7-Year Term for Marital Sex Assault; Activists Pleased with Conviction, Sentence in Pr. George’s Case, Ruben Castaneda, The Washington Post, Washington, DC: June 12, 2005. Copyright © 2005 The Washington Post.

10 MYTHS ABOUT CUSTODY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HOW TO COUNTER THEM, ABA Commission on Domestic Violence, Washington, DC. Copyright © 2006 American Bar Association.

ABA Handbook Guides Lawyers in Providing Assistance for Domestic Violence Victims and Recognizing Related Issues in their Practice Areas, American Bar Association, Chicago, IL: September 1, 2004. The Impact of Domestic Violence on Your Legal Practice: A Lawyer’s Handbook – 2^nd Edition.

ABA POLICY RELATED TO Domestic Violence, ABA Commission on Domestic Violence, Washington, DC.

ADVOCATES IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES: A LAY LEGAL ADVOCATE'S GUIDE TO ARIZONA LAW, Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Phoenix, AZ: September 2007.

Advocates Led by NY Legal Assistance Group File Amicus Brief in Domestic Violence Case, The Daily Record, Rochester, NY: May 24, 2004. Copyright © 2004 Dolan Media Newswires.

ANNUAL SUMMARIES OF STATE LEGISLATION AMENDING ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICE LAWS (scroll down), ABA Commission on Law and Aging, Washington, DC.

AN APPROACH TO LEGAL ADVOCACY FOR INDIVIDUAL BATTERED WOMEN, Jill Davies, Greater Hartford Legal Assistance, Inc., Hartford, CT: 1995. Copyright © 1995 Greater Hartford Legal Assistance, Inc.

Barbara J. Hart’s Collected Writings, Barbara J. Hart, Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse, St. Paul, MN. Copyright © 1995-2004 Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse.

BaRred JUSTICE, James "Jake" Gilbreath, Austin, TX: December 2008.

Battered BY EQUALITY: COULD MINNESOTA'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE STATUTES SURVIVE A "FATHERS' RIGHTS" ASSAULT? Shannon M. Garrett, Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice (volume 21, number 2, page 341), Minneapolis, MN: Summer 2003. Copyright © 2003 Law and Inequality.

Battered Justice for Battered Women, Joan Meier, Washington Post, Washington, DC: March 19, 2005. Copyright © 2005 The Washington Post Company.

Beyond THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM – USING THE LAW TO HELP RESTORE THE LIVES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT Victims – a PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR ATTORNEYS AND ADVOCATES, Victim Rights Law Center, Inc., Boston, MA and Portland, OR. Copyright © 2007 Victim Rights Law Center, Inc.

BIDEN DISCUSSES PLAN TO TRAIN 100,000 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAWYERS, U.S. Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr., U.S. Senate, Washington, DC: October 17, 2007.

BIDEN WANTS LEGAL BRIGADE FOR DOMESTIC SAFETY, Allison Stevens, Women's eNews, New York, NY: January 11, 2007.Copyright © 2007 Women's eNews.

BILL: ALERT VICTIMS IF ABUSERS TRY TO BUY GUN, Paul Carrier, Portland Press Herald, Portland, ME: May 24, 2006. Copyright © 2006 Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc.

BILL ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PINS A LEGAL LABEL ON ABUSERS; LD 1627 TAKES A RANGE OF CRIMES AND RIGHTLY DEFINES THEM AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Portland Press Herald, Portland, ME: May 9, 2007. Copyright © 2007 Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc.

Bridging the Gap: Effective Representation of Foreign Nationals in U.S. Criminal Cases – An Introductory Guide for Attorneys, International Justice Project, Woodbridge, VA.

City of Oakland ‘Reckless’, Partly to Blame in Woman’s Death, Heather MacDonald, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA: July 24, 2006. Copyright © 2006 MediaNews Group, Inc. and ANG Newspapers.

CiVIL LEGAL AID IN THE UNITED STATES – AN UPDATE FOR 2009, Alan W. Houseman, Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington, DC: July 2009. Copyright © 2009 Center for Law and Social Policy.

CIVIL TORT ACTIONS FILED BY VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT: PROMISE AND PERIL,Ellen Bublick, National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, Harrisburg, PA: September 2009.

COMMUNITY-BASED ANALYSIS OF THE U.S. LEGAL SYSTEM'S INTERVENTION IN DOMESTIC ABUSE CASES INVOLVING INDIGENOUS WOMEN, Mending the Sacred Hoop of Minnesota Program Development, Inc., Duuth, MN: December 2002.

