EMPLOYMENT

Domestic Violence Report (1995 - present), Sexual Assault Report (1997 - present)

Editor of national domestic violence and sexual assault newsletters, each issued 6 times per year.

National Center on Women and Family Law  (1990 - 1995)

Senior attorney, National Battered Women's Law Project, providing assistance to  advocates, policy makers and attorneys on legal issues faced by battered women;  writing  amicus briefs  and developing manuals, position papers and resource packets.

Greater Boston Legal Services   (1986 - 1990)

Supervisor of Divorce Unit; clinical practice trainer; legislative advocate; domestic  violence, contested custody and education law cases.

Harvard Law School, Legal Services Center  (1981 - 1986)

Clinical Supervisor and litigator for Family Law Unit; developer of case studies,  substantive and reference materials; teacher of clinical courses on family law and  procedure.

Town of Brookline     (1977 - 1978)

Health Coordinator for Infants and Toddlers.

Women's Community Health Center   (1976 - 1977)

Staff of women's health clinic.

American Friends Service Committee  (1972 - 1976)

 New England Director of Draft and Military Counseling; Women's Program Committee  member, supporting start of state's first battered women's shelter and passage of domestic    violence statute.

EDUCATION

 Boston College Law School, J.D.    (1981)
 Boston University, B.A. Mathematics    (1962)

BAR MEMBERSHIPS

 New York, First Department     (1993)
 District of Columbia       (1991)
 Massachusetts       (1981)
 Court of Appeals for the First Circuit    (1982)
 U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts  (1982)

BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

 National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (Secretary)
 New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence  (1994-2001)
 Battered Mothers’ Testimony Project
 New York City Coalition Against Domestic Violence    (1995-2000)

OTHER

 Brookline (MA) Rent Control Board Member                (1986 - 1990)
 Consultant to Family Violence Project of the National Council of
 Juvenile and Family Court Judges,  Reno, NV     (1991-93, 1995, 1997-98)
 Consultant to American Medical Association               (1995 - 1996)
 Consultant to National Center for Victims of Crime                (2000 - 2001)
 Liaison to American Bar Association’s Commission on Domestic Violence              (1995-present)
 Editorial Board, Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma     (1997-present)
 Board of Advisors, Crime Victims Report               (1997-present)
 Board of Advisors, Sex Offender Law Report   (1999-present)
 Board of Advisors, Victimization of the Elderly and Disabled          (1998-present)
 Consultant to Project Coordinator, Research Department of the
 International Association of Chiefs of Police             (1998-2000t)
 United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs,
 Certificate of Appreciation (on behalf of battered women and their children)    July, 1998
 City of New York, Human Resources Administration Award (for outstanding commitment and dedicated service to
         victims of domestic violence)  October, 2000
 Grant Reviews: National Institute of Justice
                         Health and Human Services
 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

The Gender Bias Committee's Domestic Violence Study: Important Recommendations and First Steps, 33 BOSTON BAR J. 3, 13-16 (July/August 1989).

Woman Battering: A Major Cause of Homelessness, 25 CLEARINGHOUSE REV.  421-29 (1991).

GUIDE TO INTERSTATE CUSTODY: A MANUAL FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATES, 2nd Ed., National Center on Women and Family Law, New York (1992, 1995).

Guide to Immigration Act of 1990 for Battered Women's Advocates, 13 The Women's Advocate 1, 3-6,  National Center on Women and Family Law, New York (January 1992).

The Criminal Law of Misdemeanor Domestic Violence, 1970-1990. 83 J. CRIM. L. & CRIMINOLOGY 46-72 (1992).

'Friendly Parent' Provisions in Custody Determinations, 26 CLEARINGHOUSE REV. 921-25 (1992).

Defending a Battered Woman Accused of Parental Abduction, in DEFENDING BATTERED WOMEN IN CRIMINAL CUSTODY CASES, American Bar Association, Chicago (1992).

Civil Cases Concerning Domestic Violence, 25 JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT DIGEST 1B, 375-98 (1993).

Batterer Psychopathology: Questions and Implications, in FREE TO BE SAFE, Oklahoma Coalition on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault and the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Oklahoma City, OK (April 27-28, 1993).

