SARAH M. BUEL
Office: Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law P.O. Box 877906 Tempe, AZ 85287 Office Ph (480) 965-9024 [email protected] EDUCATION
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL, J.D. cum laude, June 1990 Harvard Battered Women’s Advocacy Project, Co-Founder & President, 1988-90 Harvard Women in Prison Project, Founder & President, 1988-90 Harvard Children & Family Rights Project, Co-Founder & President, 1988-90 Harvard Women’s Law Journal, 1987-88 Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, 1988-90
HARVARD UNIVERSITY EXTENSION SCHOOL, B.A. cum laude, June 1987
EMPLOYMENT
Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law July 2010 - present Clinical Professor of Law Founding Faculty Director and Senior Advisor of the Diane Halle Center for Family Justice Courses: Criminal Law, Domestic Violence and the Law, Human Trafficking, Evidence, and Family Protection Clinic Seminar Service: Lateral Appointments Committee, Student Awards Committee, Outcomes and Assessment Committee Faculty Advisor for ‘13’ (anti-child sex trafficking group), APADV (Advocacy Program Against Domestic Violence), Community Advocacy Project, Street Law, Women Law Students Association, Minority Women in Science, and the Law Journal for Social Justice; Faculty Fellow, Center for Law & Global Affairs; Co-Coordinator, Vital Voices & Avon Foundation International NGO Human Rights Mentoring Project.
The University of Texas School of Law Clinical Professor of Law and founder and co-director, Domestic Violence Clinic 1997 to 2010 Courses: Domestic Violence and the Law, Criminal Law, Torts, and Public Education, Civic Engagement & Policy; Service: Budget Committee, Minority Student Affairs Committee, Heman Sweatt Symposium Committee Faculty Advisor for the Texas Journal on Women and the Law; the U.T. Survivor Support Network, U.T. Juvenile Support Network, and Students for Excellence, Ethics & Diversity; Co-Founder, U.T. Voices Against Violence; Faculty Fellow, Rapport Center for Human Rights and Justice.
University of Texas Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, 2001- 2010 Co-founder and Co-investigator Harvard Medical School, Guest Professor, Family Violence & Health Policy 1992 - present The National Center on Domestic & Sexual Violence, Austin, TX 1997 – 2000 Co-Founder, Consultant & Trainer Texas District and County Attorney’s Association, Austin, TX 1996 – 1997 Special Counsel Harvard School of Public Health Adjunct Professor, Public Health Practice 1996 Norfolk Co. (MA) District Attorney’s Office 1994 – 1996 Director, Juvenile Prosecution Unit & Assistant District Attorney Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College (MA) 1993 - 1994 Evelyn Green Davis Scholar in Law Boston College School of Law, Adjunct Professor, Domestic Violence and the Law 1993-1995 Boston University Medical School, Instructor, Family Violence and Health Policy 1990 -1996 Suffolk Co. (MA) District Attorney’s Office 1992 -1993 Director & Founder, Domestic Violence Unit & Assistant District Attorney Norfolk Co. (MA) District Attorney’s Office 1991 - 1992 Supervisor, Domestic Violence Prosecution & Assistant District Attorney 2 Harvard Law School 1991 Clinical Supervisor for Externships with Prof. Liz Schneider Women and the Law Course Middlesex Co. (MA) District Attorney’s Office 1990 – 1991 Assistant District Attorney Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety 1985 – 1987 Director, Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, Sexual Assault Policy and Programs Seattle (WA) City Attorney’s Family Violence Project 1984 – 1985 Court Advocate and Trainer Holland & Hart (Denver, CO) Senior Litigation Paralegal 1983 – 1984 Merrimack Valley Legal Services (MA) Paralegal & Director, Private Bar Project 1980 – 1983 New Hampshire Legal Assistance Paralegal & Community Education Coordinator 1977 – 1979
