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The Tulane Domestic Violence Clinic is a United States clinical legal-education program with an established record of providing holistic services to survivors of domestic violence and filling important gaps in the existing legal services in the Orleans and Jefferson parishes of New Orleans. The Clinic helps clients who would otherwise have to seek out separate lawyers for each of their legal needs, accepting clients with varied legal issues, including highly contested custody disputes, public benefits, housing, crime victim compensation and unemployment claims. The Clinic’s approach is unique in the region and includes aggressively litigating economic issues that affect the safety and long-term financial stability of its clients.〔See Editorial, Taking Batterers Seriously, New Orleans Times Picayune, February 28, 2009, http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1235802179228280.xml&coll=1.〕 It is a part of Tulane University Law School. Third-year law students enroll in the Clinic and represent clients as "student attorneys" while closely supervised by two experienced attorneys, Clinic Director Tania Tetlow and Deputy Director Becki Kondkar. The Clinic provides leadership within the region for systematic change, including organizing strategic planning,〔See Faculty News, http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsfaculty/news.aspx?id=13018&blogid=206〕 preparing a kit to help ''pro se'' petitioners obtain protective orders,〔See Protecting Women Step by Step, Tulane New Wave, March 3, 2010, http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/030310_domestic_violence.cfm.〕 organizing and hosting training events for domestic violence service providers,〔See Domestic Violence CLE, March 17, 2010, http://www.law.tulane.edu/uploadedFiles/Life_After_Law_School/CLE/Domestic%20Violence%20CLE.pdf.〕 and publicizing information about the widespread effects of domestic violence and how to address domestic violence.〔See e.g. "Crime rooted in domestic violence: A guest column by Tania Tetlow," Times Picayune, April 19, 2010 http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2010/04/crime_rooted_in_domestic_viole.html〕 The Tulane Law School Domestic Violence Clinic has been instrumental in changing the face of domestic violence law in and around New Orleans, Louisiana.〔See, e.g., Laura Maggi, Orleans DA targets domestic violence Tulane scholars to aid prosecution, New Orleans Times Picayune (May 7, 2008)〕 ==Events and accomplishments== *The Clinic sponsored a speech by Former Attorney General Janet Reno, "Ending Violence Against Women."〔Janet Reno to discuss violence against women, New Wave, January 31, 2007 http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/013107_janet_reno_to_discuss_violence_against_women.cfm〕 *The Clinic hosted two mandatory trainings on prosecuting domestic violence cases for Assistant District Attorneys in Orleans Parish.〔The Clinic hosted trainings on March 21, 2009 and March 20, 2010 http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsNews/newsItem.aspx?id=9028 and〕 *The Clinic is a leader in training local professionals on domestic violence. Recent trainings include: a free CLE and CEU training which trained over 100 lawyers and social workers,〔Domestic Violence CLE, March 17, 2010, http://www.law.tulane.edu/uploadedFiles/Life_After_Law_School/CLE/Domestic%20Violence%20CLE.pdf〕 an interdisciplinary class and keynote lecture with Dr. Evan Stark, national expert on domestic violence and author of Coercive Control,〔http://tulane.edu/calendar/daily-view.cfm?clicked=1&day=18&month=3&year=2010〕 a training for first year medical students at Tulane University School of Medicine by Dr. Anne Flitcraft, a pioneer in medical analysis of domestic violence and co-author of the seminal book Women at Risk, trainings on the basics of prosecution and probation of domestic violence offenders, and a training at the Family Violence Prevention Fund conference on domestic violence and sexual assault in the wake of disasters,〔http://www.fvpfhealthconference.org/workshops.htm〕 *Clinic Director Tania Tetlow has advised domestic violence clinics in Rwanda, China, and Egypt.〔See e.g. "Change comes to Rwanda," New Wave, September 11, 2009 http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/090909_rwanda.cfm?RenderForPrint=1〕 * Becki Kondkar, Deputy Director of Tulane Law School's Domestic Violence Clinic, was awarded LSU’s “Esprit de Femme” award for “prestigious distinction” on March 29, 2010. Becki was recognized “for her exceptional efforts towards the advancement of women and for her commitment to enriching the lives of all.” Last year’s recipient was Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Kitty Kimball.〔Faculty News http://www.law.tulane.edu/tlsfaculty/news.aspx?blogmonth=4&blogyear=2010&blogid=206〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tulane Law School Domestic Violence Clinic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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