Using the Law to Protect Battered Women and Their Children, 27 CLEARINGHOUSE REV. 1437-46 (1994).

Must We Stop Arresting Batterers?: Analysis and Policy Implications of New Police Domestic Violence Studies, 28 NEW ENGLAND LAW REV. 929-90 (1994).

How Abused Women Can Use the Law to Help Themselves and Their Children, in ENDING  THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE: COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO CHILDREN OF BATTERED  WOMEN, Sage Publications (1994).

Woman Battering: High Costs and the State of the Law, 28 CLEARINGHOUSE REV. 383-95 (1994).

ANALYSIS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF THE NEW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE POLICE STUDIES  (with Laurie Woods), National Center on Women and Family Law, New York (1994).

MANDATORY ARREST: PROBLEMS AND POSSIBILITIES (with Laurie Woods), National Center  on Women and Family Law, New York (1994).

IMPROVING THE HEALTH CARE  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE  RESPONSE THROUGH   PROTOCOLS AND POLICIES (with Lori Schoenberg), National Center on Women and Family Law, 1995.

SUING THE POLICE AFTER DeSHANEY, National Center on Women and Family Law, 1995.

Women and Family Law in 1994 (with Nancy S. Erickson), 28 CLEARINGHOUSE REV. 1117-24 (1995).

Mandatory Arrest: A Step Toward Ending Domestic Violence, 10(3) CRIMINAL JUSTICE 2, ABA (1995).

Recognizing and Protecting the Privacy and Confidentiality Needs of Battered Women, 29 FAM. L. Q. 273-311 (1995).

Challenges of Building a Coordinated Response (with Leslye Orloff), in FAMILY VIOLENCE: BUILDING A COORDINATED COMMUNITY RESPONSE:  A GUIDE FOR COMMUNITIES, AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (1996).

Protecting the Children in Custody Disputes When One Parent Abuses the Other, 29 CLEARINGHOUSE REV. 1113-27 (1996).

Most Therapists Need Training in Domestic Violence, 1(6) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 1 (1996).

Federal District Courts Split on Constitutionality of VAWA Civil Rights Remedy, 2 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 1 (1996).

Confidentiality, in THE IMPACT OF  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON YOUR LEGAL PRACTICE: A LAWYER’S HANDBOOK, American Bar Association (1996).

The Implications of Full Faith and Credit for Protective Orders (with Julie Goldscheid and Pamela Coukos), 2 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 19 (1996).

Retaliatory Litigation, in FLORIDA DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAW, Florida Bar Association (1996).

Two-thirds of Civil Protection Orders are Never Violated: Better Court and Community Services Increase Success Rate (with Nancy K.D. Lemon), 2 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 51 (1997).

How Battered Women Can Fight for Custody with Little Money, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund and National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (1997).

Wife Rape: Ignored by Providers, More Devastating to Victims, 1 SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORT 8 (1997).

Victims’ Rights Amendment Helps Battered Women More Than Other Victims, 3 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 1 (1997).

Our Clients May Affect Us: Vicarious Traumatization, 3 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 21 (1998).

Financial Considerations, in Managing Your Divorce: A Guide for Battered Women, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (1998).

Batterer Manipulation and Retaliation in the Courts: A Largely Unrecognized Phenomenon Sometimes Encouraged by Court Practices, 3 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 67 (1998).

How Battered Women Can Fight for Custody with Little Money, 2 VOICE: J. BATTERED WOMEN’S MOVEMENT 1 (1998).

Do Head Injuries Cause Wife Abuse? 3 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 83 (1998).

There’s No Excuse: The National Public Education Campaign, 4 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 3 (1998).

Rohypnol and GHB: Terrifying Date-Rape Drugs, 2 SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORT 17 (1998).

A Different View of Female Genital Mutilation, 2 SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORT 38 (1999).

What Advocates Can Do for Battered Women with Companion Animals (with Michelle Lerner), 4 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 35 (1999).

California Appellate Court Seizes on Simpson’s Custody Case to Give Domestic Violence Greater Importance, 4 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 33 (1999).

Drug Facilitated Rape, 2 SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORT 49 (1999).

Cutting and Other Self-Abusive Behaviors, 2 SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORT 67 (1999).

