Where serious science has a serious impact

Now is the time for us to make new conscious and informed choices concerning the definition of public safety, community vitality, and the right of every individual to have a voice in this process.  

We envision a future where science and scholarship provide the foundation for justice systems transformation, where people and communities feel and experience equity, respect, and trust in justice system interactions.

Co-founded in 2015 by Tracey Meares and Tom Tyler, The Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School (The JC) is a group of nationally recognized academics and researchers working together to build a more just, effective, and democratic criminal legal system.

Our interdisciplinary network of scholars from across the country includes doctors, lawyers, historians, psychologists, philosophers, sociologists, and political scientists who are recognized as leaders in their fields.

Among this group are Pulitzer Prize-winners, MacArthur “geniuses,” and members of the American Academy of Arts and Science and the American Philosophical Society.

Together, we are committed to academic rigor and collaboration to advance theory-driven public policies proven to build strong, safe communities where all individuals can thrive.

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Meet Our Scholars

Our interdisciplinary network brings together some of the nation’s most renowned scholars dedicated to transforming historically underserved communities to ones of vitality, opportunity, and justice for all citizens. Their research addresses issues at the intersection of race, community vitality, and criminal legal reform.

We view collaboration as fundamental to our work.

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 Featured Justice Collaboratory Projects

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Elevating Trust and Legitimacy for Prosecutors Project 2.0
Elevating Trust and Legitimacy for Prosecutors Project 2.0

Yale Law School’s Justice Collaboratory has partnered with the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys and LaGratta Consulting to develop the Elevating Trust and Legitimacy for Prosecutors Project. Through a multi-phase site selection process, project partners chose the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office, Saint Paul City Attorney’s Office and Columbus City Attorney’s Office as the project pilot sites to engage in a year-long collaborative assessment, planning, and implementation process of procedural justice practices.

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Elevating Trust and Legitimacy for Prosecutors Project
Elevating Trust and Legitimacy for Prosecutors Project

Yale Law School’s Justice Collaboratory has partnered with the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys and LaGratta Consulting to develop the Elevating Trust and Legitimacy for Prosecutors Project. Through a multi-phase site selection process, project partners chose the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office, Saint Paul City Attorney’s Office and Columbus City Attorney’s Office as the project pilot sites to engage in a year-long collaborative assessment, planning, and implementation process of procedural justice practices.

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Policing, Law, and Policy Clinic at Yale Law School
Policing, Law, and Policy Clinic at Yale Law School

The Policing, Law, and Policy Clinic offers current Yale Law School students the opportunity to translate cutting-edge empirical research on policing reform into real-world policies

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Learn about our work from our Executive Director, Caroline Nobo, Policing, Law, and Policy Director, Jorge Camacho, and co-founding directors Tracey Meares and Tom Tyler.

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JC in the News

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New training for CT urban police officers to incorporate community input
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The Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School to Develop First-of-Its-Kind Community Engagement Training Program for Connecticut Law Enforcement
The Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School to Develop First-of-Its-Kind Community Engagement Training Program for Connecticut Law Enforcement

The state of Connecticut has contracted The Justice Collaboratory (JC) at Yale Law School to develop a unique Community Engagement Training (CET) Program for law enforcement units within the state—the first of its kind for Connecticut.

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Dr. Cassandra Ramdath Joins the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School
Dr. Cassandra Ramdath Joins the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School
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“Public safety is dependent on strong, vibrant communities. Our nation’s individual and collective wellbeing—from access to health care and clean water to access to education and jobs—is the foundation of a more just society with less reliance on criminal legal intervention.”

— Tracey Meares, co-founder of The Justice Collaboratory and Walton Hale Professor of Law, Yale Law School