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Monday April 23
2018
 Divorces, Supreme Court Matrimonial Practice, and Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence

In this introductory training, participants will learn matrimonial-specific rules pertaining to Supreme Court practice, and we will explore some of the thorny ethical issues and professional responsibility mandates involved in handling divorce as well as domestic/intimate partner violence (DV/IPV). Participants will get an overview of the legal issues at stake in divorces, from maintenance to orders of protection. We will talk about how to identify IPV and talk about issues practitioners face when working with survivors of IPV. Finally, this training explores our implicit biases about “DV victims” and helps practitioners to ensure equal access to justice for LGBTQ families with custody/visitation issues.

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  • When
    Monday, April 23, 2018
    2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Location
    Bronx Legal Services
    349 East 149th St., 10th floor
    Bronx, NY 10451
  • CLE Credits
    Ethics and Professionalism: 0.50
    Areas of Professional Practice: 1.50
    Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias: 1.00
  • Format
    Traditional Live Classroom
  • Practice Area(s)
    Family
  • Price: $0
  • Materials
    Contains 1 training item(s)

About the Faculty

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    Jack Newton (Speaker)

    Jack Newton (he, him, el) is the Director of Public Benefits & LGBTQ Advocacy at Bronx Legal Services. Jack co-authored the chapter entitled, "Public Assistance and Housing: Navigating Difficult Benefits Systems," in the Lawyer's Manual on Domestic Violence: Representing the Victim (6th ed., 2014). Prior to joining LSNYC, Jack worked at The Legal Aid Society in family, immigration, benefits, and housing matters. He was a member of the FEPS litigation team and counsel in Pena v. Doar and Velez v. Roberts. Jack earned his law degree from the University of Texas and a Master's of Social Work from Columbia University.
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    Jane Aoyama-Martin (Speaker)

    Ms. Aoyama-Martin spent her earliest years as an attorney serving the poor as a legal services fellow in upstate NY and then as a staff attorney at Bronx Legal Services. She is a founding and former Board member of the New York Asian Women?s Center, the first project on the East Coast to organize women to address the problems of battering and sexual assault in Asian communities. She has worked as a NYS Assistant Attorney General, solo practitioner, and senior associate in a private firm. For nearly 10 years, Ms. Aoyama-Martin headed the Legal Aid Society?s family law practice in the Bronx and Harlem, and co-supervised the Society?s city-wide Domestic Violence Project. Just prior to rejoining Bronx Legal Services, she served for 9 years as the Executive Director of the Pace Women?s Justice Center at Pace Law School.Jane graduated from UC Berkeley, School of Social Welfare, and UCLA School of Law. She is admitted to practice in NY and CA.