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Working with Tribal Communities to End
Sexual Violence: Some Innovative Strategies
Resources from Legal Momentum’s National Judicial Education Program
Lynn Hecht Schafran, Esq.The National American Indian Court Judges Association
Conference Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Minnesota
October 19, 2012
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Educating Judges and Court Staff About Sexual Violence: The Foundation
Judges Tell: What I Wish I Had Known Before I Presided in an Adult Victim Sexual Assault Case
Understanding Sexual Violence: The Judge’s Role
In Stranger and Nonstranger Rape and
Sexual Assault Cases
• Two day in-person curriculum
• Four Hour DVD Version
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Educating Judges and Court Staff About Sexual Violence: The Foundation
• The Undetected Rapist (7 minute DVD)
• A Response to “The Undetected Rapist” (23 minute DVD)
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Educating Judges and Court Staff About the Intersection of
Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
“If a partner is controlling, abusive, and violent in the kitchen, the living room, and in public, why would he stop the abuse at the bedroom door?”
-Hon. Jeffrey Kremers, Chief Judge,
First Judicial Administrative District, Milwaukee, WI
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Intimate Partner Sexual Abuse:
Adjudicating This Hidden Dimension of
Domestic Violence Cases
Web Course Available FREE at:
http://www.njep-ipsacourse.org.
Educating Judges and Court Staff About the Intersection of
Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
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Web Course: Adaptations for Local Law and Practice
• Tribal Courts
• Minnesota Courts
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Intimate Partner Sexual Abuse: Adjudicating This Hidden Dimension of Domestic
Violence Cases – Multi-Use Modules
• 15 Minute Introductory Module
• 60 Minute Risk Assessment Module
• 90 Minute Civil/Family Court Module
• 90 Minute Criminal Court Module
• 180 Minute Civil/Family Court Module
• 180 Minute Criminal Court Module
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Educating Judges and Court Staff About Sexual Violence:
Multi-Use Modules
• The Challenges of Adult Victim Sexual Assault Cases: Materials for New Judges
• Raped or “Seduced”?: How Language Helps Shape Our Response to Sexual Violence
• Interpreters in Adult Victim Sexual Assault Cases
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Educating Judges and Court Staff About Sexual Violence:
Multi-Use Modules
• Jury Selection and Decision Making in Adult Victim Sexual Assault Cases
• Women in Drug Treatment Courts: Sexual Assault as the Underlying Trauma
• Elder Victims of Sexual Abuse
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Contact
Lynn Hecht Schafran
Director
National Judicial Education Program
Legal Momentum
395 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10014
www.njep.org
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