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This symposium will examine
domestic violence as a significant
family health policy issue, explore
the legal and community response
to intimate partner violence, and
advance improved outcomes for
survivors and their children.
Strengthening and
Protecting Families
The Intersection of Family Health
Law & Domestic Violence
presented by Widener Law Review and Family
Health Law & Policy Institute of Widener
University School of Law, Delaware
This program is funded through the Delaware Criminal Justice
Council by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence
Against Women, Federal Grant #: 2012-WF-AX-0016.
Six CLE credits (including one ethics credit) in
DE and PA. NJ attorneys can self-report with
Widener's Certificate of Attendance.
Course materials will be distributed electronically.
Friday, April 17, 2015
8:30 am–4:45 pm
Widener University School of Law
Ruby R. Vale Moot Courtroom
4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803
Six CLE Credits (including one ethics credit) in
DE and PA. NJ attorneys can self-report with
Widener’s Certificate of Attendance.
There is no registration fee.
However, online registration is REQUIRED at
law.widener.edu/domesticviolencecle.
For questions or for accessibility and special needs
requests, contact Rosemary Callahan at
[email protected] or call 302-477-2014.
Delaware
law.widener.edu/CLE
4601 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803
AGENDA
8:30–9:00 am
Registration
Health, Prevention & IPV—Julie H. Silverstein, MD, FACP,
Medical Director, Wilmington Health Center, CCHS
9:00–9:15 am
Welcome—An Introduction to the Family
Health Law & Policy Institute and Domestic Violence as a
Significant Family Health Law Policy Issue—Interim Dean Erin
Daly & Professors John G. Culhane, Alicia B. Kelly and Dana
Reactor—James G. McGiffin Jr., Senior Staff Attorney,
Harrington Conner
1:45–3:00 pm
Session Four: The Violence Against
Women Act
Moderator—Alicia B. Kelly, Distinguished Professor of Law
9:15–9:45 am
Session One: Childhood Exposure to
Domestic Violence—Domestic Violence, Children & Toxic Stress
—Allan R. De Jong, MD, Medical Director, Children At Risk
Evaluation (CARE) Program, Nemours—Alfred I. duPont
Hospital for Children
9:45–11:15 am Session Two: Child Custody
Moderator—Dana Harrington Conner, Associate Professor of
Law & Director of the Delaware Civil Clinic, Co-Director of
the Family Health Law & Policy Institute, Widener Law
Delaware
Topics
Improving Outcomes for Children in Family Court—Joan Meier,
Professor of Clinical Law & Legal Director of DV LEAP,
George Washington University Law School
Practice Guides for Family Court Decision-Making in Domestic
Violence Related Child Custody Matters—Nancy Ver Steegh,
Professor of Law, William Mitchell College of Law
Child Custody & Domestic Violence in the State of Delaware—The
Honorable Alan N. Cooper, Judge, Delaware Family Court
Reactor—Allan R. De Jong, MD, Medical Director,
Children At Risk Evaluation (CARE) Program, Nemours—
Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
11:15–11:30 am Break
11:30 am–
12:45 pm
Session Three: Community Response to
Domestic Violence
Moderator—John Sweeney, Editorial Page Editor, The News
Journal
Topics
Community Legal Aid Society, Inc.
12:45–1:30 pm
Lunch
& Co-Director of the Family Health Law & Policy Institute,
Widener Law Delaware
Topic
The Violence Against Women Act Journey: Design,
Implementation, & Reauthorization—For the first time, a group
of women attorneys, who have served in senior and chief
counsel roles for The Honorable Joseph R. Biden Jr. over the
past 25 years, come together for this panel discussion on the
drafting, enactment, court challenges, and reauthorizations of
the Violence Against Women Act.
Panelists include: Victoria Nourse, Esquire, Chief Counsel to
Vice President Biden, The White House; Demetra Lambros,
Esquire, U.S. Department of Justice; Claire DeMatteis,
Esquire, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief
Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary, Affinity Health
Plan; and Louisa Terrell, Esquire, former counsel to Vice
President Biden
3:00–3:15 pm
Break
3:15–4:45 pm
Session Five: The Effect of Intimate
Partner Violence on Particular Populations
Moderator—John G. Culhane, Distinguished Professor of
Law & Co-Director of the Family Health Law & Policy
Institute, Widener Law Delaware
Topics
LGBT Intimate Partner Violence—Virginia M. Goggin,
Director, Legal Services, New York City Anti-Violence
Project Serving New York’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender, Queer and HIV affected communities
A Troubled Marriage: Domestic Violence and the Legal System—
Leigh Goodmark, Professor of Law, University of Maryland
School of Law
Domestic Violence in Native American Communities—
Kelly Stoner, Judge, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Tribal
Court, Victim Advocacy Legal Specialist, the Tribal Law &
Policy Institute
Health & Trauma-Informed Practice—Mariann Kenville-Moore,
Policy Coordinator, Delaware Coalition Against Domestic
Violence
Domestic Violence in the Military—The Honorable Carl C.
Danberg, Judge, Delaware Court of Common Pleas
4:45 pm
Reception