Lindsey Pointer, Ph.D.

Lindsey Pointer is an Assistant Professor at Vermont Law School and collaboratively leads the National Center on Restorative Justice. She has a PhD in Restorative Justice from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand and is a former Fulbright Fellow and Rotary Global Grant recipient.

Lindsey has worked as a restorative justice facilitator, community program manager, educator, and researcher. She is the author of three books on restorative justice: The Little Book of Restorative Teaching Tools (Good Books, 2020), The Restorative Justice Ritual (Routledge, 2021), and a children’s picture book, Wally and Freya (Good Books, 2022). Lindsey also launched and maintains the website www.RestorativeTeachingTools.com, a free collection of games and activities for teaching restorative practices.