Please join our cause to help make Montgomery County courts safe and respectful places where domestic violence victims are entitled to receive more effective legal protections.
By volunteering with Court Watch Montgomery, you will have the opportunity to work with others who share your values and interests in social justice, human rights, criminology, law, and sociology. No prior knowledge of the legal system is required.
Court monitors attend and observe domestic violence protective order hearings in two Montgomery County courthouses (in Silver Spring and Rockville). Monitors complete questionnaires for each court case they attend, creating a rich source of objective data from which to analyze and report how domestic violence cases are handled in Montgomery County’s courts.
Data entry volunteers collect and compile the data captured by court monitors. Court Watch then analyzes the data to identify important patterns and trends that can put survivors of domestic violence and their children at unnecessary risk.
Court Watch Montgomery is a respectful, inclusive organization. We welcome everyone and do not discriminate based on race, sex, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, or creed.
All volunteers are expected to conform to our culture of inclusion when attending organization events and when in court.
Shelley Caplan
Nikolay Michalowskij
Joe Wever
Jennifer Silver
