Sonoma County Bar Association 

 

Our life experiences give all of us preferences; a bias is also a preference. In this class we explore how those preferences, known and unknown, can inform and filter our perceptions, and when they can be harmful.

 

 

Judge Jennifer V. Dollard
Superior Court of California, County of Sonoma

 

 

Judge Dollard has been with the Sonoma County Superior Court since 2014, receiving her judicial appointment by Governor Edmond G. Brown, Jr., in November 2017. Prior to that she served as a commissioner with the court. She is currently assigned to a misdemeanor arraignment and trial calendar department (including all family law in custody matters), back up for Juvenile Dependency, VALOR court and Traffic. Prior to moving to Sonoma County, she served as the Judge assigned to Small Claims, Unlawful Detainers, Traffic, Short Cause, Limited Jurisdiction Civil and Family Law Trials, Restraining Order hearings and Misdemeanor Arraignments for the Shasta County Superior Court. Prior to her work on the bench, she held the Senior Research Attorney position with Shasta County Superior Court (1999-2007), Deputy District Attorney for Shasta County (1998-1999) and Assistant Judge Advocate (JAG) for the United States Airforce (1994-1998). She received her J.D. from Southwestern University School of Law SCALE Program in 1994 and her B.A. from the University of California, Davis in 1998.

 

 

Date: Friday, January 26, 2018

 

Time: Check-In: 11:45 am; Presentation: 12:00—1:00 pm

 

Presenter(s):

Judge Jennifer V. Dollard, Superior Court of California, County of Sonoma

 

Place:
SCBA Office, 111 Santa Rosa Ave., Ste. 222, Santa Rosa, CA 95404.
Parking for this seminar is ONLY available in the Public Parking Garage at 555 First Street at rate of $.75 per hour. Please do not park in the parking lot at 111 Santa Rosa Avenue.

 

Registration Fee: $60–SCBA Members; $75–Public

 

MCLE: 1.0 Unit Participatory Credit in Elimination of Bias

 

Student: $20 (The student discount is now available online for SCBA Student Members. Students who are not members of SCBA may utilize the student discount by downloading the registration form and submitting it with proof of current enrollment to the SCBA Offices. For more information on becoming a member of SCBA, please contact Susan Demers at (707) 542-1190 ext. 18.)

 

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