How To Defend A Domestic Violence Case

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1 Margaret Drew Associate Professor of Law University of Massachusetts School of Law Present Employment: University of Massachusetts School of Law, Associate Professor of Law, Director of Clinics and Experiential Learning Prior Law School Teaching Experience Northeastern University School of Law, Visiting Professor, taught the Domestic Violence Clinic University of Alabama School of Law (academic year ) Visiting Professor and Acting Director, Domestic Violence Clinic; supervised clinic students in representing survivors of domestic violence and stalking in family court matters. University of Cincinnati College of Law ( ) Professor of Clinical Law. Supervised clinic students represented survivors of domestic violence, trafficking, sexual assault, stalking, including teens, adults and immigrants. Director, Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order Clinic ( ) Director of Clinics and Experiential Learning ( ) Developed the Courthouse Project which places students and clinic graduates at the Domestic Relations Court to interview and assist civil protection order petitioners as they arrive at the courthouse Developed and taught the course Client Counseling in the Domestic Violence Context ( ) Northeastern University School of Law: Supervising Attorney, Domestic Violence Clinic ( ) Adjunct Professor: Taught Battered Women and the Law and Family Law Litigation ( ) Law Practice: Law Offices of Margaret B. Drew, Norwood, MA, Handled family law matters, estate and individual tax matters, probate and trust administration and residential real estate.

2 Alpert and Eastman, Handled corporate work for a medium sized oil company. Education: University of Massachusetts-Boston, BA History Northeastern University School of Law, JD Boston University School of Law, LLM Taxation Clinic Specific Writing: Editor, Clinical Legal Education Newsletter (Fall, 2011-Summer, 2012) Developed the Legal Intern Manual for the Domestic Violence and Civil Protection Order Clinic in both Alabama and Cincinnati. Developed a Cincinnati specific community resource manual for domestic violence survivors. Publications: Clinical Legal Education & Access to Justice: Conflicts, Interests, & Evolution, book chapter, BEYOND ELITE LAW: ACCESS TO CIVIL JUSTICE FOR AMERICANS OF AVERAGE MEANS (Sam Estreicher & Joy Radice, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2014 publication pending.) Co-Authored with Andrew Morris Post-Trial Litigation in Child Custody Cases Involving Abuse, Chapter in Hannah and Goldstein s Child Custody, Volume 2. (2014, publication forthcoming.) Collaboration and Coercion, 1 Irish Law Journal 27 (2012) republished in Hastings Journal of Women and the Law, 24 Hastings LJ 79 (2013) Guidebook for Development of Partnerships between Law School Domestic Violence Clinics and Community Providers, written for the ABA Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence (2012) Implementation of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Domestic Violence Decision, contributing author, Clearinghouse Review, (2012, July-August) Denying Choice of Forum: An Interference By the Massachusetts Trial Court with Victims Rights and Safety, Suffolk University Law Review, Vol. XLIII, 2010 No. 2 (Co-Authored with Marilu Gresens) 2

3 A Judicial Guide to Child Safety in Custody Cases, Primary Author (with Bowles, Christianson and Yetter. Published by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (Dec.2008) Healing Ourselves, on-line essay publication, ABA Commission on Domestic Violence E-Newsletter (January 2008) Standards of Practice in Civil Protection Order Cases, ABA Commission on Domestic Violence, 2008, Editor and Contributor Book Review: Violence against Women, Vol. 1-3, Published in Sexual Assault Report, Vol. 10, No. 4 (March 2007) Do Ask and Do Tell: The Lawyers Duty to Warn in Domestic Violence Cases, Spring 2007, Cincinnati College of Law Review (Symposium) (Co-Authored with Sarah Buel) Lawyer Malpractice and Domestic Violence Cases: Are We Revictimizing Our Clients? Family Law Quarterly, Spring IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON YOUR LEGAL PRACTICE, 2 nd Ed., ABA Commission on Domestic Violence, Editor and Contributing Author, (2004) IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON YOUR LEGAL PRACTICE, 1 st Edition, ABA Commission on Domestic Violence, Contributing Author, (2001) Recognizing Financial Control As Abuse: An Introduction for Practitioners, 86 Women Law J. 9, Bar Association Positions and Service: Liaison from National Association of Women Lawyers to the American Bar Association s Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence 2006-Present, Chair of Commission ABA Workgroup on The Civil Right to Counsel (Civil Gideon), Member Liaison From ABA Commission on Domestic Violence to Aids Coordinating Council (2011-present) Steering Committee Member, ABA Commission on Domestic Violence, Establishing Standards of Practice in Civil Protection Order Cases, May, 2006 Steering Committee Member on Establishing Domestic Violence Pro Se Programs, ABA Commission On Domestic Violence, March

