Educating to End Domestic Violence

By Goelman, Deborah

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Title:	Educating to End Domestic Violence
Author:	Goelman, Deborah
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Citation APA MLA Chicago Goelman, B. D. (n.d.). Educating to End Domestic Violence. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/

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Acknowledgments: We would like to thank our Co-Chairs, Michael A. Bedke and Lynne Z. Gold-Bikin, and our Immediate Past Co-Chairs, Christopher L. Griffin and Marna S. Tucker, for their vigorous support in addressing domestic violence. The ABA Commission on Domestic Violence would like to thank Heather Maher and Sheetal Shah for their invaluable assistance with this report. We would also like to thank all of the participants in our symposium, as well as the law school administrators, professors, victim advocates, students, and other experts who provided information for the report. We appreciate the valuable suggestions of our reviewers, including: Linda Ammons, John Capowski, Deborah Epstein, Mary Louise Fellows, Julie Kunce Field, Dr. Anne Ganley, Nancy K.D. Lemon, Joan Meier, Elizabeth Schneider, and Kathleen Waits. We would also like to thank our Project Coordinators, Julie Skidmore and Kristin Richards.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I-5 Advantages of Integrating Domestic Violence Issues into Law School Curricula . . . . . . . . 1 Enhancing Legal Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Producing Benefits for Law Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Creating Resources to Assist Victims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Improving Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Incorporating Domestic Violence Legal Issues into Law School Curricula . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Core Curricula Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Upper Level Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Clinical Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Co-Curricular Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Linking Law School Programs to the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Challenges in Incorporating Domestic Violence Legal Issues into Legal Education . . . . . . 67 Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 Selected Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 Safety Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2 Survey of Existing Domestic Violence Law School Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A-7 Participant List from Educating to End Domestic Violence Symposium . . . . . . . . . .A-20 National and State Domestic Violence Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A-23