ARTICLES, BOOKS & CHAPTERS
RETHINKING ABUSE: A POSITIVE RIGHTS APPROACH FOR GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (book forthcoming, NYU Press, 2016). The Seeds Program: Women Survivors at the Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence, Addiction, and Recovery (with Sharon Murphy, et al.) The University of New Hampshire. (empirical longitudinal research project, forthcoming, 2015.) De Facto Witness Tampering, 29 BERKELEY J. OF GENDER, L. & JUST. 72 (Winter, 2014). Building Community Partnerships to End Interpersonal Violence: A Collaboration of the Schools of Social Work, Law, and Nursing, 17 VIOL. AG. WOM. 1194 (October 2011) (with Noel Bridget Busch-Armendariz, Regina Jones Johnson, and Jeana Lungwitz). Putting Forfeiture to Work, 43 U.C. DAVIS L. REV. 1295 (2010). Obstacles and Remedies for Criminal and Civil Justice for Victims of Intimate Partner Violence, Chapter 28 and Medical and Forensic Documentation, Chapter 29 in INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: A HEALTH BASED PERSPECTIVE (Oxford University Press: May 2009) (with Eliza Hirst). Amicus Brief for certiorari petition to the U.S. Supreme Court in State v. Brandy Holmes, submitted June 3, 2009, on behalf of a mentally ill, low I.Q., battered woman on Louisiana’s death row for accompanying her abusive boyfriend when he killed an elderly man. Amicus Brief for Castlerock v. Gonzales case to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (2008). Amicus Brief for Castlerock v. Gonzales case to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of battered woman whose three young daughters were murdered by her ex-husband after the local police failed to adequately respond to her six pleas for help (2005). Davis and Hammon: Missed Cues Result in Unrealistic Dichotomy, 85 TEXAS L. REV. SEE ALSO 19 (2007), http://www.texalrev.com/seealso/volume-85issue-2/unrealistic-dichotomy.html. Do Ask and Do Tell: Rethinking the Lawyer’s Duty to Warn in Domestic Violence Cases, 75 U. OF CINCINNATI L. REV. 447 (Winter 2006) (with Margaret Drew). Domestic Violence in the Adult Years, 34 J. OF LAW, MEDICINE & ETHICS 28 (2005) (with John C. Nelson, et al.). Access to Meaningful Remedy: Doctrinal Obstacles in Tort Litigation Against Domestic Violence Offenders, 83 OREGON L. REV. 945 (Fall 2004). Addressing Family Violence Within Juvenile Courts: Promising Practices to Improve Intervention Outcomes, chapter in EMERGING ISSUES IN THE VICTIMIZATION OF CHILDREN: TRENDS, PATTERNS, AND PROBLEMS (Janet Mullings, Ph.D. and Jim Marquart, Ph.D., eds.) (2004). Effective Assistance of Counsel for Battered Women Defendants: A Normative Construct, 26 HARV. WOMEN'S L. J. 217 (Spring 2003). The Pedagogy of Domestic Violence Law: Situating Domestic Violence Work in Law Schools, Adding the Lenses of Race and Class, 11 AMERICAN U. J. OF GENDER, SOCIAL POLICY AND THE LAW 102 (Spring 2003). The Post-Conviction Project: A Collaboration of the Texas Bar Association and Texas Law Schools, 16 APP. ADVOC. 11 (Spring 2003). Why Juvenile Courts Should Address Family Violence: Promising Practices to Improve Intervention Outcomes, JUV. & FAM. CT. J. 1 (Spring 2002). Recommended Treatment Guidelines for Psychiatrist’s Intervention With Domestic Violence Victims, TEXAS SOCIETY OF PSYCHIATRIC PHYSICIANS NEWSLETTER 1 (January 2001). 