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Teen Dating Violence is the physical, sexual, psychological, or emotional violence within a dating relationship including stalking.

A Tribal specific Teen Dating Violence poster that can be placed in schools (with space to add Advocacy contact information).

Legal Momentum’s National Judicial Education Program has 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.* “Teen Dating Violence” (TDV) is a scourge that is as epidemic, harmful, and potentially lethal as adult domestic violence. Unchecked TDV can entrench a lifetime pattern of perpetration by abusers and acceptance of abuse by victims. Teen Dating Violence: Resources for Judicial Leadership (Resources for the Courts, Schools, Parents, Teens, and the Community) provides a comprehensive list of resources (current as of February 2016) that can be used by judges, court system professionals, educators, parents, teens, and other community members to learn more about TDV and how it can be prevented and addressed.

Legal Momentum’s National Judicial Education Program has 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. Teen Dating Violence” (TDV) is a scourge that is as epidemic, harmful, and potentially lethal as adult domestic violence. Unchecked TDV can entrench a lifetime pattern of perpetration by abusers and acceptance of abuse by victims. Teen Dating Violence: The Need for Judicial Leadership provides information for judges about why their role as leaders in the courtroom and the community is especially important in cases where TDV is present. The information sheet contains a history of TDV being recognized in the court and the following sections: “”Judicial Leadership for the Courts – Domestic Violence Courts””; “”Judicial Leadership for the Courts – Family Courts””; “”Judicial Leadership for the Courts – Juvenile Courts””; and “”Judicial Leadership for the Community””. “

Legal Momentum’s National Judicial Education Program has 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. “Teen Dating Violence” (TDV) is a scourge that is as epidemic, harmful, and potentially lethal as adult domestic violence. Unchecked TDV can entrench a lifetime pattern of perpetration by abusers and acceptance of abuse by victims. The Dynamics and Consequences of Teen Dating Violence provides necessary background information about this pervasive problem and serves as an introduction to the rest of NJEP’s TDV information and resources sheets.

The Hague Domestic Violence Project has developed bench guides for the states of California, New Jersey, New York, and Texas. These Bench Guides were developed in partnership with committees of local experts, including state and federal court judges, public interest and private practice attorneys, administrative court staff, and academic scholars. There are no dedicated Hague Convention courts in the United States and these cases may be filed in either state or federal court, thus these bench guides have been essential to ensuring that judges have access to basic information about the intersection of the Convention and domestic violence. The Hague Domestic Violence Project has now created a Model Bench Guide so that other jurisdictions around the country can create their own bench guides. The purpose of this Model Guide is to serve as a template covering a broad range of topics relevant to the intersection of Hague Convention jurisprudence and domestic violence in cases in which the respondent (the taking parent) alleges abuse by the petitioner (the left-behind parent). A jurisdiction can use this resource as a starting point to create its own state-specific bench guide. This document contains the following: The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Cases Involving Battered Respondents: How to Adapt the Model Bench Guide for Your State, The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Cases Involving Battered Respondents: State Bench Guide Template, and the State Bench Guide Appendices. For a copy of the CA, NJ, NY, or TX bench guide, go to go to http://gspp.berkeley.edu/global/the-hague-domestic-violence-project/judges/bench-guide or contact the Hague Domestic Violence Project at haguedv@berkeley.edu.

The National Violence Against Women Law Enforcement Training and Technical Assistance Consortium (LETTAC) Briefing Book provides an overview of the LETTAC program.

Legal Momentum’s National Judicial Education Program has 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. “Teen Dating Violence” (TDV) is a scourge that is as epidemic, harmful, and potentially lethal as adult domestic violence. Unchecked TDV can entrench a lifetime pattern of perpetration by abusers and acceptance of abuse by victims. The Teenage Brain: New Knowledge from Neuroscience explains the science behind why teens’ brains are different than adult brains, how neuroscience affects teen behaviors, and why developmental differences between teens and adults have consequences for cases in which TDV is present.

The Victim Advocate’s Guide outlines the connection between a survivor’s economic security and the ability of advocates both within the community and the justice system to help them recover and access economic justice. It offers practical, concrete recommendations that advocates can employ to help survivors overcome the economic barriers that prevent them from participating in the justice system, ensure their safety by restoring independence and foster collaboration across systems. It is accompanied by policy suggestions, training guidelines and a short pocket guide.