As a Former Attorney for Domestic Violence Survivors, Here’s Why Restorative Justice Gives Me Hope | Opinion: As a Former Attorney for Domestic Violence Survivors, Here’s Why Restorative Justice Gives Me Hope – wla

As a Former Attorney for Domestic Violence Survivors, Here’s Why Restorative Justice Gives Me Hope | Opinion: As a Former Attorney for Domestic Violence Survivors, Here’s Why Restorative Justice Gives Me Hope – wla

by Barbara Schmitz Fresh from law school twenty years ago, one of my duties involved representing people who had been in violent relationships. Per standard practice, in each case the client and I went to court seeking an order of protection, also known as a restraining order. Rarely did the defendants in those cases show up in court. Meanwhile, my clients had often left their homes and been forced to start over. Some of my clients wound up in…