3 Safety and Financial Security for Battered Women: Necessary Steps for Transitioning from Welfare to Work, GEORGETOWN J. OF LAW & POVERTY (Spring 2000). (co-authored with Pat Cole) Domestic Violence and the Law: An Impassioned Exploration for Family Peace, 33 ABA FAMILY L. Q. 719 (Fall 1999). A Lawyer’s Understanding of Domestic Violence, TEXAS BAR JOURNAL (October 1999). Fifty Obstacles to Leaving a.k.a. Why Abuse Victims Stay, 28 COLORADO BAR JOURNAL 19 (October 1999). Domestic Violence Pro Bono Efforts: A Menu of Options for Small Firm Lawyers, TRIAL (August 1999). Court Watches: Improving Services to Victims by Documenting Practices, TEXAS PROSECUTOR (July/August 1999). Working With High-Risk Domestic Violence Victims, TEXAS PROSECUTOR 34 (March/ April 1999). The Role of Employers in Curbing Domestic Violence, TEXAS PROSECUTOR 22 (January/February 1999). The Role of Advocates in Domestic Violence Prosecutions, TEXAS PROSECUTOR (November/December 1998). Cross-Examination of a Domestic Violence Defendant, TEXAS PROSECUTOR 36 (September/ October 1998). A Look at Deferred Prosecution and Sentencing in Domestic Violence Cases: Which Programs Work? TEXAS PROSECUTOR 26 (May/ June 1998). Family Violence and the Health Care System: Recommendations for More Effective Interventions, 35 HOUSTON L. REV. 109 (1998). How You Can Improve Medical Interventions With Victims, TEXAS PROSECUTOR 33 (Jan/Feb 1998). Family Violence Councils To The Rescue To Coordinate Your Resources, 29 TEXAS PROSECUTOR 12 (July/August 1997). Improving the Response to Children in Domestic Violence Cases, 28 TEXAS PROSECUTOR 15 (May/June 1997). How To Hold The Offender Accountable While Taking the Victim Out of the Danger Loop: Prosecute Without the Victim, 27 TEXAS PROSECUTOR 19 (March/April 1997). Investing in Family Violence Community Education Efforts Really Pays Off For Prosecutors, TEXAS PROSECUTOR 24 (January/ February 1997). Family Violence Safety Planning Begins With You, TEXAS PROSECUTOR 21 (Sept. 1996). Family Violence: Practical Recommendation for Physicians & the Medical Community, 5 WOMEN’S HEALTH ISSUES 158 (Winter 1995 - 1996) Domestic Violence: It Can Happen To Anyone, PATIENT CARE 63 (Nov. 15, 1993) Battered Women as Defendants, DEFENDING BATTERED WOMEN IN CRIMINAL CASES (American Bar Association, 1993) Abuse Within the Nontraditional Family: Civil and Criminal Remedies, THE BEST OF THE MCLE JOURNAL 69 (February, 1993) Mandatory Arrest for Domestic Violence, 11 HARV. WOM. LAW J. 213 (1988).
PUBLICATIONS
REPRESENTING INCARCERATED BATTERED WOMEN IN TEXAS PAROLE PROCEEDINGS, University of Texas School of Law Domestic Violence Clinic (May 2011) (with Valerie Lozano, Ashlianne Perry, and Kaitlyn Farrell). TEXAS MUNICIPAL POLICE ASSOCIATION TRAINING MANUAL, Chapters on Family Violence Laws, Family Violence Investigative Techniques, and Sexual Assault Laws (2006). U. OF TEXAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CLINIC MANUAL & CURRICULUM (1997-2004). INDIVIDUAL & COMMUNITY SAFETY PLANNING: OUR ROLE IN KEEPING VICTIMS ALIVE (Nat’l College of District Attorneys Resource Manual, 1997 and 1998). EFFECTIVE PROSECUTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES (National College of District Attorneys (NCDA), 1995, 1996) PROSECUTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES (NCDA, 1994) FAMILY VIOLENCE DYNAMICS & CASE STRATEGIES FOR PROSECUTORS (NCDA, 1993) HARVARD LAW SCHOOL BATTERED WOMEN’S ADVOCACY PROJECT RESOURCE AND TRAINING MANUAL (1st ed. 1987, 2nd ed. 1991, co-author) TORT LITIGATION AGAINST ABUSERS (co-author) (Boston Bar Assn., 1989) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRAINING CURRICULUM FOR JUDGES, CLERK MAGISTRATES AND PROBATION OFFICERS (Mass. Trial Court, 1987). 4
SELECTED MEDIA APPEARANCES
60 Minutes, CNN News – Domestic & International, Fox News, Today Show, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, NPR Radio News and Fresh Air, and China News.
