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    January 2022 Washington Letter

     

    Federal Government

    ABA Advocacy Successes in the First Session of the 117th Congress

    Throughout 2021, President Joseph R. Biden and Congress were preoccupied and divided over how to respond to the ever-changing pandemic.

    This Month's Articles

    Advocate of the Month

    Andrew King-Ries is a professor at the Blewitt School of Law at the University of Montana. Professor King-Ries is the Chair of the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence. He teaches Domestic Violence, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Race and Racism, Juvenile Justice, Evidence, and supervises the Domestic Violence Clinic and the Prosecution Clinics. He was a speechwriter for the Secretary of Education, Lauro Cavazos; a clerk for the United States Court of Appeals of the Eighth Circuit; and, for eight years, was a prosecutor, specializing in domestic violence cases, for the King County Prosecutor's Office in Seattle, Washington. Professor King-Ries has advocated for VAWA, other federal legislation and policies as both member and Chair of the ABA Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence. His steadfast leadership and voice on what has been deemed solely a women's issue has helped to break barriers for all to be strong advocates against gender based violence.

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