November 30 and December 1, 2010

The National Leadership Summit on State Court Responses to Domestic Violence is the product of a cooperative agreement between the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) and the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW).  NCSC is administering the project on behalf of the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA), with support from the Conference of Chief Justices (CCJ). 

Goal

The goal of the Summit is to develop state action plans aimed at improving the administration and use of the STOP five percent set-aside designated for court-based programs.

Highlights

• Summit speakers include the Honorable Sue Carbon and Professor Sarah Buel, nationally-renowned leaders in the domestic violence movement.
• The Summit will profile a number of court-based projects and highlight collaborative approaches used by states. 
• State teams will have several opportunities to engage in team-building exercises.

Disclaimer

This project is supported by Grant No 2009-TA-AX-K017 awarded by the Office of Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice.  The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.

Planning Committee

The National Leadership Summit on State Court Responses to Domestic Violence is guided by a planning committee of national experts and judicial officers.

Planning Committee Members

Carl Reynolds, Administrative Director of the Office of Court Administration, Texas, Co-Chair

Janice Walker, State Court Administrator, Nebraska, Co-Chair

Pearl Gipson-Collier, Associate Director, Domestic Violence Legal Advocacy Program, Washington

Honorable Judy Harris Kluger, Chief of Policy and Planning, New York

Donna Phillips, Victim Services Grant Administrator, Iowa

Bobbie Welling, Supervising Attorney, VAWEP Project Manager, California