Upcoming Events
December 7 & 8, 2007
Symposium on Domestic Violence Law & Policy
Custody & Abuse Litigation and The Supreme Court
Throughout the country, battered mothers and children have been subjected to unjust court processes that have violated their most basic due process rights and resulted in abusive fathers gaining custody of their children.
The Symposium brought together leading Supreme Court scholars and litigators with expert domestic violence and child custody lawyers to create a set of best practices for bringing these due process violations for redress to the United States Supreme Court.
Symposium Agenda
- Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) delivered the opening keynote address on Friday, December 7th.
- December 7th focused on the problems in family court and is open to the public.
- December 8th, for attorneys and invited guests, was a working program for Supreme Court litigators and dv/custody lawyers.
- Please click here to read the full agenda. (Please note that the times are subject to change.)
Confirmed Speakers
- Friday, 1 to 5 PM
- Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) - Keynote Address
- Richard Ducote, leading domestic violence/custody lawyer
- Joan Meier, Director, DV LEAP and Professor of Clinical Law, George Washington University Law School
- Wendy Titelman, survivor (recently filed cert petition in the Supreme Court)
- Irene Weiser, Stop Family Violence
- Joyanna Silberg, Ph.D., Leadership Council on Child Abuse & Interpersonal Violence.
- D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh
- Saturday, 9 to 4 PM
- John Duffy, Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School
- Seth Galanter, Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Greg Jacob, Justice for Children
- Barbara McDowell, Legal Aid Society of D.C.
- Patricia Millett, Akin Gump
- Paul Smith, Jenner & Block LLP