Ethan Lowens

Ethan Lowens serves as a Research Fellow at the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice, University of Pennsylvania, focusing on systemic inefficiencies within criminal justice frameworks.

His academic credentials include:

• Bachelor of Arts, University of Pennsylvania
• Juris Doctor, Harvard Law School

Lowens' research critically examines waste in criminal legal processes—analyzing how policing, prosecution, adjudication, and punishment consume public resources while causing disproportionate harm to defendants and their families without enhancing public safety or victim outcomes. His scholarship uniquely integrates empirical data analysis derived from his prior quantitative analyst career and direct field experience representing clients through all trial stages as a public defender at Queens Defenders in New York City. This dual perspective drives his evidence-based approach to criminal justice reform and restorative practices.

His work emphasizes measurable solutions to align legal system operations with community safety goals and victim needs through rigorous data-driven methodologies.