Adelaide Thinkers in Residence Public Lecture

It Pays to Deliver Smart Justice

Delivered by Judge Peggy Fulton Hora (ret)

Tuesday 20 April 2010

AUDIO recording now available here

Adelaide Town Hall, 128 King William Street, Adelaide

Jointly presented by Adelaide Thinkers in Residence and The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre

Adelaide Thinker in Residence, Judge Peggy Fulton Hora is a legal innovator and global leader in the problem-solving courts movement. A Judge of the California Superior Court for 21 years, Peggy lectures internationally and writes extensively on justice issues.

Casting a fresh and insightful eye on South Australia's justice system, Peggy has found that being 'tough on crime' alone is not enough to build safer communities.

Smart Justice is a fair, timely and cost effective approach to justice. Could this be the answer we're looking for?

Biography

Judge Peggy Fulton Hora is a former dean of the B.E. Witkin Judicial College of California, has been on the faculty of the National Judicial College since 1992. She is the recipient of the Bernard S. Jefferson Judicial Education Award from the California Judges' Association and a Senior Judicial Fellow for the National Drug Court Institute.

Judge Peggy Fulton Hora has been instrumental in building the problem-solving courts movement and presided over the Drug Treatment Court within her criminal assignment in California. Her work in this area has contributed to the creation of a new genre of justice - therapeutic jurisprudence - opportunities for real help and healing for alcoholics/addicts all over the world.

Her recent projects include drug treatment court seminars and technical assistance in Santiago, Valparaiso and Iquique, Chile. Judge Peggy Fulton Hora has lectured nationally and internationally and has written extensively on issues surrounding substance abuse, domestic violence, drug treatment courts, cultural competence and therapeutic jurisprudence. The appellate court and over 100 journals and law reviews have cited her work.

While the views presented by speakers within the Hawke Centre public program are their own and are not necessarily those of either the University of South Australia or The Hawke Centre, they are presented in the interest of open debate and discussion in the community and reflect our themes of: strengthening our democracy - valuing our cultural diversity - and building our future.