National Institute on the Prosecution of Domestic Violence (NIPDV)

NIPDV is a 3 ½ -day highly interactive course designed to challenge participants to re-evaluate their approach to prosecuting domestic violence. The curriculum, facilitated by a multidisciplinary faculty, is grounded in evidence-based prosecution, equipping prosecutors with the skills and strategies to hold offenders accountable regardless of whether victims can participate in an investigation or trial. In addition to practical case evaluation and litigation skills, NIPDV focuses on risk assessment, coordinated community responses, using victim-centered and offender focused strategies for victim interviews, strangulation, intimate partner sexual assault, co-occurring crimes, analyzing digital evidence, capturing tech-facilitated abuse, witness intimidation and forfeiture by wrongdoing, presentation of evidence at trial, expert testimony, jury selection, and ethical considerations. Through a combination of hypothetical case scenarios, participant exercises, small group discussions, interactive lectures, and faculty demonstrations, participants will re-examine their own beliefs about domestic violence and refine their prosecution practices.