Sitting Down Together: How Can Restorative Justice Inform Collaborative Practice/Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council

This workshop will explore the purposes and practices of Restorative Justice – conflict resolution that engages stakeholders in repairing harm, restoring right relations and reintegrating individuals into community- and how we may bring those purposes and practices to Collaborative Law. Restorative approaches have been used effectively to address the challenges of conflict in families, schools, neighborhoods and organizations. Doug Reynolds will introduce Restorative Justice, and workshop participants will have the opportunity to experience restorative practices and connect the experience to their work and life situations. Restorative techniques can be added to existing practices and may open ways to expand one’s practice to new areas in dispute resolution.

Douglas C. Reynolds is a principal of The New Law Center, llc – a law, dispute resolution and consulting practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Boston University School of Law. He has practiced law since 1973 in Worcester, Boston and Cambridge.

The cost of the workshop is $65. It will be held at the Courtyard by Marriott Boston Natick on February 15  from 8:30am to 12:00pm. For more information and registration, click here.