Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i7QLsTR03492; Thu, 26 Aug 2004 17:54:29 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 17:54:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <s12e2350.042@mailsrv21.gsu.edu> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Daphne Greenberg" <alcdgg@langate.gsu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2992] RE: advice for battered woman X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.1 Status: O Content-Length: 1358 Lines: 41 To my query regarding the woman who has been abused by a lawyer, I was sent this reply and I thought that the rest of the listserv might want to know: I would suggest that the woman contact the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence. They CANNOT provide her with direct legal assistance, NOR can they put pressure on the state disciplinary board. [The ABA has no power over state discipline; it's just a voluntary association.] However, there are great people working at the Commission on DV and I know they are very interested in this issue. They could at least provide her with some guidance and possibly (only possibly) someone in her area who could help her more. It is so discouraging (but, sadly, not surprising) that lawyer disciplinary boards are still reacting this way. I will say that at least some state lawyer disciplinary agencies and courts ARE taking the position that DV is the basis for disciplining a lawyer. Daphne Greenberg Assistant Professor Educational Psych. & Special Ed. Georgia State University P.O. Box 3679 Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3979 phone: 404-651-0127 fax:404-651-4901 dgreenberg@gsu.edu Daphne Greenberg Associate Director Center for the Study of Adult Literacy Georgia State University P.O. Box 3977 Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3977 phone: 404-651-0127 fax:404-651-4901 dgreenberg@gsu.edu
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