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Confronting the Crime:
To improve the prosecution process and conviction rates of domestic violence
offenders, the Legal System Task Force organized a domestic violence training
for over 200 law enforcement officers and prosecutors. Attendees learned from
national experts about best practices for handling of domestic violence cases.
Topics included evidence collection, court testimony and prosecution without
a witness. This session marked the first shared training of these two groups
on this topic in 20 years.
To see photos, visit our photo gallery (coming soon).
For more information on the Legal System task force or any of its initiatives, write to us.
Project Dignity:
An unprecedented four year joint initiative of the Columbus Coalition Against
Family Violence and the Columbus Bar Foundation, Project Dignity helped domestic
violence victims with their legal needs. These included: civil protection orders,
divorce, contested child custody, housing and landlord-tenant
disputes, and employment and health insurance benefits. Project Dignity
assured that three attorneys from the Legal Aid Society of Columbus were available
to help victims.
In 2006, the Legal Aid Society of Columbus received federal funding and was able to continue serving domestic violence victims apart from the Coalition.
For more information on the Legal System task force or any of its initiatives, write to us.
(left to right) Columbus Bar Foundation Vice President
and Schottenstein, Zox and Dunn Co., L.P.A. Principal Susan Rector; Former
Columbus City Attorney and past Columbus Coalition Against Family Violence Legal
System Task Force Chair Janet E. Jackson; Columbus Coalition Against Family
Violence Founder and Board Chair Abigail S. Wexner; and Columbus Coalition
Against Family Violence Executive Director Karen S. Days announce of the
creation of Project Dignity
Court Watch:
For the first time in our local history, a group of paid, trained citizens systematically tracked and monitored domestic violence cases in Franklin County Municipal Court.
In 2000, Court Watchers studied more than 1,500 misdemeanor cases with the goal of improving the criminal justice system’s response to domestic violence. Since then, the Legal System Task Force has used the findings from Court Watch to guide some of our new initiatives.
For more information on the Legal System task force or any of its initiatives, write to us.
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