Inga N. Laurent is a Professor of Law at Gonzaga University, School of Law. Her main area of focus centers on analyzing and re-imagining our current criminal legal system. She returned to the faculty in Fall of 2017 after spending nine months researching restorative justice in Kingston, Jamaica as a Fulbright scholar. In the classroom, Inga’s goal is to prepare students for the challenges and opportunities that will be present as they enter the profession, equipping them with tools for honest and critical assessments of our systems and ourselves. Inga is engaged in advocating for criminal legal and legal education reform, as she believes we need innovative and equitable models to better address the shifting needs present in our evolving societies.
Prior to working in academia, Inga worked as a staff attorney with Southeastern Ohio Legal Services (SEOLS) under a grant from the Federal Violence Against Women’s Act (VAWA). While at SEOLS, she provided holistic civil legal services to victims of domestic violence. Inga received her J.D. from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and her B.A. from Westminster College. She has been a member of the Gonzaga community since 2010. victims of domestic violence. Inga received her J.D. from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and her B.A. from Westminster College. She has been a member of the Gonzaga community since 2010.
- Addressing the Toll of Truth Telling (Forthcoming Spring 2023 – Brooklyn Law Review)
- International Encyclopedia of Restorative Justice – North America Volume. A Better Measure: New Metrics for Restorative Culture in Schools and Beyond. (Forthcoming 2022; co-authored with Julie Schaffer & Leah Wilborn Neese)
- International Encyclopedia of Restorative Justice – North America Volume. Washington: Broadening the Understanding, Definition, and Practice of Restorative Justice. (Forthcoming 2022; co-authored with Barb Toews & Jimmy McCarty)
- From Retribution to Restoration: Implementing Nationwide Restorative Justice Initiatives – “Lessons from Jamaica." 42 Fordham Int’l L.J. 1095 (2019)
- Insufficient Outcomes and “Intangible Considerations:” Reflections on the Impact of Brown v. Board of Education. 53 Gonz. L. Rev. 393 (2017/2018)