Fairness in the Courts

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Legal Momentum has been the national leader in eliminating gender bias in the courts since 1980.

We understand gender bias as arising from stereotypical thinking about the nature and roles of women and men, devaluation of what is perceived as women’s work, a lack of accurate, factual knowledge about the social and economic realities of women’s and men’s lives, and the practice of holding women and men to different standards for the same behavior. We confront gender bias in two ways: through our award-winning National Judicial Education Program (NJEP) and via impact litigation.

 

Legal Impact Strategies

National Judicial Education Program

NJEP presents judicial education programs for federal, state, local and tribal judges. These programs have prompted state supreme courts and federal circuits to appoint high level task forces to investigate gender bias in their own court systems and recommend reforms. As a nationally-recognized voice in the judicial education sphere, NJEP has published extensively in periodicals such as the Judges’ Journal and Judicature, and has built an extensive library of resources and model judicial education curricula, including online courses.

Online Courses

NJEP developed two free, comprehensive online courses with funding from the State Justice Institute and the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). Both courses provide trauma-informed education about sexual abuse, sexual assault, and the intersection of sexual abuse and domestic violence. The goal is to build the capacity of justice system professionals to respond effectively and fairly to these cases.

Intimate Partner Sexual Abuse Course

Victim AdVocate Training Course

 

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