Working in the Community

Opinion: Kids in Common provides strong voice for county children
January 18, 2023,  San Jose Mercury News

Corporal Punishment and The Law
Spring 2019, The Bench, the official magazine of the California Judges Association

Opinion: Let’s Outlaw Spanking Young Children in California
December 23, 2018, San Jose Mercury News

The History of “Beyond the Bench”
Spring 2018, The Bench, the official magazine of the California Judges Association

Opinion: How Santa Clara County can improve children’s lives
February 25, 2018, San Jose Mercury News

Juvenile Justice Exchange: China and the United States
Winter 2018, The Bench, the official publication of the California Judges Association

Juvenile Court Corner: Children Of Incarcerated Mothers
Summer 2017, The Bench, the official publication of the California Judges Association
Children of incarcerated mothers do not fare well. As a community we should attempt to make it possible for these children to have more and better quality contact with their parents.

County needs to help kids whose moms are in jail
Editorial by Leonard Edwards and Susan Eilenberg, who is a trustee of the San Jose Unified School District and member of the Santa Clara County Commission on the Status of Women. They wrote this for the San Jose Mercury News, February 3, 2017. (See the response.)

Suspensions and Expulsions: It’s Time For a Change
Spring 2013, The Bench, the official magazine of the California Judges Association

Op-ed: Suspensions hurt kids, schools and don’t improve safety
1/25/2013, San Jose Mercury News

Family Reunification Day
Spring, 2010, The Bench, the official magazine of the California Judges Association

Community Foundations & the Juvenile Court – A New Relationship Today
Fall 1999, Today: Juvenile and Family Justice