Sujatha Baliga
{{short description|Attorney and restorative justice practitioner}}
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| education = {{ubl|Harvard University (AB)|University of Pennsylvania Law School (JD)|}}
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| Restorative justice practitioner
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| Forgiveness
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sujatha baliga (born 1970/1971) is an American attorney and restorative justice practitioner who won the MacArthur Fellowship in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/arts/macarthur-genius-grant-winners-list.html|title=MacArthur 'Genius' Grant Winners for 2019: The Full List | date=September 25, 2019| access-date=September 25, 2019| website=The New York Times| first=Jennifer| last=Schuessler }}{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/09/25/MacArthur-Foundation-hands-out-26-genius-grants/2071569433180/|title=MacArthur Foundation hands out 26 'genius grants | date=September 25, 2019| access-date=September 25, 2019| website=UPI| first=Danielle| last=Haynes }}
Biography
baliga was born and raised in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania.{{cite news |last1=Tullis |first1=Paul |title=Can Forgiveness Play a Role in Criminal Justice? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/06/magazine/can-forgiveness-play-a-role-in-criminal-justice.html |accessdate=September 27, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=January 4, 2014}} baliga attended Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School.{{cite web|url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/1029/|title=sujatha baliga, MacArthur Fellow | access-date=September 25, 2019| website=macfound.org}}
She is the director of the Restorative Justice Project at Impact Justice in Oakland, California. For her work there she was awarded a 2019 MacArthur "Genius" Grant.
She was one of two Oaklanders awarded the grant in 2019, the other being Walter Hood.{{cite news |title=2 Oakland Residents Receive MacArthur Genius Grants |url=https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/09/26/macarthur-genius-grants-oakland-walter-hood-sujatha-baliga/ |accessdate=September 27, 2019 |website=CBS Bay Area |date=September 26, 2019}}
She prefers that her name be uncapitalized.{{cite news |last1=Kelly |first1=John |title=Restorative Justice Leader sujatha baliga Named a MacArthur Genius |url=https://imprintnews.org/justice/restorative-justice-leader-sujatha-baliga-named-a-macarthur-genius/37861 |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=The Chronicle of Social Change |date=September 26, 2019}}
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