Inga N. Laurent, J.D.

Inga is a Fulbright Scholar and teaches in the areas of criminal law and procedure, evidence, and dispute resolution. Her expertise is centered around restorative, transitional, and transformative justice, which she implements locally and globally through research, training, and generative design. She believes deeply in our human capacity for goodness while concurrently recognizing the world is fraught with challenges that frequently cause us suffering, distracting us from developing into our better selves. Inga also believes in the power of truth even (or especially) when difficult to hear, accept, or acknowledge. That grappling with hard truths creates immense possibility, fostering the conditions for wellness and wholeness to emerge. Her work – both internally and externally – is to facilitate truth, and honor its presence once it arrives through nurturing, responsive, generative, and sustained individual and communal action.