The Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University has launched the first international restorative justice lab in the world. The Restorative Research, Innovation & Education Lab\u00a0(RRIELab) will be led by renowned global leader in restorative justice, Dalhousie Professor Jennifer Llewellyn and will aim to transform justice practices in communities, institutions, and organizations across Canada. Funding for the lab was provided by the Donald R. Sobey Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Restorative justice provides a human-centered approach to justice that focuses on addressing the individual and collective harms caused by wrongdoing in a holistic, non-adversarial way. Restorative justice encourages meaningful engagement and accountability, and provides an opportunity for healing, reparation, and reintegration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith Jennifer Llewellyn\u2019s lead, Nova Scotia has the opportunity to become a national and international leader in restorative justice,\u201d said Wagners\u2019 lawyer Raymond Wagner. \u201cRestorative Justice is an important tool in the civil legal context, especially class actions, for responding to claims regarding systemic discrimination, institutional abuses and historical wrongs. It is about resolving more than just the individual legal claims and ensuring that participants in the justice system are heard, acknowledged, their harms collectively addressed, and that their past suffering makes a difference in how we move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn this moment in our history, as we confront the pandemics of COVID-19 and anti-Black racism, we can see clearly that our current ways of doing things are not working,\u201d remarked Professor Llewellyn.\u00a0\u201cWe must support and sustain this new vision of justice to ensure it makes a difference throughout our systems, organizations and institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wagners law firm<\/a> has consulted and worked with Professor Llewellyn in the resolution of various class proceedings which seek to address systemic discrimination and historical abuse. Of particular note, restorative justice informed the resolution of the class action lawsuit regarding the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children<\/a>. Following this class action settlement, Llewellyn designed and served as Commissioner for the first ever restorative public inquiry in Canada. Information on the Restorative Inquiry can be found HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wagners offers its\u2019 utmost congratulations to Professor Llewellyn in her appointment as lead in the RRIELab and looks forward to supporting this project that is so important for Nova Scotians, Canadians, and justice globally. The time is now to evaluate our justice system and use restorative approaches to reform and transform our relationships, communities, systems and institutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University has launched the first international restorative justice lab in the world. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n