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In the past two elections, the desire of many voters to combat mass incarceration has given rise to the phenomenon of the progressive prosecutor. These figures, several of whom represent counties in California, have been elected on platforms of systemic criminal justice reform and promise to use their positions to reduce the damage that mass incarc...
Read MoreThis post is one of a series of blog posts written by students in the Legal Studies course on Restorative Justice at UC Berkeley in the spring of 2021. “My vision for the office amplifies the office’s core mission; it is to ensure that this office provides the highest quality of representation for the clients assigned to our care and becomes an e...
Read MoreHello RJ Center friends and supporters, As RJ Student Leaders, we deeply believe in supporting the health and wellness of our fellow students on campus through community building and responding to harm. Through our work at the RJ Center, we learn crucial skills and strategies for addressing conflicts that occur through power asymmetries, miscommuni...
Read MoreAn urban ethnography following men in the Filmore hood of San Francisco, considers the role of community and individuals on the journey for personal-collective growth.After a six month postponement on a much anticipated event, Associate Professor of African American Studies, Nikki Jones, and Goldman School candidate Clarence Ford engaged in convers...
Read MoreRecently, defense lawyer Justin Dillon of Kaiser Dillon PLLC, published a piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education with the title, “Thank God for Betsy DeVos.” (If this is behind a firewall for you, email us at rjcenterberkeley@gmail.com and we’ll send you a copy). Dillon’s law firm, KaiserDillon has made a name for itself in defending respondent...
Read MoreWe’re currently in the middle of the comment period, so please take advantage of that opportunity to have a voice in these matters. The website know your ix has made it easy to write and submit a well-crafted comment. They’ve also devised a short description of the major changes in the rules. Or, you can take a deep dive into the actual policy.
Read MoreLink to video reference by blog here! In this video, anti-violence activists Kiyomi Fujikawa and Shannon Perez-Darby ask and explore: What does it look like to be accountable to survivors without exiling or disposing those who do harm? This video--the first of four--presents a bold discussion of harm, needs and accountability in social justice comm...
Read MoreSpeaking at Boalt Law School to celebrate the 20 Year Anniversary of the Human Rights Law Clinic on Thursday, October 4, Michelle Alexander suggested we take the long view on the impending Kavanaugh confirmation. Her words were roughly: This is the backlash against the quickening pace of a radical revolution in American democracy…
Read MoreBy RJ Center Staff What is good facilitation in Restorative Justice? In New Zealand, where modern RJ is practiced in conjunction with the criminal justice system for most kinds of cases of crime and harm, a team of researchers set out to discover what RJ practitioners themselves see as best practices for facilitators. The report is important, the r...
Read MoreBy Jackie Bueno When Juls, the Co-Founder of the Center, invited me to become a part of this blog, I was deeply touched. This Center has truly transformed not only my way of thinking, but living. I and the rest of our Center thank each and everyone of you that had an open heart to read our blog, participate in it, and shape the voices of the needs...
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