Publicly Available Training Materials
Tips For Prosecutors On Forfeiture By Wrongdoing InLight Of GILES v. CALIFORNIA
Joan Meier - Director, Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project (DV LEAP) and Professor of Clinical Law, George Washington University Law School
Thinking Appeal
D.C Bar Pro Bono Program, Washington, DC, 2010
Vicarious Traumatization: What t is and What Can Be Done About it
D.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Washington, DC, 2010
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CHILD CUSTODY & ABUSE
Pitfalls in Adjudications of Custody and Abuse
D.C. Family Court Conference, Washington, DC, 2009
The Art of the Appeal: Critical Tools for Protecting Children in Custody Cases
Training by DV Leap and Justice for Children, June, 2007
- Powerpoint Presentations:
- Pitfalls in Adjudications of Custody and Abuse (Joan Meier)
- The Challenge of Custody when Abuse is Present (Julie Field)
- Statutory Issues in Domestic Violence/Custody Cases (Joan Meier)
- Introduction to Parental Alienation Syndrome - Critiques and Legal Challenges (Joan Meier)
- Name that Standard of Review (Julie Field)
- Supporting Materials:
- Bibliography on Domestic Violence/Custody Issues (Field)
- Meier, Domestic Violence, Child Custody, and Child Protection: Understanding Judicial Resistance and Imagining the Solutions (2003)
- ABA Custody Statutes Chart
- National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges Rebuttable Presumption States chart
- Meier Research Summaries:
- Rates of Domestic Violence in Custody Litigation
- Rates at which Accused and Adjudicated Batterers Receive Sole or Joint Custody
- Scientific and Professional Rejections of PAS (Meier)
- Survey of Custody Cases Involving Allegations of Domestic Violence on Appeal (2007)(DV LEAP)
- Bibliography on PAS (Meier)
Child Custody Plenary Panel
3rd National Conference of Jewish Women International Conference on Domestic Abuse in the Jewish Community, Baltimore, MD, March 19, 2007
Domestic Violence Custody Cases in the United Family Court Context
Florida Unified Family Courts Conference, Orlando, Florida, October 21, 2004
The Intersection of Custody Battles and Criminal Prosecution of Domestic Violence: When is a Woman Alleging Abuse not Credible?
The National Association of Attorney Generals' Annual National Conference, Emerging Issues: Violence Against Women, Washington, D.C., June 25, 2004
Co-Occurrence of Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment
11th National ABA-APA Conference on Children and the Law, Washington, D.C., June, 2004
PARENTAL ALIENATION SYNDROME
Parental Alienation and Its Impact on Custody and Abuse Cases
Interval House and Jared's Place Legal Advocacy & Resource Centre for Women's Conference: "Best Interest of the Child: Unraveling 'Parent Alienation' and the Family Court System in the Context of Women Abuse"
Getting Real About Abuse and Alienation
Fourth Battered Mothers' Custody Conference, Siena, NY, January 2007
Parental Alienation Syndrome
Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence Clearinghouse Lawyer Training, February, 2006
- Powerpoint Presentation
- Bibliography
Parental Alienation Syndrome or Abuse? The Battle for the Truth
Presentation for the Muskie School of Public Service Child Custody and Domestic Violence Institute, San Anotonio, TX, November, 2005
- Powerpoint Presentation
- Bibliography
LITIGATION SKILLS AND APPEALS
Appeal
Yearly presentation for D.C. Bar Pro Bono Domestic Violence Trainings
Evidence in Domestic Violence Litigation
ABA Commission on Domestic Violence Continuing Legal Education Teleconference Series, March 2006 with Professor Jane Aiken
Post-Trial Remedies and Appeal
ABA Commission on Domestic Violence, National Civil Law Institute, July 2005
Domestic Violence Appeals
Panel on Poverty Law in the D.C. Court of Appeals: Important Recent Developments, D.C. Bar and Judicial Conference, March 2006
DEFINING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
the Debate Between Feminist and Non-Feminist Researchers Been Resolved? Michael Johnson's Two (or Four) Types of Domestic Violence
Invited Panelist for panel on Empirical Research on Domestic Violence, American Association of Law Schools Workshop on Family Law 2007, Vancouver, Canada, June 2007
- Powerpoint Presentation
- Bibliography
SUPREME COURT RIGHTS LITIGATION
Supreme Court Domestic Violence Cases 2009-2010
Jewish Women International's National Alliance to End Domestic Violence, Washington, DC, June 2009