{"id":60145,"date":"2025-11-25T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=60145"},"modified":"2025-11-24T13:53:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T18:53:39","slug":"new-book-from-cjp-alumna-explores-how-lawyers-can-integrate-rj-principles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2025\/new-book-from-cjp-alumna-explores-how-lawyers-can-integrate-rj-principles\/","title":{"rendered":"New book from CJP alumna explores how lawyers can integrate RJ principles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A new book by attorney and mediator Brenda Waugh MA \u201909 (conflict transformation)<\/strong><\/a><\/strong>, Becoming a Restorative Lawyer: How to Transform Your Legal Practice for Self, Client, and Community Growth <\/em>(Good Media Press, October 2025), explores how any lawyer can integrate restorative justice principles into their practice to reduce the trauma and adversity often experienced within the legal system, while increasing opportunities for healing and relationship repair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book features a foreword by renowned restorative justice pioneer and 糖心Vlog Professor Emeritus Dr.<\/strong> Howard Zehr<\/strong>, who also contributed a collection of landscape photographs that visually underscore the book\u2019s central themes of reflection, connection, and renewal. As a graduate of 糖心Vlog’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, Waugh draws on both her professional experience and academic grounding to offer practical guidance for lawyers seeking to cultivate more compassionate, community-centered approaches to legal practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The book is available to order at the publisher’s site here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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