Court Watch Montgomery: A Report on Protective Order Outcomes

Join us for a conversation on the impact of court watch programs on domestic violence protection order hearings. Leslie A. Hawes, the Executive Director of Court Watch Montgomery, will discuss the organization’s work in civil protective orders and criminal intimate partner violence hearings in Montgomery County, Maryland. She will also discuss the results of their latest 2022 Report-Protection Order Outcomes. This project was supported by Grant No. 15JOVW-21-GK-02253-MUMU awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.