Previous Event
February 12, 2006
"Restorative Justice / Therapeutic Justice" - a panel discussion
by Sim Gill, Professor Erik Luna, Dr. Allan RiceSim Gill is currently the Chief City Prosecutor for Salt Lake City. He has prosecuted with Salt Lake County District Attorney’s office, Salt Lake City and Layton City. Most recently he has been involved in the issues of therapeutic justice and criminal prosecution. He is a graduate of University of Utah B.A. History and Philosophy and a Graduate of Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon where he received his J. D. and Certificate of specialization in Environmental and Natural Resources Law. Sim also serves as the Chair of the Salt Lake Area Safe at Home Coalition; co-chair of the Salt Lake County Criminal Justice Advisory Committee; Mayors Coalition on Alcohol, Tobacco and Substance Abuse, Salt Lake Community College’s Advisory Board on the Community Writing Project.
Dr. Allan Rice, Ph.D., LCSW, works at Valley Mental Health and is the Clinical Director of the Third District Mental Health Court. Dr. Rice has spent over twenty years collaborating in the delivery of services and developing programs for the mentally ill and substance abuse populations in the criminal justice systems.
Professor Erik Luna is the Hugh Brown Presidential Endowed Chair in Law at the University of Utah. He received his J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1996. He was a prosecutor in the San Diego District Attorney’s office and a fellow lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School. Professor Luna was a senior Fulbright Scholar at New Zealand's Victoria University Law School, where he taught and conducted research on restorative justice. Professor Luna serves on the board of directors for the Rocky Mountain Innocence Center and the Salt Lake Legal Defenders Association. His primary interests are in criminal law, criminal procedure, and constitutional law.
"Restorative Justice / Therapeutic Justice have become ideas that can be heard in criminal justice circles. What are they? How are they important to our current criminal justice system? What are the needs of our criminal justice system and what systemic challenges must be addressed under our current system of criminal justice? This presentation will be a mix of both philosophical and practical application of the principles of restorative / therapeutic justice that should broaden your perspective on criminal justice, social responsibility and community."