SELECT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
American Bar Association Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence 1994 – present ABA Criminal Justice Section, Women in Criminal Justice System Committee, Co-Chair 2006 – 2012 ABA Task Force on Human Trafficking 2014 – present ABA Judicial Division, Youth At Risk Committee 2006 – present ABA Litigation Section, Children and the Law Committee 1999 – present ABA Advisory Panel 2007 – present AALS Poverty Law Section, Executive Committee 2009 – 2011 Justice O’Connor House Women & Justice Project Advisory Committee 2010 – present Bexar County Family Justice Center, Advisory Board 2009 – present National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges, Diversity Committee & Family 2014 – present and Domestic Relations Advisory Committee National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges Juvenile & Family Court Journal 2009 – present Editorial Review Panel National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges, Disproportionate 2006 – present Minority Placement in Foster Care Committee National Family Justice Center Alliance, Advisory Board 2007 – present National Crime Victim Law Institute at Lewis & Clark Law School, Advisory Board 2014 – present Relief Nursery of Central Texas, Vice President, Bd. of Directors 2007 – 2010 Travis County Sheriff’s Dept. RAVE Batterer’s Program, Advisory Board 2006 – 2010 Travis County Bar Association, Judicial Selection Committee 1998 – 2010 Travis County Women’s Bar Association, Speaker’s Bureau 1998 – 2010 Texas Council on Family Violence, Hotline Advisory Committee 1995 – 2010 Texas Bar Post-Conviction Project, Founder & Director 2002 – 2010 Texas CASA, Board of Directors 1997 - 2004 Texas Health Initiative on Domestic Violence Leadership Team 1997 - 2003 National Center on Domestic & Sexual Violence, Co-Founder & Board Member 1998 - 2004 U.S. Justice Dept. Advisory Council on Violence Against Women 1995 - 2002 National Criminal Justice Commission 1994 - 1996 Harvard School of Public Health, Public Health Practice Committee 1994 - 1996 Governor’s (MA.) Domestic Violence Commission 1993 - 1996 R.O.S.E. Foundation, (Boston) Board of Directors 1992 - 1997 DOVE Shelter, (Quincy, MA) Board of Directors 1996 Mass. Adolescent Violence Prevention Advisory Board 1991 - 1996 Mass. Batterer’s Treatment Commission, Member 1991 - 1992 Natl. Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges, Family Violence 1992 - 1994 Project Advisory Committee Mass. Domestic Violence Council, Co-Founder & Member 1989 - 1996 Mass. Police Domestic Violence Policy Commission, Co-Chair 1988 - 1996 Victim Resource Center, President, then Member, Board of Directors 1987 - 1993 Mass. Female Offender Commission, Co-Chair, Program Committee 1987 - 1989 Various shelters, health councils, and social service agencies’ boards 1977 - 1987
AWARDS (selected)
ABA 20/20 Vision Award 2015 Harvard Law School International Women’s Day Honoree 2014 ASU Centennial Professor Award 2013 New Mexico Bar, National Speaker Award 2013 5 Sanctuary for Families Abely Award 2012 Suffolk University Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree 2012 National Family Justice Centers Alliance Lifetime Achievement Award 2011 Texas Council on Family Violence Service Award 2010 ROSE Fund Sterling Rose Award for Excellence 2009 U.T. Chicano-Hispanic Law Students Assoc. Spirit of Education Award 2008 American Society of Victimology Award 2008 Who’s Who in American Law 2007 ABA Rule of Law Award for Pro Bono Service with the China Project 2007 Woman of Distinction Award, Girl Scouts 2007 Texas Civil Rights Project Henry B. Gonzales Civil Rights Award 2005 Texas Young Lawyers Award for Service to the Public, (co-founder the Austin 2004 Young Lawyers Assoc & Volunteer Legal Svcs Domestic Violence Project) City of New York Outstanding Achievement Award 2004 National Women’s History Project Award 2004 U.T. Law School Thurgood Marshall Society Distinguished Lawyer Award 2004 Harvard Medical School Excellence in Teaching 2003 Top 50 Female Graduates of Harvard Law School 2003 Leadership Texas 2003 Texas Law Fellowships Public Service Award 2003 Harvard Law School's Gary Bellow Public Service Award 2002 American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Fellows Award 2001 National Organization for Victim Assistance Allied Professional Award 1999 Genesis Shelter (Dallas) Jane Doe Award 1999 National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges Humanitarian Award 1998 Texas Law Fellowships Public Service Award 1998 U.T. Women’s Law Caucus Hermaine Tobliasky Award 1998 American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, Public Service Award 1997 Profiled As One of Five Most Inspiring Women in America by NBC 1996 Mass. Coalition of Battered Women Service Groups, Cindy Chin Award 1994 Top Twenty Young Lawyers Award, American Bar Assn. 1992 Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, Mass. Bar Association 1992 Academy Award for Best Short Documentary, narrated Defending Our Lives 1992 Boston Bar Association Public Service Award 1991 Harvard Law School, Kaufman Public Interest Fellowship 1990 & 1991 Who’s Who Among American Law Students 1989 & 1990 Named One of the 10 Outstanding Young Women in America 1987 Colorado Governor’s Award for Volunteer Service 1984
