Knowledge and Experience of the Criminal Justice System Should be Passed on to others through Presentations and Outreach

By Julia Alloggiamento

For the past several years, I have had the honor of being asked to do numerous presentations to parents, students, teachers, elected officials, judges and community leaders on a variety of important issues.

Below is a partial list of some of the presentations I have made over the past few years.

Presentations on Delinquency Prevention through Parent Involvement:

• 2010 Beyond the Bench, "Parent Project" (April 30,2010)
• 2010 Mayor's Crime and Gang Prevention Summit, "Parent Engagement: Know Your Rights and Responsibilities as a Parent" (January 23, 2010)
• Valley Medical Center Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Nurses (January 11 and January 14, 2010)
• 2009 Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Pediatric Trauma Seminar (November 14, 2009)
• Santa Clara County Office of Education, Categorical Director/Coordinator Meeting (September 11, 2009)
• Valley Medical Center Pediatricians Grand Rounds, (May 6, 2009)
• Truancy Abatement Collaborative (March 6, 2009)
• Kiwanis Club (December 2, 2008)
• Mayor's Crime and Gang Prevention Summit, "Parenting Skills: Facing Today's Challenges" (November 15, 2008)
• 4th Annual Beyond the Bench Conference, "Today's Delinquency Court: Sex, Gangs, Alcohol and the Internet," (November 7, 2008)
• Mayor's High School Parent Summit, "Gangs and Truancy Panel Discussion" (September 23, 2006)
• Many other presentations made to individual school sites, agencies, or neighborhood associations

• Leland High School, (panel presentation to parents and students) (June 3, 2009)
• Saratoga High School, (panel presentation to parents) (May 7, 2009)
• Yerba Buena High School, (panel presentation to students) (April 21, 2009)
• Leland High School, (panel presentation to students) (February 7, 2008)
• Leland High School, (panel presentation to parents) (February 7, 2008)
• Boynton High School, (panel presentation to students) (January 30, 2008)
• Kehillah Jewish High School, (panel presentation to students) (November 7, 2007)
• Community Forum on Underage Drinking and Driving, hosted by City Councilmember Nancy Pyle (October 24, 2007)
• Gunn High School, (panel presentation to students) (April 17, 2007)
• "Say No to Alcohol," presentation on legal consequences of underage drinking and driving (sponsored by Assemblymember Jim Beall) (September 14, 2007)
• Menlo High School, Every 15 Minutes Program, guest speaker, (April 2007)
• Oak Grove High School, (May 10, 2007)
• Saratoga High School, (panel presentation to students) (November 29, 2006)
• Lincoln High School, (panel presentation for parents and students) (October 27, 2006)
• San Jose Police Department, Interviewed on DVD created for outreach on underage drinking and driving (October 4, 2006)

• National Indian Justice Center, California/Nevada Tribal Technical Assistance Program, "Real DUI Court in the Schools" (presented with the Honorable Gary Nadler, Presiding Judge, Superior Court of Sonoma; the Honorable Richard Vlavianos, Judge, Superior Court of San Joaquin County; Michael Roosevelt, Senior Court Analyst, Administrative Office of the Courts; and Michelle Diedrichs, Public Defender's Office, Santa Clara County) (April 2, 2009)
• 2008 Annual Collaborative Justice Conference, "Collaborative Justice Programs + Community Partners: Leading the Way," "Real DUI Courts in the Schools" (presented with the Honorable Gary Nadler, the Honorable Richard Vlavianos, Janette Zupnik, Ph.D., and Michael Roosevelt from the Administrative Office of the Courts as moderator) (April 10, 2008)
• Administrative Office of the Courts, "DUI Prevention: Train the Trainer" (January 17, 2008)
• Beyond the Bench XVIII: Access and Fairness, "DUI Courts in School Project" (presented with the Honorable Gary Nadler, Presiding Judge, Superior Court of Sonoma; the Honorable Richard Vlavianos, Judge, Superior Court of San Joaquin County; Michael Roosevelt, Senior Court Analyst, Administrative Office of the Courts; and JJ Kapp, Public Defender, Santa Clara County) (December 14, 2007).
• DUI Court in Schools Broadcast for Presiding Judges and Court Executive Officers though Administrative Office of the Court, a Presiding Judge and CEO Roundtable broadcast, "DUI prevention" (presented with other broadcast participants including the Honorable William J. Murray, Assistant Presiding Judge, Superior Court of San Joaquin County; the Honorable Richard Vlavianos, Superior Court of San Joaquin County; Ms. Denise Gordon, Court Executive Officer, Superior Court of Sonoma County; and Mr. J.J. Kapp, Office of the Public Defender, County of Santa Clara) (October 17, 2007)
• San Jose State, DUI Court in school, prosecutor and question and answer session (October 15, 2007)
• Milpitas High School DUI Court in School program, question and answer session (September 28, 2007)

• Mayor's Gang Prevention Task Force Policy Team, Truancy Update (October 16, 2009)
• James Lick High School orientation, "Truancy Laws and Consequences" (August 25, 2007)
• Yerba Buena High School parent meeting, "Truancy Consequences" (April 19, 2007)
• James Lick High School, "Truancy" presentation to students (December 12, 2006)
• Parent Institute for Quality Education, "Truancy Law and Consequences" (November 20, 2006)
• Monthly presentations made to approximate 400-600 individuals (truant youth and their parents) in the Eastside Union High School District regarding truancy laws and consequences (2006-present)

• San Jose Police Department, Trial Training for Officers (April 11, 2006)

• "Interviewing Witnesses and Report Writing" (January 29, 2009)
• "Search and Seizure Laws" (January 8, 2009)
• "Evidence" (December 2008)

• "Law Related Education" Inservice (October 2009)
• "Law Related Education" Inservice (October 2008)
• "Law Related Education" Inservice (October 11, 2007)
• "Law Related Education" Inservice (October 12, 2006)
• Collaborated with district to create DVD for San Jose Unified teachers and staff regarding Law Related Educations: Justice, Authority and Responsibility (2008)

• Buchser Middle School GAINS (Girls Achieving In Nontraditional Subjects), "Non-traditional jobs for women" (December 2009)
• Santa Clara County Office of Education Board Meeting, "Gang Awareness and Prevention in San Jose" (presented with Chief Assistant District Attorney Marc Buller) (September 2, 2009)
• Yerba Buena High School (Law Class), Criminal Justice System (September 24, 2007)
• Numerous classroom presentations made to students throughout San Jose Unified on the criminal justice system, the U.S. Constitution, and trial techniques