COURTNEY K. CROSS 443 M Street, NW #2, Washington, DC 20001; (949) ; ckc49@law.georgetown.edu

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1 EDUCATION COURTNEY K. CROSS 443 M Street, NW #2, Washington, DC 20001; (949) ; ckc49@law.georgetown.edu GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, Washington, DC Master of Laws, expected June 2015 Honors: expected With Distinction Activities: Women s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, New York, NY J.D., 2009 Honors: Ann Petluck Poses Memorial Prize for outstanding work in a clinical course requiring student practice Activities: Review of Law and Social Change, Senior Articles Editor; Research Assistant, Professor Holly Maguigan; Teaching Assistant, U.S. Legal Methodologies; High School Law Institute, Criminal Law Teacher UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT COLLEGE, La Jolla, CA Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics; Political Science; History, 2006 Honors: magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa; UCSD Alumni Association s Outstanding Senior for Eleanor Roosevelt College Activities: President and Rules Committee Chair, Student Council at Eleanor Roosevelt College; Resident Advisor; Student Representative, Sexual Assault and Harassment Policy Development Workgroup ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CLINIC, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, Washington, DC Clinical Teaching Fellow, June 2013 to present Teach, supervise, and evaluate law students in a ten-credit, in-house domestic violence clinic. Create and teach multiple class segments throughout each semester focusing on substantive law and litigation skills. Supervise teams of law students in their representation of clients seeking civil protection orders from client intake through trial and post-trial matters. Supervise students engaged in domestic violence policy projects and community education and counseling projects. Participate in Women s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program: attend regular seminars focusing on women s rights advocacy; played leadership role in planning first International Women s Day Symposium. Completed yearlong Elements of Clinical Pedagogy course taught by clinical faculty. PUBLICATIONS REENTERING SURVIVORS: INVISIBLE AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM AND THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MOVEMENT (accepted by the Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice) Inspired by the more practical piece below, this piece explores that the exclusion of formerly incarcerated women from the domestic violence movement. By analyzing the historical roots of the tough on crime movement as it pertains to both the criminal legal system and the domestic violence movement, this piece documents the structural and physical harms done to women at the intersection of these systems. CIVIL PROTECTION ORDERS: INCREASED ACCESS AND NARROWED ENFORCEMENT (forthcoming in the University of the District of Columbia Law Review) This brief piece was invited by the University of the District of Columbia Law Review and analyzes the D.C. Court of Appeals shifting jurisprudence regarding private prosecutions of violations of civil protection orders. The piece tracks how the broadening of eligibility for protection orders occurred alongside a narrowing of how violations of these orders could be prosecuted. 1

2 VICTIMIZED AGAIN: HOW THE REENTRY PROCESS PERPETUATES VIOLENCE AGAINST SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women (2013) This piece explores the ways in which post-conviction community supervision interacts with domestic violence. Using Washington, DC as a case study, it illustrates the often reciprocal relationship between community supervision and domestic violence and recommends best practices for practitioners in both fields. OTHER EXPERIENCE Staff Attorney, September 2012 to May 2013 Represented clients in Domestic Violence and Family Court, conducted regular legal education classes and clinics for incarcerated women, provided brief legal advice. Developed new satellite space in Mayor s Office on Returning Citizen Affairs: provided civil legal services to clients from the District s most underserved wards. Equal Justice Works/AmeriCorps Legal Fellow, September 2010 August 2012 Represented formerly incarcerated DC women in Domestic Violence and Family Court. Represented incarcerated clients in parole revocation hearings. Provided holistic legal services to walk-in and incarcerated clients. Trained local DV agencies on serving formerly incarcerated survivors. SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT, Washington DC Victim Advocate, March 2010 August 2010 Conducted client intake at Domestic Violence Intake Centers: provided crisis intervention, safety planning, and resource strategies; drafted civil protection order petitions; conducted extensive case management regarding service, housing, and court preparedness. Staffed 24-hour domestic violence hotline. Legal Volunteer, January 2010 March 2010 Created pre-release manual for women detailing strategies and resources for reentry; collected information from federal prisons on programming for women. Organized and led community education classes. LEGAL MOMENTUM, Washington, DC Post-Graduate Law Fellow, Employment Team, October 2009 December 2009 Drafted EEOC charges, affidavits, and rebuttal letters. Co-drafted comment to EEOC on proposed regulations for the ADA Amendments Act. Researched effects of domestic violence on employment. LAW OFFICES OF AIDALA & BERTUNA, P.C., New York, NY Pro Bono Legal Volunteer, August 2009 October, 2009 Continued work on clinic homicide case from pre-trial preparation through sentencing. Drafted: examination questions, memo on expert witness testimony, motions to dismiss. Coordinated legal and social work teams. COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CLINIC, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, New York, NY Legal Intern, January 2009 May 2009 Member of criminal defense team on homicide case: researched state criminal procedural and penal issues, interviewed witnesses, developed theory of case, prepared client to testify. Studied effects of trauma and abuse on clients, witnesses and communities, focusing on relationship between culture and law. NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES, Washington, DC Summer Law Clerk, Employment Discrimination Team, May 2008 August 2008 Evaluated legislative fixes for the Ledbetter decision focusing on equitable statute of limitations remedies. Drafted report on DOJ s Employment Litigation Section during Bush Administration. Composed memo on effectiveness of executive orders as a transition tool. Researched judicial nominations, focusing on gender issues. 2