LECTURES AND SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS
Previous lectures and scholarly presentations include those for the National Conference of State Court Chief Justices, Harvard Law School Distinguished Alumni Series, a White House Briefing with President Clinton and most of his Cabinet, and domestic violence legal conferences in every state, Argentina, China, Great Britain, Italy, and Mexico.
2015 April ASU Symposia on Racial Justice: Examining the School-to-Prison Pipeline as a Conduit for Police Racial Profiling
May AZ New Dependency Court Judges plenary: Effective Legal Responses to Cumulative Trauma.
June California Judges Conference plenary: Promising Court Practices with Children of Domestic Violence U.K. Domestic Violence Council: Positive Rights for Abuse Survivors (Bath, England).
6 August ABA Annual Meeting Presidential Showcase Panel: Protecting Your Client and Yourself: Domestic Violence Hot Tips 2015
2014 January American Association of Law Schools Annual Conference, panel on Guns, Violence & Children; my talk, Domestic Violence, Guns & Endangered Children
March Fordham Law School Conference, Surviving Revictimization: Challenging Social and Institutional Responses to Gender Violence; my keynote address: The Tyranny of Crisis in Victim Assistance. ASU Scholars Seminar, The Intersectionality of Domestic Violence & Human Trafficking in Southwest Borderlands.
May AZ New Dependency Court Judges plenary: Effective Legal Responses to Cumulative Trauma. Law and Society Conference: Pedagogical Challenges and Opportunities in Teaching About Gender-Based Violence
June AZ State Judges Conference workshop: Ethical Challenges in Parental Abuse Cases.
August ABA Annual Mtg., The Violence Against Women Act at 20 Years: Challenges and Next Steps (1 hr. talk, Boston)
October AZ Bar Conference plenary, Domestic Violence Across Practice Lines.
December Harvard Medical School Seminar on Doctor-Patient Practice; mandatory for all first year medical students, Ethical Interventions for Physicians Handling Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking Cases.
2013 February U.C. Irvine School of Law, invited speaker, Holistic Lawyering for Social Justice ASU Best for Babies Conference plenary, Promising Practices for Addressing Co-Occurring Child Abuse & Domestic Violence Mayo Medical Students Seminar, The Role of Physicians in Identifying, Treating & Preventing Domestic Violence
March Foundation for Intercultural Dialogue lecture, Human Rights and Gender-Based Violence
April AALS Clinical Conference, Holistic, Interdisciplinary & Systems Change-Focused Pedagogy and Practice with Indigent Survivors of Family Violence, Human Trafficking & Sexual Assault
May Arizona Supreme Court Dependency 101 Conference, keynote: The Legal Lens for Traumatized Children & Families
June Arizona Supreme Court 2013 Annual Judicial Conference, keynote: Judges as the Vanguard of Child Safety
July ABA Teleconference on Human Trafficking and HIV-AIDS
7 August American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Panelist: 2013 Violence Against Women Act
September Harvard Law School, Panelist, Building an Economic and Physical Safety Net University of Texas School of Law, keynote, Ethical Practice of Public Interest Law Seattle University School of Law & Washington Courts Conference, keynote: Promising Practices to Address Sophisticated Witness Tampering Reuben Clark Law Society Seminar, keynote, Empowering Women Through Law
October National Association of Women Judges annual conference, panel speaker, Ten Innovative Recommendations for Female Offenders’ Reentry
November Harvard Law School Legal Aid Bureau conference, panel speaker, Improving Legal Education Through Clinical Experience, and Gala Dinner keynote, The Role of Human Rights Law in Eradicating Poverty
December New York Judicial Symposium on Domestic Violence, plenary speaker, Witness Intimidation and Recantation in Criminal and Civil Cases Harvard Medical School Seminar on Doctor-Patient Practice; mandatory for all first year medical students, Ethical Interventions for Physicians Handling Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking Cases.
