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National Judicial Education Program (NJEP)

The National Judicial Education Program to Promote Equality for Women and Men in the Courts (NJEP) is a unique, award-winning project that educates judges and justice system professionals about the ways gender bias can be a factor across the spectrum of civil, criminal, family and juvenile law, and how to prevent it.

Established in 1980 by Legal Momentum in cooperation with the National Association of Women Judges, NJEP defines gender bias as stereotyped thinking about the nature and roles of women and men, devaluation of women and what is perceived as women's work, and myths and misconceptions about the social and economic realities of women's lives.

To promote access to the justice system and equality for women and men in the courts, NJEP creates and presents model judicial curricula, publishes articles in the judicial and legal press, and supports the state supreme court task forces on gender bias in the courts, for which NJEP was the catalyst.