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Benjamin Wilson is a Clinical Faculty Fellow at the University of Baltimore School of Law’s Family Mediation Clinic, where he teaches and supervises law students in the practice of mediation. His work sits at the intersection of dispute resolution, restorative justice, racial equity, and community-based conflict, with a current research focus on reparations for the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow in the United States. He is also pursuing a Ph.D. in Peace and Conflict at George Mason University's Carter School.

Before joining the University of Baltimore, Ben served as a Staff Attorney and Catalyst Fellow at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where he co-taught the Mediation Clinic and contributed to the Divided Community Project. His work there included research on truth and reconciliation-style racial equity initiatives, and community responses to conflict involving symbols, monuments, public spaces, hate incidents, and divided campuses.

Ben previously served as Director of Training for Prison of Peace, managing restorative justice and mediation programs across 18 prisons and training formerly incarcerated individuals as mediators. He has also worked in refugee advocacy, trauma-informed peer mediation, and civil mediation in Los Angeles Superior Court. Ben earned his J.D. and Master of Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine University School of Law and is admitted to practice in New York and California.