Selected Presentations Prior to 2013 ASU Hispanic Teen Empowerment Conference, keynote: From Welfare to Harvard: Making Your Dreams Your Reality (2012). New Mexico Bench-Bar Conference, Plenary address: Bringing Human Rights Home in Family Violence Cases (2012). American Bar Association Annual Meeting, 1) panel presentation on Witness Tampering, Cyber-Stalking & First Amendment Challenges, and 2) presentation, The Correlation Between Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence (20132). Columbia University School of Law talk: Positive Rights for Abuse Survivors (New York, N.Y.) (2012). ABA Law Student Division Conference plenary: Stand Your Ground for Human Rights (2012). Harvard Medical School Seminar on Doctor-Patient Practice, focus on domestic violence; mandatory for all first year medical students, Ethical Interventions for Physicians Handling Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking Cases (2012). Harvard Law School Women in the Law conference, Health and Equality for Women and Girls (Cambridge, MA) (2011). University of Kentucky College of Law, Coercion and Agency in Human Trafficking (Lexington, KY) (2011). University of Miami School of Law ‘Gender Justice in the Americas’ Conference, Advocacy for Trafficking, Migrant, and Family Violence Victims (Miami) (2011). Mayo Medical School, The Role of Physicians in Identifying, Treating & Preventing Domestic Violence (2012). Connecting the Dots: Domestic Violence and Child Welfare, One State, One System (ASU), keynote, The Need for Action: The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children (2011). Harvard Medical School Symposium on Domestic Violence (2 hours) mandatory for all first year medical students, Ethical Interventions and Liability Implications for Physicians Handling Intimate Partner Violence Cases (2010). Harvard Law School, Women in the Law Symposium; Use of Litigation in Securing Women’s Rights (2010). Marquette University, talk: Human Rights for Battered Women in Prison (2010). U.S. State Dept. and Vital Voices International Human Rights Summit (Washington, D.C.); Keynote, Using Rule of Law to Secure Gender-Based Human Rights; Plenary, Securing Implementation of Reforms; Workshop, Next Steps for Promoting Gender-Based Human Rights in Jordan (2010). University of Michigan, talk: Human Rights At Home (Ann Arbor, MI) (2010). International Family Justice Center Conference; Keynote, The Law’s Accountability to Survivors (San Antonio) (20100. American Bar Association’s Equal Justice Conference; Keynote, Inspiring Pro Bono, Necessitamos Soñar (Phoenix) (2010). Vital Voices Symposium, keynote: Gender-Based Violence in the Americas (Buenos Aires, Argentina) (2010). U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights Symposium, talk: Implementation of Laws to Address Gender-Based Violence (Geneva, Switzerland) (2010). National Conference of State Courts, Promising Court Practices with Domestic Violence Cases (New Orleans) (2010). 8 Mayo Medical School, 4 hrs. with all first year medical students, Ethical Interventions and Liability Implications for Physicians Handling Intimate Partner Violence Cases (Rochester, MN, co-presenter with Dr. John Shufeldt, 2011) Harvard Medical School Symposium on Domestic Violence for all faculty (2 hours), The Pedagogy of Effective Interventions with Intimate Partner Violence Patients, Ethical Interventions and Liability Implications for Physicians Handling Intimate Partner Violence Cases Sole Presenter: then presentation to all first year medical students (2 hours), (2009). Effecting Change in the Criminal Justice Response to Intimate Partner Violence St. John’s University School of Law Symposium, Plenary (2009). Prosecution of Domestic Violence Cases after Giles, National District Attorney’s Association Conference, Keynote (2009). The