Drawing on the Director’s (pictured left) 15 years of appellate experience at DV LEAP, the non-profit she founded in 2004, the Center participates in selective federal, Supreme Court, and state-level appeals, including those involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of international child abduction. The Center produces amicus briefs in partnership with pro bono lawyers from a selective network of law firms. The Center uses these friend-of-the-court briefs to bring together broad coalitions of concerned professionals and advocates to educate courts while strengthening the national grassroots movement for change.