Beginning in 2013, the Jones Center began its journey towards a legal participatory action research (LPAR) project involving judicial training on best practices in domestic violence. The project resulted in the training of more than 375 judges on best practices, developed from two years of collaborative research conducted by a community action group. Co-director, Professor Kalsem, analyzed the LPAR case study in Judicial Education, Private Violence, and Community Action: A Case Study in Legal Participatory Action Research. This article seeks to assist legal scholars working in any subject area of the law with identifying methods on engaging with communities in addressing social justice issues. Specifically, this article seeks to help other activists pursue similar judicial education initiatives by providing them with information on how and what the LPAR judicial training project did.
Judicial Training on Domestic Violence: A 50-State Survey
Below is a link to a comprehensive survey of all 50 states’ DV judicial training policies, statutes, and programming. The information is based on a survey of laws, statutes, proposed legislation, active legislation, academic and practical studies, among other resources. We hope this resource can be used to further DV judicial training across the country. We want this resource to be as comprehensive and complete as possible. If you have any pertaining information, please contact Professor Kristin Kalsem at kristin.kalsem@uc.edu.