When Sylvia Clute attended law school (1970-1973) the students were told that they were learning the best legal system possible. A decade into her legal career, she realized there are two models of justice: vengeance and Love. For the past 37 years Sylvia has studied how to implement justice as Love and created a theory for what she now calls Unitive Justice, a model that has no punitive elements. Unitive Justice theory is based on a comparison of 14 structures found in all punitive systems to 14 structures found in all unitive systems, thus providing a path to concrete system change. As it is foundational, Unitive Justice applies to all human endeavors, in any environment. Unitive Justice is practiced in schools, taught in a law school, taught in a prison, and is being developed for additional applications. The goal of Unitive Justice is an international unification of humanity focused on LOVE as the central force for harmonizing our highly diverse human family. Its aim is to achieve this by implementing a global network of dedicated efforts to engage UNITIVE JUSTICE THEORY AND PRACTICE in the resolution of human conflict, social discord and global division. Unitive Justice is now practiced in the US and in Uganda—this journey has begun.
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Presenter Bio
When Sylvia Clute attended law school (1970-1973) the students were told that they were learning the best legal system possible. A decade into her legal career, she realized there are two models of justice: vengeance and Love. For the past 37 years, Sylvia has studied how to implement justice as Love and created a theory for what she now calls Unitive Justice, a model that has no punitive elements. In 2003 she left her law practice to focus on developing Unitive Justice theory and practice. She is President and Executive Director of the Alliance for Unitive Justice (AUJ), a nonprofit headquartered in Richmond, Va. (a4uj.org) Sylvia is now writing lesson plans for courses to be taught at the Unitive Justice Academy, an online training platform where AUJ will offer all of its courses on Unitive Justice theory, practice and implementation. Her new book, Unitive Justice: Bending the Arc of Justice Toward Love, was released in January and is now the text for all of AUJ’s courses on Unitive Justice. Websites: sylviaclute.com and UnitiveJustice.com.