PKPA Amendment Requires Involvement of Grandparents in All Custody Disputes, 4 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 49 (1999).

Cutting and Other Self-Abusive Behaviors, 2 SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORT 67 (1999).

The UCCJEA: Why It Was Written and How Will It Affect Battered Women’s Interstate Custody Cases, in WOMEN, CHILDREN AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: CURRENT TENSIONS AND EMERGING ISSUES, Conference materials for program of Fordham University School of Law,  1999.

The PKPA Grandparent Visitation Amendment and How It Will Affect Battered Women, , in WOMEN, CHILDREN AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: CURRENT TENSIONS AND EMERGING ISSUES, Conference materials for program of Fordham University School of Law,  1999.

Why Courts Are Reluctant to Believe and Respond to Allegations of Incest, ch. 33 in THE SEX OFFENDER: THEORETICAL ADVANCES, TREATING SPECIAL POPULATIONS , Kingston, NJ: Civic Research Institute, 1999.

Some Very Different Views of Child Sexual Abuse, 2 AT-RISK CHILDREN & FAMILIES 49 (1999).

The UCCJEA: What Is It and How Does It Affect Battered Women in Child-Custody Disputes, 27 FORDHAM URBAN L. J. 909 (2000).

Cultural Considerations, 3 SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORT 37 (2000).

What Can We Learn From Navajo Peacemaking?, 5 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 49 (2000).

The Furor Created by Thornhill and Palmer, 3 SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORT 81 (2000).

ABA Takes on Increasing ProBono Representation, 5 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 83 (2000).

New Material on Marital Rape, 5 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 86 (2000).

New Understandings About Women, Work, Welfare and Abuse, 6 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 3 (2000).

Tools for Trying Sexual Abuse Cases, 4 SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORT 23 (2000).

Battered Women’s Custody Litigation in a State with the UCCJEA, in LAWYER’S MANUAL N DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: REPRESENTING THE VICTIM, 191-97 (Julie A. Domonkos & Jill Goodman, eds., Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, 2000).

Drug Facilitated Rape, in ADDRESSING SEXUAL VIOLENCE ON CAMPUS: PROGRAMS AND PERSPECITIVES, Eds. Allen J. Ottens & Kathy Hotelling (NY: Springer Publishing Co., 2001).

More Criticism of Thornhill and Palmer, 4 SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORT 37 (2001).

Domestic Violence in the Asian American Community, 6 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 33 (2001).

What Losing a Mother Means, 6 DOMESTIC VIOLELNCE REPORT 35 (2001).

History and Current Status of the Sexual Assault Movement, 4 SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORT 52 (2001).

Cultural Considerations of Sexual Abuse in Some Different Communities, 4 SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORT 29 (2001).

Cultural Considerations of Sexual Abuse in Some Different Communities, 4 SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORT 69 (2001).

What Losing a Mother Means, 6 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 35 (2001).

Recent Research on Batterer Self-Esteem and Alcohol Consumption, 6 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 67 (June 2001).

The Problem with Proxy Measures: The Inaccuracy of the Conflict Tactic Scales and Other Crime Surveys in Measuring Intimate Partner Violence, 6 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 83 (2001).

Cultural Considerations of Sexual Abuse in Some Different Countries, 4 SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORT 69 (2001).

Blaming Non-Offending Mothers for Child Sexual Abuse, 4 SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORT 72  (2001).

Full Faith and Credit for Custody Orders: Improvements Brought by the UCCJEA and VAWA II, 7 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 1 (2001).

Some Controversies Concerning Classifying and Treating Stalkers, 7 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 3 (2001).

Books for Young People on Sexual Assault, and On Provising Child Sexual Abuse Cases, 5 SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORT 25 (2001).

Health Watch, 7 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT 25 (2001).

Mandatory Arrest, in Encyclopedia of Crime & Punishment, David Levinson, Ed. (in press) Sage Publications.

TRAINING AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - Partial Listing

National Legal Aid and Defender Association, August 1991. Berkeley, CA.

Child Abuse, Custody, and Interstate Custody Cases; Domestic Violence Coalition on Public Policy (DV-COPP), April 4, 1992, Washington, DC.

Domestic Violence Training for Legal Services and Pro Bono attorneys; Northeast Regional Training Center, June 13, 1992, Newton, MA.

