{"id":30056,"date":"2022-06-13T12:21:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T17:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/?p=30056"},"modified":"2022-06-13T12:25:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T17:25:46","slug":"new-marquette-lawyer-focuses-on-efforts-to-repair-and-respond-to-harm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/2022\/06\/new-marquette-lawyer-focuses-on-efforts-to-repair-and-respond-to-harm\/","title":{"rendered":"New Marquette Lawyer Focuses on Efforts to Repair and Respond to Harm"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SummerIn important but differing ways, the four major stories in the summer 2022 edition of Marquette Lawyer <\/em>magazine all focus on what can be done to improve things when harm occurs.<\/p>\n

The cover story\u2014featuring the biggest news this past year for Marquette University Law School itself\u2014spotlights a $5 million gift from Marquette alumni, Louie Andrew (L\u201966) and his wife, Suzanne Bouquet Andrew (Sp\u201966). The gift has established an endowment enabling the university to create the Andrew Center for Restorative Justice at the Law School. The Andrews have been longtime generous supporters of the Law School, both generally since the tenure of the late Dean Howard B. Eisenberg and, particularly, of the work of Distinguished Professor of Law Janine P. Geske, L\u201975, an internationally known advocate of restorative justice.<\/p>\n

Restorative justice work, broadly speaking, involves bringing together people who have been affected by harmful situations and, through discussions, often in moderated circle groups, seeking ways to reduce the harm. Geske, a former state supreme court justice and trial judge, first took part in restorative justice sessions at the Wisconsin correctional facility in Green Bay. The Andrews became supporters of Geske\u2019s work through the Law School to bring restorative justice principles to bear on a range of major social issues and to hold a series of conferences at the Law School, beginning in 2004.<\/p>\n

In recent years, the Law School\u2019s Restorative Justice Initiative, as it was called beginning in 2004, reached a crossroads, on account of factors including the impact of the pandemic and Geske\u2019s retirement. When Geske, the Andrews, and others then determined to renew the work in an enduring way, the Andrews stepped up with their historic donation this past December and Geske agreed to return to the Law School to get the permanent effort launched.<\/p>\n

In the new magazine, an article, headlined \u201cStarfish Enterprise,\u201d describes the past path of restorative justice at the Law School\u2014and its anticipated future through the new Andrew Center for Restorative Justice. Click here to read the piece.<\/a> A companion article, \u201cA Quiet Approach, Resounding Accomplishments,\u201d profiles the Andrews and may be read by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The next entry takes up the law\u2019s more traditional (civil) approach to harm. In a new book rich in detail and perspective, Joseph A. Ranney, Marquette Law School\u2019s Adrian P. Schoone Fellow in Legal History, examines legal approaches to civil wrongs and their aftermath\u2014the harms that lead people to turn to courts. That is to say, Ranney writes about the law of torts. The magazine offers excerpts from his new book, The Burdens of All: A Social History of American Tort Law<\/em> (Carolina Academic Press 2021), and from related pieces by Ranney.<\/p>\n

From the early days of railroads to the rise of automobiles and the expansion of product liability law, Ranney describes trends and ideas that have shaped tort law. The magazine piece concludes with observations by Alexander B. Lemann, assistant professor of law at Marquette University, on Ranney\u2019s book. Both Ranney\u2019s collection, \u201cExploring the Fault Lines,\u201d and Lemann\u2019s comment, \u201cTort Law\u2019s Past\u2014and Future,\u201d may be read by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The third entry in this series takes up a particular, even unique, aspect of the past academic year\u2019s pro bono work\u2014which is, more generally, an important part of life for many Marquette Law School students. During the holiday break this past December and January, 49 law students, nearly 10 percent of the Law School\u2019s enrollment, volunteered to spend time at the U.S. Army base, Fort McCoy, in rural west central Wisconsin. Thousands of people who had been evacuated from Afghanistan during the collapse of the government there in August 2021 had been temporarily settled at Fort McCoy, hoping for, awaiting, new homes in the United States.<\/p>\n

The law students did not receive pay or academic credit for their work. But they found satisfaction in the assistance they were able to give the Afghans in getting started on the process of\u00a0getting permission to stay in the United States permanently. An article in the magazine describes the students\u2019 work and includes comments from five of them on this special way of helping others deal with the harm that had overturned their prior lives. The article, \u201cHelped Today; Gone Forward Tomorrow,\u201d may be read by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Finally, dealing with environmental issues and the future of water\u2014indeed, the rise of the administrative state more generally\u2014can also be looked at as a way of responding to harm and potential harm in our society. Since 2014, the Law School\u2019s Water Law and Policy Initiative, part of the broader emphasis on water issues at Marquette University, has addressed important water issues. Led by Professor David Strifling, the initiative has contributed to understanding of subjects ranging from high-tech ways of managing water use to the virtues of using kitchen garbage disposals. The work of the initiative is described in \u201dEven the Kitchen Sink,\u201d which may be read by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To be sure, there is more to the magazine. This includes an encomium of William C. Welburn<\/a>, upon his retirement as Marquette University\u2019s vice president for inclusive excellence this past academic year, and Dean Joseph D. Kearney\u2019s reflections on the Andrew Center for Restorative Justice and some of the relationships that have moved Marquette Law School forward during the past 130 years. His column, \u201cLet Us Tell You a Story\u2014or Many Connecting Ones,\u201d may be read by clicking here<\/a>. And, scarcely least, the Class Notes pages succinctly describe recent accomplishments of more than 90 Marquette lawyers and may be read by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The full magazine may be viewed by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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