3 MEDICAL-LEGAL ADVOCACY CLINIC, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, New York, NY Legal Intern, August 2007 December 2007 Collaborated with pediatricians whose patients had housing-related health problems. Represented client in lengthy Bronx Housing Court repairs suit. Lobbied state assembly for universal pre-k. Co-developed and presented Know Your Rights advocacy flyers and presentations to low-income tenants at medical clinic. IRISH CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, Galway, Ireland Research Assistant, May 2007 August 2007 Assisted in preparation of amicus brief for Israeli Supreme Court analyzing Israel's obligations under human rights treaties to maintain a maternity hospital in East Jerusalem staffed and used by West Bank residents. UC SAN DIEGO SEXUAL ASSAULT AND HARASSMENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT WORKGROUP, La Jolla, CA Student Representative, January June 2006 Collaborated with staff members and recalcitrant university counsel to amend Student Conduct Code to enhance equitability and predictability for complainant and accused in sexual assault or sexual harassment hearings. SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS Guest Speaker, What Is A Crime?, Georgetown University Summer High School Law Institute (2014). Panelist, Advancing Justice: Ending Gender-Based Violence, International Women s Day Symposium: Taking Global Action for Women s Rights, Georgetown University Law Center (2014). Webinar Instructor, Victimized Again: How the Reentry Process Perpetuates Violence Against Survivors of Domestic Violence, National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women (2013) Panelist, Working with Special Populations, DC Coalition against Domestic Violence s Domestic Violence Advocate Core Competencies Training (2011, 2012, 2013). Panelist, What Formerly Incarcerated Victims Need, Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency s Probation and Parole Officer Domestic Violence Training (2012). Commentator, Investigation Discovery s Deadly Women series, season six, episode 2, Parents Peril (2012). Guest Speaker, Working with Formerly Incarcerated Survivors of Domestic Violence, DC Survivors and Advocates for Empowerment s Advocates Meeting (2010, 2011, 2012). Guest Speaker, Working with Formerly Incarcerated Survivors of Domestic Violence, DC Survivors and Advocates for Empowerment s Intern and Volunteer Training (2010, 2011, 2012). Panelist, Developing Cultural Competency, DC Coalition against Domestic Violence s Domestic Violence Advocate Core Competencies Training (2011, 2012). PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND SERVICE Member of the California and District of Columbia Bars. Director, Women Involved in Reentry Efforts founding Board of Directors. 3

4 REFERENCES DEBORAH EPSTEIN Professor of Law Director, Domestic Violence Clinic Georgetown University Law Center (202) HOLLY MAGUIGAN Professor of Clinical Law (on leave) New York University School of Law (917) PAULA GALOWITZ Professor of Clinical Law New York University School of Law (202) JILL MORRISON Director, Women s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program Georgetown University Law Center (202) morrison@law.georgetown.edu MICHELLE BONNER Former Legal Director Our Place DC (now closed) (202) michelle4115@gmail.com 4

5 RESEARCH AGENDA My recent research has focused on the intersection of criminal law and domestic violence, examining the ways in which parole and probation undermine reentering women s safety while the lack of appropriate domestic violence services for reentering survivors threatens their liberty. My first piece, Victimized Again: How the Reentry Process Perpetuates Violence against Survivors of Domestic Violence, was solicited by the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women after I led a webinar training for the Clearinghouse focusing on legal strategies for practitioners providing services to justice-involved survivors. Thinking through the practical realities of working with this population inspired me to approach the intersection of criminal law and domestic violence from a scholarly perspective. My current work in progress, tentatively titled Reentering Survivors: Invisible at the Intersection of the Criminal Legal System and the Domestic Violence Movement, analyzes the effects of the adoption of tough on crime policies by both the criminal legal system and the domestic violence movement. This piece exposes the structural invisibility of reentering survivors, illustrating the ways in which the criminal system ignores how women s experiences of violence impact criminality while punishing women whose abuse interferes with the requirements of their parole or probation. It also highlights the historical and pervasive exclusion of justice-involved women from the domestic violence movement s conception of a worthy victim, underscoring the lack of services and sympathy available to reentering women. Both independently and cumulatively, the philosophies of the criminal legal system and the policies of the domestic violence movement interfere with women s abilities to successfully and safely reintegrate into the community. I plan to continue researching the ways in which state control and domestic violence intersect. I want to expand on my current work in three ways: empirically, theoretically, and pedagogically. Because women experiencing post-incarceration domestic violence have received little, if any, scholarly attention, I hope to conduct empirical research among formerly incarcerated survivors to examine how reentry and domestic violence interact. While there have been studies documenting the pre-incarceration rates of domestic violence among female prisoners, there is little data concerning domestic violence occurring during reentry and none addressing the relationship between domestic violence and parole and probation. My goal is to use data illuminating this relationship to make concrete recommendations on how to reform parole and probation to best meet the needs of reentering women and their communities. Building on my current research examining the relationship between the post-conviction criminal system and domestic violence, I intend to analyze the role of state control in women s lives more broadly. I plan on focusing future scholarship on the relationship between violence against women and state agencies overseeing, for example, child welfare, public assistance, and mental health. Exploring how systems interact to create additional challenges for survivors would allow me to propose systemic reforms promoting the safety of survivors and their families. I am also interested in approaching these topics from a pedagogical perspective, exploring how to effectively and explicitly teach students about intersectionality and state control. These issues are compelling on their own and they also provide a jumping-off point for students to learn about how the legal system can exclude populations that do not fit easily into preconceived notions of who is deserving or worthy of state-sanctioned support. I hope to use these broader implications of my research to engage students on how our legal system conceptualizes its beneficiaries and how to reform the system s recognition of and response to those that fall outside its traditional purview. 5