National Legal Aid and Defender Association, August 1992, Berkeley, CA.

Defending Battered Women Accused of Parental Abduction, Defending Battered Women in Criminal Cases; American Bar Association  - Section on Criminal Justice and Division for Professional Education, September 24-25, 1992, Baltimore, MD.

Family Violence, Domestic Violence Forum; B'nai B'rith Women, October 21, 1992, New York, NY.

Judicial Training on Domestic Violence; 13th Judicial Circuit of Florida, October 26, 1992, Tampa, FL.

National Legal Aid and Defender Association, November 1992, Toronto, Canada.

Legal Intervention in Domestic Violence; Frontiers of Legal Thought: Law and the Family, Duke University School of Law, January 22, 1993, Durham, NC.

Woman Battering, the Elderly and the Public Response; Older Women's League, February 14, 1993, New York, NY.

Criminal Law, Child Enforcement, Child Custody and Women's Law Issues, and Keynote Address; FREE to be SAFE, Oklahoma Coalition on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault and Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, April 27-28, 1993, Oklahoma City, OK.

Stalking Solutions and Strategies, A Step Behind - Who is There?; Victoria Status of Women Action Group & University of Victoria Faculty of Law, May 14-15, 1993, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Getting Beyond Blaming the Victim, End Violence Towards Women: Preventing Violence to Women: Integrating the Health and Legal Communities; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Johns Hopkins Injury Prevention Center, and Southern California Injury Prevention & Research Center, June 3, 1993, Washington, DC.

Domestic Violence Legal Training, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Colorado Domestic Violence Coalition, Colorado Women's Bar Association, July 9, 1993, Denver, CO.

National Legal Aid and Defender Association, August 1993, Berkeley, CA.

Legal Reform Options Around Violence: The U.S. Experience, Canadian Advisory Council of the Status of Women, September 25-26, 1993, Ottawa, Canada.

Securing & Enforcing Orders of Protection; Custody Litigation On Behalf of Battered Women, Creating Community in the Commonwealth: Collaborative Approaches For Ending Violence In The Family, October 26-27, 1993, Richmond, VA.

National Legal Aid and Defender Association, November 1993, Albuquerque, NM.
Family/Domestic Violence: Its Impact on Children Responding to Crisis, New York State Bar Association, Committee on Children & the Law, January 28, 1994, New York, NY.

Patient to Plaintiff, National Conference on Family Violence: Health and Justice; American Medical Association, March 11-13, 1994, Washington, DC.

Looking to the Future: Improving the Law, Gender Equality & the Law: Responsiveness of the Law to   Feminist Issues; 11th Annual Women in the Law Conference, Vermont Law School, April 9, 1994, South Royalton, VT.

Custody Evaluation in Domestic Violence Cases, Contemporary Legal Perspectives: Creating a Coordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence; Artemis House & YWCA of Dayton, April 14, l994, Dayton, OH.

Women, Violence, & the Law; National Association of Social Workers, New York State Chapter, May 12, 1994, Binghamton, NY.

Mediating Custody/Visitation Cases; Brooklyn Mediation Center, June 6, 1994, Brooklyn, NY.

Disarming Domestic Violence: There Is Help Out There; Oxfam America, June 21, 1994, New York, NY.

Testified on Mandatory Arrest at request of the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice, June 30, 1994, Washington, DC.

Safety First: The Medical/Health Care Response to Battered Women & Their Children; Minnesota Coalition Against Domestic Violence, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Minnesota Medical Association, & American Medical Association, July 29, 1994, St. Paul, MN.

Legislative Developments and agendas and other workshops, Many Voices, One Vision; National Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Minnesota Medical Association, July 30 - August 3, 1994, St. Paul, MN.

National Legal Aid and Defender Association, August 1994, Berkeley, CA.

Violence in the Streets and in the Home; Governing the American Mosaic; Midwestern Legislative Conference Annual Meeting, August 16, 1994, Des Moines, Iowa.

Guest, Larry King Live, CNN, September 27, 1994.

Make It Happen -- Initiatives for Equal Justice, Family Law Initiatives; 1994 Statewide Meeting of Florida IOTA Grantees, September 29 - 30, 1994, Indialantic, FL.

