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  • This model curriculum informs participants about the problems women of color face at every level and in every aspect of the judicial system, as litigants, witnesses, defendants, employees, lawyers, and judges.
  • Published in the Women's Rights Law Reporter in 1986, this article examines the efforts of our National Judicial Education Program (NJEP) to make under­standing gender bias an integral part of Amer­ican judicial education.
  • The treatment of female Drug Court participants is rarely addressed as a stand-alone issue in judicial education programs and trainings for Drug Court professionals. Judicial education programs must take a comprehensive look at women and trauma to successfully treat substance abusing women who have been victimized by sexual and physical violence. This Web course provides an in-depth look at dealing specifically with women, trauma, and substance abuse. This course will instruct participants in:  
  • Victim advocates play a critical role in many aspects of victims’ lives and decisions in the aftermath of a sexual assault.
  • We have created a set of educational materials for judges, courts, court-related professionals, schools, parents, teens, and the community to learn about the dangers and consequences of Teen Dating Violence. These Information and Resources Sheets were developed by the National Judicial Education Program (NJEP) with funding from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women.*
    The National Judicial Education Program's resources on Teen Dating Violence.
  • “The Task Force has concluded that gender bias against women litigants, attorneys and court employees is a pervasive problem with grave consequences. Women are often denied equal justice, equal treatment and equal opportunity.” (link)-Report of the New York Task Force on Women in the Courts 
  • FAIR ADJUDICATION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES
  • Resources for Violence Against Women and the Courts:Fact Sheets on Sexual Violence from the National Judicial Education Program for the National Center for State CourtsTo encourage state courts to use their Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) 5 percent STOP Grant court set-aside for projects on sexual assault as well as domestic violence, the National Judicial Education Program (NJEP) worked with the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) as part of their OVW-funded grant.
    Resources for Violence Against Women and the Courts: Fact Sheets on Sexual Violence from the National Judicial Education Program for the National Center for State Courts
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  • NJEP's Suite of Online Curricula for Judicial and Multidisciplinary Education
    Model curricula on topics related to sexual assault cases
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    List of links to NJEP resources and materials available online.
  • The National Judicial Education Program (NJEP) educates judges and justice system professionals about gender bias as a factor in civil, criminal, family and juvenile law, and provides methods to prevent it. We focus on the treatment of domestic violence and sexual assault cases in the judicial process by illuminating the negative impact of gender stereotypes in the courts and providing resources for fair adjudication.

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