Jonathan Scharrer

Position title: Clinical Assistant Professor, Law

Email: jonathan.scharrer@wisc.edu

Jonathan Scharrer is the Director of the Restorative Justice Project at the University of Wisconsin Law School’s Frank J. Remington Center. He has extensive experience as a facilitator of victim-offender dialogues in sensitive and serious crimes and as a trainer in a variety of restorative justice practices. Jonathan is active in examining criminal justice policy–with a focus on victim-empowerment and addressing racial disparities in the criminal justice system–and has helped design and implement multiple restorative justice diversion programs and restorative responses to crime. Additionally, Jonathan currently serves as an elected member of the advisory council for the National Association of Community and Restorative Justice.