Judge Victoria Pratt is the executive director of Odyssey Impact, driving change through innovative storytelling, media, and documentaries. Judge Pratt served as the chief judge in Newark Municipal Court in Newark, New Jersey and the founding judge of Newark Community Solutions, an initiative that provides alternatives to jail and fines to low-level offenders in Newark. Prior to joining the bench, she served as counsel to the City Council President in Newark. She also worked in the counsel’s office for New Jersey governors Jim McGreevey and Richard Codey and as a compliance officer for the Camden school district. Her TED talk, How Judges Can Show Respect, has been translated into 11 languages and received over one million views. Since leaving the bench, she has worked to advance justice reform in jurisdictions across the nation, and as far as Ukraine, England, Trinidad and Tobago, and Mexico. She has also served as a professor at Rutgers Law School in Newark, New Jersey. She is a graduate of Rutgers University and Rutgers Law School.