Domestic Violence Legal Issues: New Legislation, Old Problems and Possible Solutions; New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence, October 21, 1994, Santa Fe, NM.

What's Love Got To Do With It?! Issues in Battered Women's Law, Cornell Law School, October 25, 1994, Ithica, NY.

Family Violence; National Service Legal Corps, December 10, 1994, Washington, DC.

National Legal Aid and Defender Association, December, 1994, Washington, DC.

Testified on Mandatory Arrest at request of South Carolina Joint Legislative Committee on Children, February 8, 1995, Columbia, SC.

Speaker, Family Violence Judicial Seminar, Eleventh Judicial District, March 2, 1995, Queens, NY.

Speaker, Domestic Violence Judicial Seminar, Ninth Judicial District, March 23, 1995, Westchester, NY.

Keynote Speaker, Child Custody Disputes and Violence Against Women: Emerging Problems and Remedies from U.S. Jurisdictions, London Family Court Clinic and Battered Women's Advocacy Centre, March 31, 1995, London, Ontario, Canada.

Record-Keeping and Confidentiality; Wheels of Change: Serving the Diverse Needs of Crime Victims, New York State Crime Victims Board, April 2, 1995, Lake George, NY.

Testified on When Divorce Is Best for Children: Protecting Children from Abusive Parents at request of U.S. Commission on Child and Family Welfare, April 19, 1995, Cleveland, Ohio.

Sixty Minutes, CBS, April 30, 1995.

The Justice System and Domestic Violence Seminar, Florida Bar Association, May 16 & 17, 1995, Melbourne, FL.

Federal Legislation and Welfare Reform, Mission Safe: Launching Partnerships in the Prevention of Domestic Violence, Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, May 18, 1996, Melbourne, FL.

Custody/Visitation; Responding Effectively to Domestic Violence: Legislative and Judicial Proposals, New York State Bar Association, June 8, 1995, Albany, NY.

National Legal Aid and Defender Association, August 1995, Washington, DC.

Fourth Annual State Support Conference: Family Law Track; Missouri State Support Center for Legal Services, October 27, 1995, St. Louis, MO.

Child Custody and Domestic Violence; Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education and the Flashner Judicial Institute, December 4, 1995, Boston, MA.

Several Presentations to College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, School of Social Work and Battered Women’s Programs, Humboldt State University, February 19 and 20, 1996, Arcata, CA.

Presentations on Stalking and AIDS; Eighth Annual State-Wide Crime Victim Advocacy Conference, February 28, 1996, Savannah, GA.

The Law: Confidentiality and Child Custody; 1996 Breaking the Cycle of Family Violence Conference, April 10, 1996, Huntsville, AL.

Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA) Training; Legal Services of New York City, April 17, 1996, New York, NY.

Cost of Domestic Violence to Society; Strike Out Against Domestic Violence, June 7, 1996, Harlem, NY.

Protecting Children in Custody Disputes When One Parent Abuses the Other; Invited Presentation at Domestic Policy Meeting, June 11, 1996, The White House, Washington, DC

Congressional Briefing on Batterers and Custody, Invited Presentation, June 11, 1996, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC.

How Domestic Violence Affects Children (with Nancy Worcester), Medical Seminar, August 2, 1996; Framing NCADV’s Legislative Agenda (with Beth Clark), August 4, 1996; Child Custody, August 5, 1996; Confidentiality for Battered Women and Their Children, August 5, 1996; Panel: The Violence Against Women Act: Full Faith and Credit, August 6, 1996; Stopping Stalking, August 6, 1996, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Seventh National Conference,  Charleston, SC.

Discussion: Defending Our Lives; American Psychological Association 104th Annual Conference (with Mary Ann Dutton, Ph.D.), August 11, 1996, Toronto, Canada.

What to Do about Mutual Orders of Protection and Subpoenas of Shelter Records?  Empowering or Overpowering: Prosecution of Domestic Violence Cases With Reluctant Victims; New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence Annual Meeting, September 10, 1996, Albany, NY.

Preventing Domestic Violence; Americorps Domestic Violence Affinity Group, September, 27, 1996, Washington, DC.

Domestic Violence Legal Issues; Governor’s Third Annual Summit on Domestic Violence: Stopping the Perpetrators, October 10, 1996, Jacksonville, FL.

