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13 Nw. J. L. & Soc. Pol'y 1 (2017-2018)

handle is hein.journals/nwjlsopo13 and id is 1 raw text is: Copyright 2017 by Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law Vol. 13, Issue 1 (2017) Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy Looking at Justice Through a Lens of Healing and Reconnection Annalise Buth and Lynn Cohn* I. INTRODUCTION On March 10, 2017, more than 300 people gathered in Lincoln Hall, the oldest lecture hall at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, for the 10th Annual Northwestern Journal of Law and Social Policy (JLSP) Symposium, Healing Our Justice System: Restorative Justice and the Law. They sat in hard, old-fashioned, wooden booths, light shining through stained glass windows that represent graduating law school classes dating back to 1860.1 The group stood in sharp contrast to those who historically filled these seats in terms of gender, race, ethnicity, background, and diversity of roles. Activists, organizers, educators, community advocates, police officers, probation officers, social workers, therapists, and others joined lawyers and law students to reflect on justice and healing. This is the story of the Symposium. We intentionally use the term story because storytelling is at the heart of restorative justice. Storytelling expresses who we are and allows us to connect with others: The shortest distance between two people is a story.2 Legal frameworks often value quantifiable, evidence-based research and data while discounting the validity of stories. In sharing our story, we seek to challenge this notion.3 In this piece, we hope to capture the wisdom and perspectives gathered at the Symposium. We strive to honor the restorative value of speaking from our own experiences. We acknowledge differences in perspectives about many of the issues raised both during the Symposium and in this story, and we invite questions, disagreement, dialogue, and accountability. Annalise (Annie) Buth is the M.R. Bauer Foundation Fellow in Dispute Resolution, and Lynn Cohn is the Director of the Center on Negotiation and Mediation. We have deep gratitude for Marisa Fenn and Julia Prochazka, the Journal of Law and Social Policy (JLSP) Symposium Editors, with whom we partnered for the Symposium. Also a special thanks to Victoria Ryan, the Editor in Chief of JLSP, and Len Rubinowitz, the Faculty Advisor for the JLSP. We are thankful for each person who attended the Symposium and added to the richness of the day, including all of the Symposium speakers. We thank Cheryl Graves and Ora Schub who planted the seeds for the Symposium many years ago, and others who have supported the Center on Negotiation and Mediation on its restorative justice journey. We also appreciate the support that Northwestern law student William Erlain provided during the writing process. 1 Letter Regarding Stained Glass Origins (Jan. 20, 1927), http://www.law.northwestern.edu/history/documents/1927_StainedGlass.pdf. 2 Michale Gabriel, Learning and Growing Through Stories, JOHNS HOPKINS SCH. EDUC.: NEW HORIZONS FOR LEARNING (1999), http://education.jhu.edu/PD/newhorizons/lifelonglearning/early-childhood/learning- growing/index.html. 3 We recognize that the conventional law school journal article format in some ways may run counter to our story frame.

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