Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies

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Career and Learning Outcomes

Career Outcomes

A career in the field of restorative justice offers a unique and impactful avenue for individuals seeking to make a positive difference in their communities.

Whether you're directly facilitating dialogues, advocating for policy change, or integrating restorative principles into other fields, your work can contribute to more equitable and compassionate approaches to conflict resolution, healing, and community building.

*This is not an exhaustive list of career and job opportunities.

Restorative Justice Career Options

  • Director of Restorative Practices (at a university)
  • Restorative Justice Coordinator/Specialist (at a K-12 school)
  • Executive Director (of an RJ nonprofit)
  • RJ Program Coordinator (in a district attorney’s office)
  • RJ Program Case Manager (at a nonprofit)

Restorative Justice Informed Positions

  • K-12 Teacher/Administrator/Counselor
  • Higher Education Student Affairs Administrator
  • Human Resources Professional
  • Criminal Justice Professional
  • Health Care Professional
  • Nonprofit Leader/Case Manager
  • Pastor/Prison Ministry

Learning Outcomes

#1

Knowledge

  1. Articulate the philosophy and practice of restorative justice.
  2. Explain the unintended harmful consequences of contemporary punishment practices in various organizational settings.
  3. Integrate various applications of restorative justice in a variety of institutions using a cross-cultural perspective.
  4. Demonstrate appropriate restorative justice research strategies and implement correct criteria for assessments of restorative programs.
#2

Skills

  1. Demonstrate competence in facilitating a trauma-informed restorative process from pre-dialogue preparation to dialogue facilitation to post-dialogue mentoring and support.
  2. Skillfully integrate a variety of conflict resolution skills into restorative facilitation, such as conflict analysis, nonviolent communication, conflict coaching, mediation, shuttle negotiation, and design thinking.
#3

Abilities

  1. Evaluate effectiveness of restorative justice implementation through critical assessment of grassroots (bottom-up) and administrative (top-down) initiatives.
  2. Create new restorative organizations, policies, programs, or processes across contexts.
  3. Develop a restorative leadership style that initiates and supports restorative efforts.
  4. Customize a restorative approach for particular audiences (such as K-12, sexual harm, reintegration after incarceration, etc.)