Architecture of Witness Tampering in Family Violence Cases, Texas Center for the Judiciary Conference, Keynote (2009). National University Commencement Speaker (2009). Trends, Challenges, Next Steps in Family Violence Law, keynote, and workshop: Witness Tampering in Domestic Violence Cases International Family Justice Center’s Conference (2009). Lawyers Really Listening to Victims and Offenders, keynote, and Creating University Policies to Protect Victims and Avoid Liability, workshop, Dept. of Justice Safe Campuses Conference (2009). Prosecution Role in Enforcing Witness Tampering and Forfeiture, United States Attorney’s Violence Against Women Conference, keynote (2009). U.N. Global Women Leader’s Human Rights Summit, 3 talks on using human rights law and doctrine to combat gender-based violence and human trafficking, Geneva (2009). Impatient, Radical Lawyering for Social Justice, Harvard Law School Women and the Law Conference, plenary (2009). Leadership in Legal Education, Harvard Law School Women and the Law conference, plenary (2009). Judging Violence: Analysis of the Recent Supreme Court Decisions Crawford, Davis, Giles, Kennedy and Heller, American Judges Association, keynote address (2009). Lawyers As Social Architects: Building A Better Tomorrow, and workshop, Using the Law to Build a National Movement, Duke Law School Public Interest Conference, Keynote (2009). Domestic Violence Trends, Law and Effective Interventions, University of Wisconsin, Day-long Institute (2009). Battered Mothers in Prison: Collusion, Hypocrisy, Abuse and Bad Policy and Survivor Support Network: A Collaborative Model to Wrap Victims in Services, University of Denver College of Law, conference on “Battered Mothers and Witnessing Children: Failure to Protect and State Accountability,” (2009). The Tyranny of Crisis in Domestic Violence Legal Interventions, and Defending Our Lives: State Complicity Putting Battered Women in Prison, Yale Law School (2009). Accountability, Power and Politics: Navigating the Troubled Waters of Domestic Violence Legal Advocacy, Washington University School of Law (St. Louis, Missouri February 2009). Do Ask and Do Tell; Rethinking the Lawyer’s Duty to Warn in Domestic Violence Cases; keynote and lecture, Medical Ethics and Law in Domestic Violence Interventions, Oregon School of Law; Articles Talk to Faculty (March 2009). Do Ask and Do Tell: Rethinking the Lawyer’s Duty to Warn in Domestic Violence Cases, keynote address, University of Cincinnati School of Law Symposium, The Future of the “Duty to Protect”: Scientific and Legal Perspectives on Tarasoff’s Thirtieth Anniversary (2009). Litigating Against Domestic Violence, Santa Clara University School of Law (2009). Medical-Legal Collaborations to End Intimate Partner Violence, Centers for Disease Control Public Health & the Law Conference, workshop presentation, Atlanta, GA. (2005). Expert Witnesses in Domestic Violence Cases, Interdisciplinary Practice with Domestic Violence Cases: Improving Representation by Expanding the Expertise; and Sustaining the Practicing Lawyer, 3 keynote addresses, ABA, Chicago (2005). Appellate Issues in Domestic Violence Law, Keynote, Appellate Judges Education Institute, Counsel of Appellate Staff Attorneys’ Conference, Dallas (2005). Gender Theory As Axiomatic to Achieving Women’s Rights: Domestic Violence Law in Flux, Keynote, Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Science, Gender and Law Research Center Domestic Violence Seminar, Beijing, China, (2005). The History and Development of U.S. Strategies to Protect Women’s Rights Through Public Interest Litigation Keynote, The American Bar Association’s Asia Law Initiative Seminar, Chengdu, China(2005). Theory and Practice of Battered Women’s Defenses, Keynote, The American Bar Association’s Asia Law Initiative Seminar; Chengdu, China.