I’ll Never Take Another Domestic Violence Case; Midwest Women in Law Regional Conference: Women in Law in the 21st Century: Challenges & Rewards, Association of Women Lawyers, October 11, 1996, Milwaukee, WI.

Domestic Violence: Accomplishments & Challenges, Queens Borough Task Force on Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence, October 25, 1996, Flushing, NY.

Custody and Visitation; Representing Domestic Violence Victims in Divorce, Rockland County Women’s Bar Association, October 30, 1996, Suffern, NY.

Confidentiality & Advocate Privilege (day long presentation); Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence, November 7, 1996, Orlando, FL.

Testified by invitation before New York State Assembly on Criminal Justice Response to Domestic Violence, December 19, 1996, New York, NY.

Testified by invitation before New York State Commission on Domestic Violence Fatalities, January 9, 1997, Brooklyn, NY.

Confidentiality Training, Nassau and Suffolk Coalitions Against Domestic Violence, January 14, 1997.

Welfare Reform: A Batterer’s Dream Come True; The Welfare Reform Act: How the New Regulations Will Affect the Bedford-Stuyvesant Community, Metropolitan Black Bar Association and the Bridge Street Legal Society, January 21, 1997, Brooklyn, NY.

Testified by invitation before New York State Assembly on domestic violence and welfare reform, January 23, 1997, New York, NY.

Domestic Violence in the Workplace; Workplace Violence Symposium, Office for Victims of Crime and National Victim Center, March 1, 1997, Arlington, VA.

Interstate Implication for Custody, Protection, and Confidentiality for Battered Women; New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence, March 25, 1997, Albuquerque, NM.

Welfare Reform and Battered Women’s Safety and Homelessness; Criminal Defense Clinic and Women’s Law Caucus, University of New Mexico School of Law, March 26, 1997, Albuquerque, NM.

Testified by invitation on behalf of National Coalition Against Domestic Violence against a joint custody presumption, New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Children and Families, May 30, 1997, Old Westbury, NY.

Dialogue and Forum on Mandatory Reporting of Victims/Survivors of Domestic Violence in the Health Care Setting,  Inter-Agency Task Force Against Domestic Violence and CUNY DR Consortium, September 19, 1997, New York, NY.

Holding the Abuser Accountable; Custody Awards in Protection Orders: The Violence Against Women Act; How Attorneys Can Partner with Domestic Violence Advocates; Ethical Representation in Domestic Violence & Child Sexual Abuse Cases; and Self-Care for Attorneys, Representing Battered Women in Custody, Visitation and Child Protection Cases Legal Training, July 17, 1998, Denver, CO.

Wife Rape: The Forgotten Victim, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence 8th National Conference, July 20, 1998, Denver, CO.

How Battered Women Can Fight for Custody with Little Money, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence 8th National Conference, July 21 & 22, 1998, Denver, CO.

Building Alliances Between the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Communities, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence 8th National Conference, July 22, 1998, Denver, CO.

Battered Women and Interstate Custody, Legal Aid, February 4, 1999, New York, NY.

Innovative Steps to Effective Management: Confidentiality and Interstate Custody, Ohio Domestic Violence Network, March 18, 1999, Columbus, OH.

The UCCJEA and the PKPA Amendment, Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York, March 20, 1999, Queens, NY.

Interstate Custody Emerging Issues, Women, Children and Domestic Violence: Current Tensions and Emerging Issues, Fordham University School of Law, April 27, 1999, New York, NY.

Crossing State Lines: Federal Protections for Children Affected by Domestic Violence, Hands on Our Future–Helping Children and Teens Overcome Sexual and Family Violence, May 18,1999, Dedham, MA.

Impact of Children Witnessing Domestic Violence, Maine Coalition the End Domestic Violence Training Conference, October 6, 1999,  ME.

Overview of VAWA Laws, Maine Coalition the End Domestic Violence Training Conference, October 6, 1999,  ME.

Legal Update for Advocates, Responding to Domestic Violence in a Diverse Environment: The Door to a New Century, Pace University, October 8, 1999, New York, NY.

A Future Where Women and Children Are Safe, Preparing for the Future:  Improving Our Response to Domestic Violence, Summit, The Domestic Violence Prevention & Treatment Board, October 26, 1999, Lansing, MI.

