Domestic Violence Crisis: A Conversation with
Hon. John M. Leventhal ’79 and Professor Elizabeth Schneider

Monday, November 14, 2016
6 to 8 p.m.
Reception to Follow

About the Program
Hon. John M. Leventhal ’79, Associate Justice of the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, will be in conversation with Elizabeth Schneider, Rose L. Hoffer Professor of Law and Director of the Edward V. Sparer Public Interest Law Fellowship Program. They will discuss the current crisis in domestic violence and Judge Leventhal’s book My Partner, My Enemy: An Unflinching View of Domestic Violence and New Ways to Protect Victims.

In My Partner, My Enemy Judge John M. Leventhal sheds light on an issue that desperately needs to be addressed: How do we help reduce and eliminate intimate partner abuse, especially when the public knows so little and much goes unreported? Judge Leventhal explores case studies of violent and abusive men and their motivations to uncover the enormity of the domestic violence crisis and present ways to help. Read reviews of the book here.

This program is sponsored by Brooklyn Law School’s Center for Criminal Justice.

John M. Leventhal ’79 is Associate Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department. Judge Leventhal was first elected to the Supreme Court, Second Judicial District, in November 1994 and re-elected in 2008, during which time he presided over the nation’s first felony Domestic Violence Court. He is a frequent lecturer on evidence, domestic violence, elder abuse, guardianship and other topics before Bar Associations, law schools, civic groups, court administrators and governmental agencies.


Elizabeth Schneider is the Rose L. Hoffer Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School and Director of the Edward V. Sparer Public Interest Law Fellowship Program. She is an international expert on sex discrimination law and violence against women and has trained lawyers and judges on these issues around the world. She teaches courses on Women and the Law and Domestic Violence and the Law. She is the author of the prize-winning book, Battered Women and Feminist Lawmaking (Yale 2000), co-author of the leading law school casebook, Domestic Violence and the Law: Theory and Practice (with Cheryl Hanna, Emily J. Sack and Judith G. Greenberg) (Foundation Press, 3d. 2013), and co-editor of Women and the Law Stories (with Stephanie M. Wildman) (Foundation Press. 2011), as well as numerous articles. She is a frequent commentator for print and broadcast media.

RSVP online before Thursday, November 10, 2016:
www.brooklaw.edu/leventhal-conversation

Location
Brooklyn Law School
Subotnick Center
250 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY
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Copies of My Partner, My Enemy (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016) will be available for purchase.