County, Law Firm Join to Fight Violence, Todd Cooper, Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, NE: October 30, 2004. Copyright © 2004 The Omaha World-Herald Company.

CONFRONTING OUR FEAR: LEGISLATING BEYOND BATTERED WOMAN SYNDROME AND THE LAW OF SELF-DEFENSE, Cara Cookson, 2nd Place – 2009 Law Student Writing Competition, ABA Commission on Domestic Violence, Washington, DC: 2009.

Davis v. Washington and Hammon v. Indiana

DEPRESSION IN THE LAW PROFESSION, Mary Waldron, Law Crossing, March 7, 2007.

Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Voir Dire Questions, American Prosecutors Research Institute, Alexandria, VA.

Domestic Violence can be a Federal Crime, Holly Danks, The Oregonian, Portland, OR: October 21, 2004. Copyright © 2004 The Oregonian.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHECKLIST FOR LAWYERS, American Bar Association’s Tort & Insurance Practice Section and Commission on Domestic Violence, Washington, DC. Copyright © 2005 American Bar Association.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EXPERT CALLS U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING IN McDONALD V. CHICAGO A "DANGEROUS, DISAPPOINTING STEP BACKWARD THAT WILL COST WOMEN'S LIVES", Family Violence Prevention Fund, San Francisco, CA: June 28, 2010.

DOMestic violence intervention system: a model for response to woman abuse, Barbara J. Hart, 1990, Barbara J. Hart’s Collected Writings, Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse, St. Paul, MN. Copyright © 1995-2004 Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM SEEKING A RESTRAINING ORDER IS PROTECTED FROM RETALIATION BY HER EMPLOYER UNDER OREGON LAW, Victim Rights Law Center, Portland, OR: April 7, 2008.

Effective advocacy on behalf of battered women, Loretta M. Frederick, Battered Women’s Justice Project, Minneapolis, MN: 1992.

EffectiveLY INTERVIEWING battered women, Jan Russell, Chicago, IL. Copyright © 2008 Jan Russell.

ELIGIBILITY OF IMMIGRANT VICTIMS OF SEVERE FORMS OF TRAFFICKING AND FAMILY MEMBERS FOR LEGAL SERVICES, Helaine M. Barnett, Legal Services Corporation, Washington, DC: October 6, 2005.

EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK IS ONCE AGAIN THE LAW, Meg Egan, WomanView (volume 12, issue 8), Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Chicago, IL: February 18, 2009.

THE EVIDENTIARY ADMISSIBILITY OF PARENTAL ALIENATION SYNDROME: SCIENCE, LAW, AND POLICY, Jennifer Hoult, Children's Legal Rights Journal (volume 26, number 1), Chicago, IL: Spring 2006. Copyright © 2006 American Bar Association.

Finding a Good Lawyer for Your Traumatized Client, Frank M. Ochberg, Gift From Within, Camden, ME. Copyright © 2006 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.

Gantt v. Security USA, Inc.

Housing Laws, WomensLaw.org, Brooklyn, NY.

Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence: Cultural Challenges and Available Legal Protections, Sudha Shetty and Janice Kaguyutan, National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, Harrisburg, PA: February 2002.

IMPACT OF MINNESOTA'S FELONY STRANGULATION LAW, Heather Wolfgram, Newsletter of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Denver, CO: June 2007. The Impact of Minnesota's Felony Strangulation Law.

Judges Widen Legal Searches in Cases of Domestic Violence, Mark Scolforo, Associated Press, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA: November 9, 2004. Copyright © 2004 The Philadelphia Inquirer.

KEY LEGAL CASES FOR WOMEN'S EQUALITY – 1873-2007, Jennifer K. Brown (editor), Legal Momentum, New York, NY: Copyright © 2007- 2008.

Law Guardian Representation Standards – Volume II: Custody Cases, Third Edition, New York State Bar Association Committee on Children and the Law, June 7, 2005.

LAWS RELATED TO ELDER ABUSE (scroll down), ABA Commission on Law and Aging, Washington, DC.

LEGAL AND POLICY RESPONSES TO CHILDREN EXPOSED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: THE NEED TO EVALUATE INTENDED AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, Peter G. Jaffe, Claire V. Crooks and David A. Wolfe.

LEGAL INTERVENTIONS IN FAMILY VIOLENCE: RESEARCH FINDINGS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS, Research Report, American Bar Association and the National Institute of Justice of the U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC: July 1998.

