Honorable Nancy J. Sidote Salyers To Lead Symposium on Domestic Violence at Oakton Community College

The Honorable Nancy Sidote Salyers will lead a daylong symposium Sept. 18th at Oakton Community College entitled "Domestic Violence: More Reflections From The Other Side of the Bench."

Judge Salyers has spent her entire legal career working on behalf of children and families in crisis. As a prosecutor, she founded and chaired the first county-wide Demostic Violence Prosecutions Task Force. Her passion for improving the court process for children and families is evident in her work as a nationally-recognized presenter on system reform. Salyers will provide a unique opportunity to view domestic violence through the prism of a judge and will explain "best practices" based on her court experience.

Reflections is part of a continuing series of symposia sponsored jointly by the Second Municipal District Family Violence Coordinating Council of the Circuit Court of Cook County and Oakton Community College's Alliance for Lifelong Learning for the benefit of the communities they serve. Upon completion, participants will be familar with legal and procedural issues in domestic violence cases, the challenges facing battered mothers, and how the court determines appropriate resources for batterers and victims.

Symposium on Domestic Violence: More Reflections From The Other Side of the Bench

Oakton Community College

1600 E. Golf Rd., Rooms 1604-1610

Des Plaines, IL

Date: Sept. 18th, 8am to 3:30pm

Registration fee: $30.

Contacts:

Office of Presiding Judge, 847.470.7200

Alliance for Lifelong Learning, 847.635.1808

Web: http://www.oakton.edu/cont_ed/all/index.html