Helpful toolkit to assist judges in addressing child sexual exploitation.
Publisher: National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
[pdf] How Immigration Law and Policies Impact State Courts — When Children and Litigants are Victims of Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, or Sexual Assault (NCJFCJ, In-Session -Fall 2023) (+)
This In-Session article discusses immigration policy updates that have occurred in 2021 – 2023 and the impact that what these policies mean for state courts adjudicating a range of family court cases involving immigrant children, immigrant crime victims, and child victims living in mixed immigration status families.
[pdf] SIJS Webinar PowerPoint Presentation (October 4, 2022) (+)
[pdf] Afghan Refugees DV NCJFCJ Reno PowerPoint Presentation (July 19, 2022) (+)
[pdf] Resource Guide: Improving Awareness of Human Trafficking Issues in Indigenous Communities (+)
[pdf] National Judicial Network Peer-to-Peer Session Presentation (April 6, 2021) (+)
PowerPoint presentation on Trauma given at The National Judicial Network’s second peer-to-peer session on April 6th, 2021.
[pdf] What Family and Child Welfare Judges Need to Know: Legal Options for Immigrant Adult, Teen and Child Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence (July 21, 2020) (+)
This slideshow provides judges with the legally correct information about intersecting immigration, family and benefits laws needed to issue more effective and enforceable orders and discovery rulings. There are tips, tools and resources for family law cases involving immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child/elder abuse.
[pdf] U Visa Certification and Custody (July 30, 2019) (+)
This presentation explains the importance of access to legally correct information about U.S. immigration laws when issuing rulings in custody cases. It also covers signing U and T visa certifications and implementing procedures for signing U or T visa certifications in family, civil, and criminal cases that are consistent with federal law. The goal is […]
[pdf] Working with Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence: Family Law and Immigration Relief in Synergy Newsletter of the Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Child Protection and Custody (Winter 2004) (+)
This newsletter addresses the challenges faced by immigrant women dealing with domestic violence, but also provides insight into the Violence Against Women act and its tools that help battered immigrant women take charge of their own lives and immigration cases. It, also, discusses a labor law enacted in Illinois in 2003 that is designed to protect victims of domestic violence, two case holdings concerning the purpose of guardian ad litem reports in custody disputes and expanding the category of acts that constitute domestic violence.