[WEBINAR] Judicial Strategies to Prevent Firearms Violence: Extreme Risk Protection Orders and Domestic Violence Protection Orders

February 20, 2025

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This webinar, co-presented by the Battered Women’s Justice Project, the National ERPO Resource Center at Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions and the National Council on Juvenile and Family Court Judges, is designed specifically for a judicial audience. The presentation includes a brief overview of the intersection between firearms and domestic violence, and the critical yet unique roles of domestic violence protection orders (DVPOs) and extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs) in promoting safety for survivors of intimate partner violence and communities at-large followed by a panel of judges engaged in a facilitated discussion on effective judicial strategies for the issuance, implementation and enforcement of DVPOs and ERPOs, offering practical insights to strengthen the judicial response to firearms violence prevention. This webinar is a follow-up to an earlier foundational presentation, “Navigating Domestic Violence Protection Orders and Extreme Risk Protection Orders,” co-presented by the Battered Women’s Justice Project and the National ERPO Resource Center at Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions and available in our Resource Library.