Bringing you the latest in collaborative court programming, research, and trends from professionals across the country in a variety of disciplines.

In this installment of our collaborative court speaker series, we welcome Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui from the District of Columbia. Watch our chat about his work in his collaborative court and connecting providers and participants in the reentry population.

Please join us for a robust discussion with Victim Witness Coordinator Maureen French from the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern District of California where we’ll talk through providing support, working collaboratively, and our approach to helping people.

For our first speaker series engagement of 2024, we welcomed Dr. Amy Lopez of Hand2Heart DC and Past the Edges Consulting. We discussed the intersection of reentry and education in addition to developing and sustaining programs both in and out of custody.

Please join A Curiae for our next speaker series with Officers James, Hutchings, and Chu of the Northern District of California. The Officers of collaborative courts carry a heavy burden and caseload when it comes to supervision and program compliance. In this webinar, we’ll go in-depth about the relationships Officers build with staff, clients, and the Court, and how they problem solve through stress, case load, and the demand of the program.

Please join me for our next speaker series where John Domantay will discuss his experience working with community treatment providers, substance use issues, and collaborative courts in Alameda County. We will talk about identifying issues with court participants and improving staff collaboration in the drug court setting. Lastly, we will discuss predictions of where collaborative courts are heading post-pandemic and what community relationships will be necessary to ensure success in these programs. Bio: John Domantay has worked with the Superior Court of Alameda County since 2006 as Treatment Specialist/Case Manager in the Office of Collaborative Court Services. John’s experience includes work in the Adult Criminal Treatment Court, Family Treatment Court, and the Homeless & Caring Court. While attending law school, John was employed as a counselor at the Bay Area Addiction Research and Treatment (BAART) clinic in San Francisco. John has a B.A. in Psychology and Criminology from the University of South Florida and obtained a J.D. from John F. Kennedy University School of Law. In law school, John also completed internships in San Francisco with the Homeless Advocacy Project and the California Appellate Project.