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Margaret Bell Drew
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EDUCATION: UNIVERISTY OF MASSACHUSETTS
BA HISTORY
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
JD
BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
LL M TAXATION
STATE BAR ADMISSIONS: MASSACHUSETTS AND OHIO
FEDERAL BAR ADMISSIONS: 1ST Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal District Court of MA
Tax Court
LAW SCHOOL TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF LAW
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CLINICAL LAW AND
DIRECTOR, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND
CIVIL PROTECTION ORDER CLINIC.
July 2005 Present
Effective Sept., 2008 Director of Clinics and Experiential
Learning
2008 AWARDEE OF GOLDMAN PRIZE FOR TEACHING
EXCELLENCE
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CLINIC
FULL TIME TEACHING FELLOW AND SUPERVISING
ATTORNEY
July 2001 August 2002
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF LAW
COURSES: FAMILY LAW LITIGATION SEMINAR
BATTERED WOMEN AND THE LAW
February 2003 March 2005
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI LAW SCHOOL SERVICE:
Chair: Diversity Committee
Chair: Joint Degree Program Committee
STUDENT ADVISOR: ADVISOR TO "LAW WOMEN"
ADVISOR TO ONE STUDENT PER YEAR WHO IS A JOINT
DEGREE STUDENT- LAW AND WOMEN'S STUDIES PROGRAM
UNIVERSITY SERVICE:
MEMBER OF SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE TEAM
TRAINER TO U.C. WOMEN'S CENTER-TRAIN STUDENT
ADVOCATES WHO SUPPORT STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED
MEMBER OF WOMEN'S STUDIES GRANT AND SCHOLARSHIP
COMMITTEE
PRIVATE PRACTICE:
LAW OFFICES OF MARGARET B. DREW
1981-2005. PRIMARY PRACTICE FAMILY LAW
REPRESENTED MANY VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
SECONDARY PRACTICES REAL ESTATE AND ESTATES.
PRACTICED IN TRIAL COURTS AND APPELLATE COURT OF
MASSACHUSETTS.
1980-1981: ALPERT AND EASTMAN CORPORATE
PRACTICE
BAR ASSOCIATION POSITIONS:
SPECIAL ADVISOR: AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
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2006-Present
LIASION FROM THE COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
TO THE COMMISSION ON YOUTH AT RISK
2006 - Present
CHAIR, AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION COMMISSION ON
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
2004-2006
CO-CHAIR AMICUS COMMITTEE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF WOMEN LAWYERS 2005 Present; CHAIR 1998-2005
MEMBER, SUPREME COURT COMMITTEE, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN LAWYERS
2005 Present
PAST PRESIDENT, MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF
WOMEN LAWYERS 1994-1995 - RECOGNIZED BY THE
ASSOCIATION IN 2005 AS ONE OF MASSACHUSETTS'
WOMEN OF DISTINCTION IN LAW AND PUBLIC SERVICE
MEMBER OF MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME COURT PRO BONO
COMMITTEE, 1995
CLINIC MANUALS:
Developed Legal Intern Manual for Domestic Violence
Clinic students. The Manual is an introduction to clinic
practice including topics such as office procedure,
interviewing, recordkeeping and drafting pleadings.
Developed Domestic Violence Clinic Resource and Referral
Manual. The manual provides resources for clients in a
variety of areas from housing to mental health.
PUBLICATIONS:
Essay on Self-Care, Healing Ourselves, Published In ABA
Commission on Domestic E-Newsletter, January 2008
Primary author of judicial guide to safe visitation to be
published by the National Counsel of Juvenile and Family
Court Judges. Scheduled publication date, November,
2008
Editor, Civil Protection Order Standards of Practice, 2008
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Book Review of Violence Against Women, Vol. 1-3;
Printed in Sexual Assault Report, Vol. 10, No. 4 March 2007
Civil Protection Order Practice, 3d. ed. American Bar
Association Commission on Domestic Violence, 2007,
contributing author.
Do Ask and Do Tell: The Lawyer's Duty to Warn in
Domestic Violence Cases, Spring 2007, Cincinnati College
of Law Review (Symposium) co-authored with S. Buel
Lawyer Malpractice and Domestic Violence Cases: Are We
Re-Victimizing Our Clients? Family Law Quarterly, Spring
2005
Impact of Domestic Violence on Your Legal Practice, 2d ed.
American Bar Association, 2004. Author and Editor. Wrote
sections on Pro Bono Practice, Client Interviewing, Gay and
Lesbian Considerations, Tax Considerations.
