnesota, School of Social Work. The University of Minnesota recently recognized Dr. Umbreit with the Outstanding Community Service Award, a prestigious honor he shared with only five other members of the university system in 2006. He also serves on the faculty of the Center for Spirituality and Healing in the U.of M. Academic Health Center. He is an internationally recognized practitioner and scholar with more than 33 years of experience as a mediator, facilitator, trainer, researcher and author of six books and more than 130 other publications. As a practitioner, he specializes in facilitating a dialogue between family survivors/victims of severe violence, primarily homicide, and the offender. Dr. Umbreit is actively working with colleagues in Northern Ireland and Israel/Palestine on peacemaking initiatives.

Dr. Umbreit will continue to serve as a part time faculty member at the Marquette University Law School, for the 2006-2007 academic year. He again will teach his popular classes in "Forgiveness and Healing" and "Peacemaking and Spirituality." In addition to his teaching duties, he also works with the Restorative Justice Initiative, serving as an advisor to the law students on their clinical restorative justice work.