This year, 2024, marks the 25th Anniversary of the National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence (NJIDV). Launched in 1999, NJIDV offers education programs for judges from around the country, helping them develop or enhance their skills in handling a wide range of criminal and civil cases involving domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, elder abuse, and stalking.

We are excited to announce the 2024 dates for the NJIDV Anniversary program.  In addition to the Enhancing Judicial Skills in Domestic Violence Cases (EJS) Workshop, we are hosting a Pre-Institute the afternoon before each EJS workshop to highlight emerging issues around intimate partner violence of particular interest to judicial officers. More information will be provided with the acceptance letter for the June or December programs.

The EJS workshop will address domestic violence topics using hypothetical case problems, role-play exercises, small group discussions, and faculty demonstrations. This highly interactive format enables judges from different jurisdictions and levels of experience to learn one another.

All state and tribal court judges and judicial officers nationwide are eligible to attend this workshop. Participation for each workshop is limited to 50 attendees. Applications will be reviewed on a first come, first serve basis.

There is no charge for the educational portion of these workshops. Participants are responsible for making their own travel arrangements and are responsible for all travel-related costs.

These programs are pending approval. Please do not make travel arrangements until you have been confirmed by the registrar. Scholarship funding is available to assist with airfare and/or lodging costs. To apply for scholarship funding, or if you have any questions about the EJS workshop please contact, Jenny Talancon at jtalancon@ncjfcj.org.

This project was supported by Grant No. 15JOVW-23-GK-05117-MUMU 
 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this website/publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice, or the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. The recipient also agrees to ensure that any subrecipient at any tier will comply with this condition.