Good afternoon Family Law Section members,
On Tuesday, Aug. 8, NJICLE will present Economic Mediation with Domestic Violence Restraining Orders from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the New Jersey Law Center and online.
The New Jersey Judiciary is taking steps to resume and expand the Domestic Violence Economic Mediation (DVEM) program. In 2020, The Judiciary suspended the program that existed in six counties as well as statewide expansion due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The DVEM program permits trained economic mediators to mediate economic issues in certain dissolution matters where a domestic violence final restraining order exists between the parties. The program will resume October 1, 2023 in the six counties where it originated (Essex, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Ocean, and Somerset) and will be implemented statewide effective January 2, 2024.
To serve as a domestic violence economic mediator, mediators must be approved and listed on the Judiciary's Roster of Mediator's for Economic Aspects of Family Law Cases and take domestic violence mediation training. This two-day course will include techniques for conducting mediation when there is a final restraining order between the parties and the dynamics of domestic violence including power and control, progress of abuse, cycle of violence and issues relating to victims and perpetrators.
Faculty
MODERATOR
Hon. Stephan C. Hansbury
PRESENTERS
Hon. Madelin F. Einbinder
Hon. E. David Millard
Gina G. Bellucci, Esq.
Superior Court Of New Jersey, Trenton
Christine M. Heer, Esq.
Christine M. Heer LLC
Anju Jessani
Divorce Dignity Mediation Services, Hoboken
Phyllis S. Klein, Esq.
Donahue Hagan Klein & Weisberg, LLC, Morristown
is a founding Member of Donahue, Hagan, Klein & Weisberg, LLC
Ellen Reaves
Ellen Reaves, Somerville
TOPICS
· What is domestic violence?
· The dynamics of an abusive relationship
· A survivor's video and debrief
· An overview of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV and five typologies of IPV)
· The power and control wheel
· Why victims stay
· Demonstration of mediation sessions with the survivor and perpetrator
· Addressing power Imbalances
· Simulation Exercises
CLE Credits
NJ CLE: NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 6.7 hours of total CLE credit (NJ General: 6.7).
NY CLE (t&nt): NY Professional Practice Non-Transitional: 6.5
PA CLE: PA Substantive Credit: 5.5
$24.00 fee – separate check payable to NJICLE must be submitted at the end of the program
Click here to register for Economic Mediation with Domestic Violence Restraining Orders.
For questions or to register by phone, please contact an association representative at 732-214-8500, or by email at [email protected].
All the best,
Barb
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Barbara S. Straczynski
Director of New Media and Promotion
New Jersey State Bar Association
One Constitution Square
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
732-937-7524
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