Women's and Children's Advocacy Project
Welcome to the Judicial Language Project.
Initiated in 2005, the Judicial Language Project was the first of its kind in the country. The project aims to identify language in judicial opinions that inappropriately implies that the victim of the violence sought out the violence, participated willingly in the violence, or otherwise was in some way responsible for the violence.Students who work in this project identify the objectionable language, state why it is objectionable, and propose more acceptable ways of saying the same thing. These summaries are posted on-line, searchable by state. The goal of this project is to make the public and the judiciary aware of language that is demeaning or insulting to women, children, and other victims of violence.