MEXICAN COURT SAYS SEX ATTACK BY A HUSBAND IS STILL A RAPE, Elisabeth Malkin and Ginger Thompson, New York Times, New York, NY: November 17, 2005. Copyright © 2005 The New York Times Company.

New Directions from the Field: Victims’ Rights and Services for the 21ST Century – LEGAL COMMUNITY, OVW Bulletin, Office for Victims of Crime of the U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC: August 1998.

NEW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAW VIEWS HANDS AS DEADLY WEAPONS, Noelle Netwon, KVUE News, Austin, TX: December 8, 2009.

NO EASY ANSWERS: SEX OFFENDER LAWS IN THE U.S., Human Rights Watch, New York, NY: September 2007.

North Carolina Strengthens Domestic Violence Laws, North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Durham, NC: July 15, 2004.

OVERCOMING THE CONSENT DEFENSE, Teresa P. Scalzo, The Voice (volume 1, number 7), National Center for the Prosecution of Violence Against Women of the American Prosecutors Research Institute, Alexandria, VA: 2006.

Panel Stresses Priority of Domestic Violence Law, Kelley Quinn, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Chicago, IL: December 29, 2004. Copyright © 2004 Law Bulletin Publishing Company.

PARENTAL ALIENATION SYNDROME: PROPONENTS BEAR THE BURDEN OF PROOF, Robert E. Emery, Family Court Review (volume 43, number 1, pages 8-13), January 2005. Copyright © 2005 Association of Family and Conciliation Courts.

Peterson Convicted of Double Murder, Kimberly Edds and Amy Argetsinger, Washington Post, Washington, DC: November 13, 2004. Copyright © 2004 The Washington Post Company.

Potential Safeguard for Women; N.C.’s New Domestic Violence Law Makes Strangulation a Felony, Marie Brodie, Raleigh News & Observer, Raleigh, NC: October 15, 2004. Copyright © 2004 The News and Observer. HB 1354.

POWER AND CONTROL: LAWYER-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP – ABUSE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSAULT, P.C. Wheeler, adapted from the Power and Control Wheel developed by the Domestic Abuse Intervention Program, Duluth, MN: 2009.

PRACTICAL GUIDE AND METHODS TO ADVANCE WOMEN'S LEGAL RIGHTS: FINAL REPORT OF WOMEN'S LEGAL RIGHTS INITIATIVE, USAID, Washington, DC: January 2007.

Pro Se Parties a High Priority for Family Court, Adina Matusow, The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia, PA: July 27, 2004. Copyright © 2004 ALM Properties, Inc.

QUICK FIXES FOR EFFECTIVELY DEALING WITH PERSONS FOUND INCOMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL, The CMHS National GAINS Center for Systemic Change for Justice-Involved People with Mental Illness of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC: November 2007.

RULE-MAKING AND ENFORCEMENT, THE VIOLENT AND CONTROLLING TACTICS OF MEN WHO BATTER AND RULE-COMPLIANCE AND RESISTANCE – THE RESPONSE OF BATTERED WOMEN, Barbara Hart, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Washington, DC.

SCREENING CASES FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE ISSUES TO DETERMINE SUITABILITY FOR MEDIATION AND OTHER FORMS OF ADR – SCREENING PROTOCOLS AND TOOLS FOR MARYLAND CIRCUIT COURTS, Maryland Judiciary, Annapolis, MD: revised March 16, 2005.

SEXUAL ASSAULT STATUTES CHARTS, National Crime Victim Law Institute’s Center for Law and Public Policy on Sexual Violence, Portland, OR.

StanDARDS OF PRACTICE FOR LAWYERS REPRESENTING VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND STALKING IN CIVIL PROTECTION ORDER CASES, ABA Commission on Domestic Violence, Chicago, IL: August 13, 2007.

STATE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, National Center for the Prosecution of Violence Against Women of the American Prosecutors Research Institute, Alexandria, VA.

STATE LAW CHARTS AND UPDATES, ABA Commission on Law and Aging, Washington, DC.

STATE STATUTES, National Center for the Prosecution of Violence Against Women of the American Prosecutors Research Institute – includes 1) state-by-state listing of statutes of limitations for sexual assault statutes; 2) state rape statutes; 3) state definitions of penetrations for sex crimes (summary chart); 4) rape shield statutes (summary chart); 5) rape shield statutes (text); 6) sexually violent predator statutes; 7) state criminal incest statutes (summary chart); 8) state criminal incest statutes (text); and 9) state spousal rape statutes (summary chart); Alexandria, VA.