UCCJEA: Has the Time Come in New York?  New York State Bar Association, Committee on Children and the Law Annual Meeting Program, January 28, 2000, New York, NY.

Working With Child Custody Investigators, Domestic Violence Issues in the Courtroom, Federal Laws and Other Remedies, and UCCJEA and Interstate Custody Issues, The Second Annual Impact on Domestic Violence on Your Legal Practice, March 20-21, 2000, Anchorage, Alaska.

Cyberstalking, Summit, Combating Violence Against Women in the New Millennium: An Agenda for the 21st Century, National Association of Attorneys General, March 24, 2000, Washington, DC.

Federal Update: Criminal and Custody Laws, Domestic Violence Action Plan 2000: Righting the Balance of Power, Fordham University School of Law, March 31, 2000, New York, NY.

Domestic Violence and Homelessness, Coalition of Battered Women’s Advocates, April 13, 2000, New York, NY.

Mandatory Arrest: Is It Serving Domestic Violence Victims and Their Communities, The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, May 8. 2000, New York, NY.

Keynote Address: The Interrelated Problems of Women Battering and Homelessness, Domestic Violence and Homelessness: When Problems Overlap, Georgia State University & Georgia Law Center for the Homeless, May 19, 2000, Atlanta, GA.

Laws of the United States Affecting Women and Children, Beijing Plus Five, International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), June 6, 2000, New York, NY.

Cyber Safety, “Partnering for Safer Communities: From Tradition to Tomorrow,” State of New York Attorney General Program, June 21, 2000, New York, NY.

Battered/Formerly Battered Women’s Institute (with Sudha Shetty), NCADV 9th National Conference, July 16, 2000, Portland, OR.

Beyond Paranoia: Who’s Stalking Whom? (with June Wiley, done twice), NCADV 9th National Conference, July 17, 2000, Portland, OR.

Stalking Roundtable (with June Wiley), NCADV 9th National Conference, July 19, 2000, Portland, OR.

The Role of the Law Guardian, Children of Domestic Violence: The Next Generation, City of New York Human Resources Administration 12th Annual Domestic Violence Conference, October 6, 2000, New York, NY.

Domestic Violence and the Failure to Protect Dilemma (with Peter Jaffe), Children of Domestic Violence: The Next Generation, City of New York Human Resources Administration 12th Annual Domestic Violence Conference, October 6, 2000, New York, NY.

Cyber Safety: Issues and Challenges On Line, “Partnering for Safer Neighborhoods: Block by Block” - Attorney General’s Second Annual Neighborhood Watch Conference, October 18, 2000, Albany, NY.

Full Faith and Credit for the Custody Provisions of Protective Orders (with Bette Garlow), Integrating Responses to Domestic Violence, Loyola University New Orleans School of Law and the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence, October 28, 2000, New Orleans, LA.

Keynote Address: Keeping Children Safe: Mediation in the Domestic Violence Context, Judicial Presentation: Addressing Mediation and Supervision in Rhode Island Family Court, February, 29, 2001, Providence, R.I.

Violence and the Family: Current Legal and Mental Health Perspectives, Association of the Bar of New York City, April 4, 2001, New York, NY.

Child Victims: Preparing the Victim / Witness (with Roger Canaff), First National SART Training Conference, May 27, 2001, San Antonio, TX.

Plenary Session: Federal and Interstate Jurisdictional Issues, National Coaltioin Against Doemstic Violence and Southeastern Regional Conference, October 25, 2001, Savannah, GA.

Panel Discussion: Ethical Representation in Domestic Violence & Child Sexual Abause Cases, National Coaltioin Against Doemstic Violence and Southeastern Regional Conference, October 25, 2001, Savannah, GA.

When Children are Involved, American Bar Associaiton Commission on Domestic Violence: Raising the Standard of Practice: Justice in Civil Courts, October 31, 2001, Boston, MA.

When Children are Involved in Interstate Cases, American Bar Associaiton Commission on Domestic Violence: Raising the Standard of Practice: Justice in Civil Courts, October 31, 2001, Boston, MA.

MEMBERSHIPS

American Bar Association
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Family Violence Project
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault