Jennifer Llewellyn is Professor of Law and Chair in Restorative Justice at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University. She is also the Director of the Restorative Research, Innovation and Education Lab (The Restorative Lab). Her teaching and research focus in the areas of relational theory, restorative justice, justice transformation, truth commissions, peacebuilding, international and domestic human rights law, public law, and Canadian constitutional law.

An international subject matter expert in the area of restorative justice, Professor Llewellyn has advised governments and NGO’s and supported many innovative projects and programs taking a restorative approach to justice. She has worked with the Nova Scotia Restorative Justice Program, the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Jamaican government, the government of New Zealand and the United Nations. She was appointed as an expert on the UN mechanism to review the UN Basic Principles for the Use of Restorative Justice in Criminal Matters. Professor Llewellyn facilitated the design process for the first ever restorative public inquiry (into the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children) and served as a Commissioner for the Inquiry.  She previously advised the Assembly of First Nations and Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission on the response to Residential School abuse.

Recognized for her contribution in the field of restorative justice, Professor Llewellyn was awarded the National Ron Wiebe Restorative Justice Award from Correctional Services Canada in 2015 and was the 2018 recipient of the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council National Impact Award, the highest award for research achievement and impact in Canada. In 2019, she received the Dalhousie University President’s Research Excellence Award for Research Impact and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 2020.