STATE STATUTORY SUMMARY CHARTS, ABA Commission on Domestic Violence, Washington, DC. Copyright © 2007-2009 ABA Commission on Domestic Violence.

Allowing Fleeing Spouses Access to Protectiver Orders, updated May 2009.

Animal Cruelty Chart, The Humane Society of America, Washington, DC: May 2009.

Animals in Protection Orders, American Humane Association, Washington, DC: September 2007.

Child Custody and Domestic Violence by State, February 2008.

Domestic Violence Arrest Policies by State, November 2007.

Domestic Violence Civil Protection Orders (CPOs) by State, July 2008.

Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse, June 2009.

Mediation in Family Law Matters Where Domestic Violence is Present, January 2008.

Mental & Physical Ability in Custody Determinations, December 2008.

Misdemeanor Crimes of Domestic Violence, National Center on Full Faith and Credit of the Battered Women's Justice Project, Washington, DC: April 2008.

Overview of CPO Protections for LGBT Victims of Domestic Violence, July 2008.

Sexual Assault Civil Protection Orders (CPOs) by State, August 2007.

Stalking / Harassment Civil Protection Orders (CPOs) by State, August 2007.

Standards of Proof for Domestic Violence Civil Protection Orders (CPOs) by State, November 2008.

State Laws and Legislation to Ensure Housing Rights for Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence, National Law Center on Homlessness & Poverty, Alexandria, VA: August 6, 2008.

State Statutes Requiring the Provision of Foreign Language Interpreters to Parties in Civili Proceedings, December 2008.

State Statutes Requiring the Provision of Sign Language Interpreters to Parties to Civil Proceedings, December 2008.

States Permitting or Prohibiting Mutual Protective Orders without a Separate Petition, July 2007.

Strangulation Laws, National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse, Alexandria, VA: July 2009.

Summary of Advocate Confidentiality Laws, 2007.

Summary of DV / SA Advocate Confidentiality Laws, August 2007.

STATE-BY-STATE MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAWS, Marijuana Policy Project, Washington, DC: 2008.

Statutory Rape: A Guide to State Laws and Reporting Requirements, Asaph Glosser, Karen Gardiner and Mike Fishman, The Lewin Group, Falls Church, VA: December 15, 2004.

Student WRITING – DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAW PRACTICUM, Berkeley Law School at the University of California, Berkeley, CA.

Students Trade Classes for Court Cases; Widener’s Budding Lawyers Gain Experience and Help those in Need, Esteban Parra, The News Journal, Wilmington, DE: November 9, 2004. Copyright © 2004 The News Journal.

Texas Supreme Court Creates New Weapon to Fight Domestic Violence, San Antonio Business Journal, San Antonio, TX: April 12, 2005. Copyright © 2005 American City Business Journals Inc. Protective Order Kit (English, Español or Tieng Viêt), Texas Supreme Court Order Approving Protective Order Forms.

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Town of Castle Rock, Colorado v. Jessica Gonzales.

TRIAL TO TEST LEGAL WATERS: JUDGE TO ALLOW GROUNDBREAKING TESTIMONY IN ASSAULT CASE, Pete Bosak, Centre Daily Times, State College, PA: April 21, 2007. Copyright © 2007 The Centre Daily Times.

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UNITED STATES V. HAYES

VICTIM TO BE HEARD AT HUSBAND'S TRIAL, Carrie Antlfinger, Associated Press, Milwaukee, WI: January 2, 2008. Copyright © 2008 The Associated Press.

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN – VICTIMS AND ABUSERS – LEGAL ISSUES – INTERVENTIONS AND TREATMENT (volume III), edited by Joan Zorza, Civic Research Institute, Inc., Kingston, NJ. Copyright © 2006 Civic Research Institute, Inc.

Why should advocates for battered women want batterers to be provided with adequate legal representation when they are arrested for assaulting their partners?, Loretta M. Frederick, Battered Women’s Justice Project, Minneapolis, MN.

A WOMAN'S GUIDE TO EVIDENCE: MONITOR, UNCOVER AND ENTER EVIDENCE IN CASES OF RAPE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND CHILD ABUSE, Women's Justice Center, Santa Rosa, CA. Copyright © Marie DeSantis.

WoMEN'S LEGAL RIGHTS HANDBOOK, 2007 EDITION, Alaska Network on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, Juneau, AK. Copyright © 2007 Alaska Network on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault.

Workplace Protections for Victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Chicago, IL.

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