For Immediate Release	January 17, 1996
 
Wisconsin Judge Discusses Domestic Abuse In Lawrence University Address
 
	
	
	APPLETON, WIS. - Wisconsin Court of Appeals Judge Charles Schudson, who
as a prosecutor in the Milwaukee District Attorney's office helped develop the
nation' domestic abuse in a Downer Feminist Council Forum Tuesday, Jan. 23 at 
Lawrence University.  Schudson will deliver the address, "Battered Women and 
Abused Children:  A Feminist Male in the Judicial System," at 4:15 p.m. in 
Riverview Lounge of the Lawrence Memorial Union.  The event is free and open to
the public.
	Schudson has testified on battered women before numerous congressional
committees and was the lead witness on child sexual abuse hearings in 1990
before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee.  In 1989, Schudson co-
authored the book, "On Trial:  America's Courts and Their Treatment of Sexually
Abused Children."  The book, now in its fifth printing, received critical
acclaim and has been used for training judges in the justice system.  
	Schudson served as a Circuit Court judge in the juvenile and criminal
courts of  Milwaukee County from 1982-92 before being elected to the Wisconsin
Court of Appeals in 1992.  He is currently a candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme
Court. 	 
	A native of Milwaukee, Schudson serves on the board of directors of the
National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse and the National Resource Center on
Child Sexual Abuse.  He earned his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth and his law
degree from the University of Wisconsin.  	 	   		       


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