Join us on Wednesday, February 8 from 12-1 pm (CST) with NIU Law Professor Dan McConkie as he presents, “Restorative Justice: A Kenyan Perspective.”
America’s criminal justice system is so focused on punishment that it pays little attention to something much more fundamental: repairing the harms of crime. In contrast, Kenya’s customary law has long done a much better job of this. How does Kenya’s criminal justice system work? And what can America learn from Kenya’s approach? Come and hear about Professor McConkie’s exciting research into these questions.
Registration
Attend in person – Swen Parson Hall 186 or register via Zoom. Lunch provided.
Professor Daniel McConkie joined the NIU Law faculty in 2015. He mainly teaches courses in criminal law and criminal procedure. Professor McConkie was a prosecutor in California for eight years, first for the state and then for the federal government. As a federal prosecutor, he specialized in taking down large drug trafficking organizations and served as his office’s ethics advisor. His primary research interests are criminal procedure, mass incarceration, and the participation of ordinary citizens in criminal justice processes.
Professor McConkie holds an Honors B.A. degree in history from the University of Utah (2001), where he graduated cum laude, and a J.D. degree from Stanford Law School (2004), where he was a Public Interest Fellow. From 2013 to 2015, Professor McConkie was a visiting professor at the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University.