Impact of Domestic Violence on Your Legal Practice, 1st.
ed. American Bar Association, 2001. Contributing author.
Civil Protection Order Practice, 2d. ed. American Bar
Association Commission on Domestic Violence, 1998,
contributing author.
Projects In Development:
Discovery Handbook in Domestic Violence Cases, co-
authoring with Kelly Stone Gainer of Oklahoma City
College of Law
Regrettable- The Sad Language of Violence Against
Women
Article discusses the impact on female victims of violence
misguided judicial speech (victim blaming, etc.)
Conferences and Presentations:
Scheduled: Child Custody Institute, St. Louis, MO, Sept. 2008
Domestic Violence and Collaborative Law, New Orleans,
October, 2008
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Helping Clients Heal Through Community Partnerships
AALS Mid-West Clinical Conference, November, 2008
Completed:
Regional Forensic Conference, March 2008, presentation to
medical personnel and prosecutors on domestic violence
dynamics and the criminal law overlay
Mental Illness Issues and Domestic Violence,
collaboration between Mental Illness Association
of Southwest Ohio and University of Cincinnati College of
Law Domestic Violence Clinic. February, 2008
Moderated panel on the 30th Anniversary of the enactment
of the Massachusetts civil protection order statute,
January, 2008
Keynote Address, Rape Crisis and Abuse Center of
Hamilton County OH Annual Meeting November, 2007
Topic: "When Our Work is Done" A reflection on
self-care for those who serve victims of violence.
National Network To End Violence Against Immigrant
Women Advanced Family Law, Lexington, KY, November
2007.
Domestic Violence Law and Dynamics, Clermont and
Brown (Ohio) County Bar Associations, October, 2007
National Civil Law Custody Institutes: San Francisco, June,
2007 and Tampa, January, 2007. Presented on
Interviewing in Domestic Violence Cases Where Sexual
Assault is a Factor.
Facilitator at Custody Evaluation Institute presented by the
Muskie Institute, Portland, ME June, 2007.
Guest Lecturer, University of Cincinnati School of Social
Work, Domestic Violence and the Legal Process, May 2007
Presented on Advanced Property Distribution for Survivors
of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking at a
Conference on Economic Remedies for Survivors,
Baltimore. November, 2006.
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Facilitated a discussion on Joint Custody in Domestic
Violence cases, Northeastern University School of Law, as
part of the 15th anniversary of the Domestic Violence
Institute, October, 2006
Guest Speaker, The Lawyers Club of Cincinnati, Domestic
Violence and the Lawyer's Ethical Obligations, May 2006
Steering Committee Member, ABA Commission on
Domestic Violence, Establishing Standards of Practice in
Civil Protection Order Cases, May, 2006
Teleconference presenter for Florida Guardian Ad Litem
Association, Secondary Trauma for Lawyers and Others
Working on Abuse Cases, April 2006
Presented on The Lawyers Duty to Warn an Intended
Victim of Domestic Violence or Stalking, The Future of the
Duty to Protect, Scientific and Legal Perspective on
Tarasoff's Thirtieth Anniversary Symposium. University of
Cincinnati March, 2006
Immigrant Battered Women, Panel Discussion, University
of Cincinnati College of Law, March, 2006
Numerous presentations prior to 2006 not included.
Awards: Goldman Prize for Excellence in Teaching, April 2008
Rosa Parks Committee of the Women's Bar Association of
Massachusetts, January 2008 For Commitment to Justice
and the Rule of Law
Recognized by the Massachusetts Association of Women
Lawyers as one of the state's most influential lawyers,
June 2005
Misc. Regularly presents to advocates and volunteers, Women
Helping Women, formerly Women Helping Women
(formerly The Rape Crisis and Abuse Center of Hamilton
County, Ohio) on legal remedies for victims of violence
Member: Workgroup of the ABA Tax Section to review
proposed regulations for family law tax issues
Member of Hamilton County Fatality Review Team
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Media:
January, 2008 appeared on Channel 9, Cincinnati and
quoted in the Cincinnati Enquirer following local domestic
violence murders
April 2, 2007, Quoted in front page story of Cincinnati
Enquirer on topic of mothers arrested for failure to protect
their children when the children are abused by a third
party household member. Law Puts Mother's Duty Under
Scrutiny.
August 18, 2006, Quoted in Washington Post article on
Tort suits filed by victims of domestic violence, Woman
Beaten By Husband Wins Suit
January 2006, ABA Journal, Ripple Effects, Quoted in
article on secondary trauma experienced by lawyers
working with victims of violence
September 2005, ABA Journal, When Home Comes to
Work, Quoted on status of domestic violence and the
courts
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