4 Steering Committee to Develop Standardized Training for Attorneys New to the Domestic Violence Field, March 2009 Member: Domestic Violence Committee and Income Taxation Committee, Family Law Section of the American Bar ABA Commission on Domestic Violence Association present Co-Chair Amicus Committee, National Association of Women Lawyers ; Chair ; member of committee 1999-present Member, Supreme Court Committee, National Association of Women Lawyers 2005 Present Past President, Massachusetts Association of Women Lawyers Recognized by the Association in 2005 as one of Massachusetts Women of Distinction in Law and Public Service Member of Massachusetts Supreme Court Pro Bono Committee, 1995 Conferences and Presentations: Motivating Self-Care: Moving from Good Ideas to Good Practices, AALS Conference on Clinical Education, April, 2014 HIV, AIDS and Family Law Matters, ABA AIDS Coordinating Committee, Atlanta, GA March, Telephone Training for ABA Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence, The Intersection of Domestic Violence and HIV-Aids, October, 2012 New Mexico Collaborative Lawyers, Full day training on domestic violence and collaborative law September, 2012 Webinar: Post Trial Advocacy in Child Custody Cases, September, 2012, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Webinar, Juvenile Protection Orders, Muskie School of Public Health, August, 2012 Judicial Training, Wyoming, April 2012 Judicial Training, Minnesota, November 2011 Webinar, Professional Ethics and Domestic Violence Cases, December 2011 AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education, Family Law workgroup leader (Seattle, 2011) 4

5 Civil Gideon Teleconferences: Update To Civil Gideon Coalition and domestic violence advocates on implications of civil Gideon proposals on domestic violence cases, July 2010 and September 2010 Protecting Survivors and Protecting Ourselves, The Advocate s Perspective, Tennessee Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, June 2010 Protecting Survivors and Protecting Ourselves, The Judicial Perspective, Indiana Judiciary, April 2010 Teaching Courage in the Law School Clinic, Clinical Legal Education Association, Cleveland, Ohio, May Co-presented with Jeffrey Baker of Faulkner University Law School Domestic Violence and the Collaborative Process, New Orleans, International Association of Collaborative Professionals, October 2008 Helping Clients Heal Through Community Partnerships AALS Mid-West Clinical Conference, November 2008 Child Custody Institute, St. Louis, Missouri, September 2008 Regional Forensic Conference, Presentation to Medical Personnel and Prosecutors on Domestic Violence Dynamics and the Criminal Law Overlay March 2008 Mental Illness Issues And Domestic Violence, Collaboration Between Mental Illness Association of Southwest Ohio and University of Cincinnati College of Law, February 2008 Moderated Panel on the 30 th Anniversary of the Enactment of the Massachusetts Civil Protection Order Statute, Boston, January 2008 Presentations Prior to 2008 not included. Awards: Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching, 2008 and 2009 Miscellaneous: Rosa Parks Committee of The Women s Bar Association of Massachusetts, January 2008 for Commitment to Justice and the Rule of Law Recognized by The Massachusetts Association of Women Lawyers as One of the State s Most Influential Lawyers, June 2005 Contributing Author to briefing paper on domestic violence prepared for the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women,

6 Co-Chair and Member, Hamilton County Fatality Review Team Bar Admissions: Massachusetts Ohio Alabama 6