Judge Leonard Edwards TEMPE, ARIZONA SEPTEMBER 10,

 Judge Leonard Edwards (ret.)  Judge-in-Residence  Center for Families, Children & the Courts  California Administrative Office of the Courts  455 Golden Gate Avenue, 6 th floor  San Francisco, CA  (415)  2

 Some biographical information. 3

 Your materials. 4

 Introduce yourself to someone at your table whom you do not know well.  Tell him/her what you do and what interests you about reducing violence in your community.  In the alternative – go around your table so each person talks to everyone else answering the same questions. 5

 VISION – FOR EACH TABLE What goals you are thinking about for your community? Each table come up with 3 goals. 6

 What strengths does your community have now that you might build upon?  How are you going to go about identifying additional strengths in your com munity? 7

 IMPLEMENTATION:  WHAT WILL BE YOUR FIRST STEPS TOWARDS YOUR GOALS? 8

 WHAT KEY PERSONS DO YOU NEED TO HAVE AT THE TABLE IN ORDER TO REACH YOUR GOALS?  WHAT KEY ORGANIZATIONS DO YOU NEED TO HAVE AT THE TABLE TO REACH YOUR GOALS? 9

 You may want to create an on-going commission/task force/council or other group that is dedicated to ending domestic violence in your community. This group would meet regularly over a long period of time (indefinitely?)  What possibilities have you thought of?  How will you help to create this? 10

 Will you work under an official organization?  The Courts?  The County Government?  A Stand-Alone Organization? 11

 How will you engage these people/organizations? 12

 AS A JUDGE CAN YOU TAKE A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THE FORMATION OF YOUR ORGANIZATION? 13

 How will you react to the “I am too busy” response? 14

 How might efforts in other counties help you accomplish your goals?  What about a regional or statewide conference? 15

 How might judges and court administrators make changes in court structure and practice that would further the goals you have established? 16

 What ethical issues do judges encounter when taking a leadership role? 17

 What interest would law enforcement have in your local domestic violence project?’  What goals might you suggest to them? 18

 What interest would health care providers have in your project?  What goals might be suggested to their representatives? 19

 What interest would social workers have in your project?  What goals might you suggest to social work leaders? 20

 What interest might probation officers have in your projec t?  What goals might be suggested to probation leaders? 21

 What interest would the district attorney (prosecutor) have in your project?  What goals might be suggested to the district attorney? 22

 What interest might the criminal defense bar have in your project?  What goals might you suggest to their representatives? 23

 What interest might corporate and business leaders have in your project?  What goals might you suggest to their representatives? 24

 POSSIBLE PROJECTS  I. Improving practice in dependency court.  II. Providing advocates in every court where d.v. cases occur. 25

 III. Developing special procedures for cases involving immigrants.  IV. Avoiding conflicting court orders.  V. Creating effective classes for domestic violence offenders. 26

 VI. Creating support groups for victims of domestic violence.  VII. Developing therapy resources for children who have been exposed to domestic violence.  VIII. Creating a Death Review Committee. 27

 IX. Developing special interventions for women who perpetrate violence.  X. Develop procedures for dealing with stalking.  XI. Provide training in the dynamics of domestic violence for all professionals in your community. 28

 XII. Open a docket in juvenile court for juvenile’s who are violent to their partners.  XIII. Identify and increase the numbers of beds in the community where victims of violence can live safely with their children.  XIV. Increasing the number of beds for victims of domestic violence and their children. 29

 FIRST STEPS:  WHAT WILL THEY BE? 30

 WHO WILL OVERSEE THE PROCESS?  WHAT WILL YOU DO WHEN THAT PERSON MOVES ON/RETIRES/MOVES AWAY? 31

CONSIDER A RETREAT – ½ DAY MINIMUM POSSIBLE GOALS AT THE RETREAT: Create a Mission Statement Write down your Values Identify Your Goals 32

 Set up committees that will do the work on specific topics.  POSSIBLE COMMITTEES:  1. Court Systems  2. Police-Victim  3. Health Care Providers  4. Corporate/Business  5. Children’s Issues  6. Immigrant Issues 33

 7. Executive Committee  8. Greenbook Committee  9. Death Review  10. Batterer Accountability  11. Community Education 34

 Call on outsiders for technical assistance.  You have the best here at ASU, but there are others around the country who will help. 35

 Judge Leonard Edwards (ret.)  Judge-in-Residence  Center for Families, Children & the Courts  California Administrative Office of the Courts  455 Golden Gate Avenue, 6 th floor  San Francisco, CA  (415)  36