michelle montgomery

* Public Company * 501-1000 employees * TWX * Entertainment industry

* Performed legal and social policy research pertaining to New York’s practice of transferring youth to adult criminal court. * Collaborated on group research memorandum regarding the constitutionality of the New York Juvenile Offender Law.

* Work in collaboration with the University of Minnesota Program in Human Sexuality to implement and monitor the Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale (SOTIPS), a dynamic assessment instrument utilized by the New York City Department of Probation in order to assess the risks and needs of male sex offenders in all five boroughs * Manage and evaluate data collection and quality control * Coordinate and plan training sessions, weekly meetings and provide technical reports to the National Institute of Justice (NIJ)

* Assisted the Honorable Toko Serita, by performing legal and social policy research pertaining to the courts Prostitution Diversion/Anti-Trafficking Initiative. * Worked with attorneys and service providers to ensure court-involved individuals received the appropriate sentencing option.

* Responsible for the guidance, and supervision of juveniles in a secure residential setting. * Planned and developed activities that enhanced the growth and development of the individual child. * Provided individual and group assessments; facilitated individual and group counseling sessions.

* Prepared monthly case reviews that detailed the client’s progress toward treatment plan completion. * Developed and monitored the specified recovery program for each assigned client. * Helped clients reach individual treatment goals by assessing background information such as family and criminal history. * Prepared reports that evaluated the youth’s performance within the program while providing consistent, goal-oriented support for the client.

* Conduct initial needs and bio-psycho-social assessments. * Perform crisis intervention and short-term counseling for clients. * Assist clients with re-entry goals by providing housing, financial, and substance abuse assistance. * Work closely with attorneys in order to develop alternative sentencing plans including substance * abuse treatment, domestic violence, mental health counseling, and other alternatives to incarceration.

Relevant Coursework: The Child, Family and State (Columbia Law School) Constitutional Ideas of the Founding Era (Columbia Law School) Cuba Law and Policy (Columbia Law School) Behavioral Health in Corrections Programming: People Returning from Incarceration Social Welfare Policy Activities and Societies: Policy Caucus, Study Abroad: Havana, Cuba (Columbia Law School)