Christine E. Ohenewah is a lawyer, humanist, and public intellectual devoted to reinforcing the human core of the law in an age marked by distinct societal shifts. As Founder of the Elizabeth Tweneboah Foundation, she leads an institute that leverages law as an instrument for strengthening human potential through deeper connection, ultimately generating new legal knowledge and praxis.

Ohenewah's work focuses on Attuned Jurisprudence, the practice of centering affective intelligence and personal wisdom as fundamental to legal epistemology. Through the Ohenewah Method™, she demonstrates how the integration of attunement into legal reasoning produces more equitable legal approaches and outcomes. Ohenewah therefore positions human connection as essential legal methodology.

Ohenewah's academic foundation spans Cornell Law School, Columbia University, the University of Chicago, and Macalester College, where she studied Law, Sociology, International Relations, and Political Science. Her most significant insights, however, emerged from personal experience. As a survivor of intimate violence, she developed Retributive Empathy, a conceptual framework that merges retributive and restorative models of justice in ways that honor both accountability and compassion.

Through her teaching, scholarship, and public engagement, Ohenewah demonstrates that the power and legitimacy of the law has depended on––and will always depend on––its connection to the human condition and expanding what individuals can achieve. She therefore invites rigorous dialogue and collaboration from legal stakeholders and community actors invested in helping explore avenues to innovate the law's indelible ability to empower.