NDAA's 2026 Domestic Violence Conference

📢 Conference & Hotel Update: The response to this year's conference has been overwhelming. As prosecutors and multidisciplinary partners across the country continue to confront increasingly complex domestic violence cases, it became clear that we needed more space to meet the demand.

To allow more professionals to attend this important training, we've relocated the conference to Margaritaville Hotel Nashville, which offers expanded meeting space just a short walk from the Drury Plaza Hotel Nashville Downtown.

We continue to encourage attendees to stay at the Drury Plaza Hotel Nashville Downtown. Through NDAA's room block, the Drury offers an outstanding value, including a $219 nightly rate, complimentary hot breakfast each morning, and the popular 5:30 Kickback®, featuring complimentary evening food and beverages, including up to three complimentary beverages each night. The Drury is approximately a five-minute walk from Margaritaville, making it easy to enjoy the benefits of both properties.

More importantly, the move allows us to welcome more of the prosecutors and multidisciplinary professionals doing this work every day. The growing demand for this conference reflects a simple reality: domestic violence cases are becoming increasingly complex, and the need for practical, prosecutor-focused training has never been greater.

Domestic violence cases are rarely defined by a single incident. They are built over time—through patterns of coercive control, escalating risk, and victim dynamics that shift as a case develops.

Prosecutors are often asked to make critical decisions early, sometimes with limited information, evolving victim participation, and evidence that does not always present clearly at first glance.

Recognizing risk—and building cases that remain strong as those dynamics evolve—is essential. NDAA's 2026 Domestic Violence Conference is designed to support that work.

This is not a theoretical program. It is a practical, prosecutor-focused training built around how domestic violence cases are identified, developed, and prosecuted in real conditions—across investigation, charging decisions, and trial strategy. 

Participants will examine how cases evolve over time, how to identify key indicators of escalating risk, and how to build cases that remain strong—even when victim participation changes. 

What You Will Do in This Program

Domestic violence cases demand more than an understanding of the law—they require prosecutors to recognize patterns of coercive control, assess escalating risk, make strategic charging decisions, and build cases that can withstand the realities of victim dynamics.

Throughout this program, you will learn practical strategies to:

• Identify and respond to lethality risk indicators, including strangulation and stalking.

• Build prosecutable cases that do not rely solely on victim testimony.

• Apply trauma-informed practices to strengthen victim engagement and case outcomes.

• Integrate forensic evidence and expert testimony into case strategy.

• Present coercive control and victim behavior clearly and effectively in court.

• Strengthen collaboration with law enforcement, victim advocates, and multidisciplinary partners.

Every session is designed to connect legal principles with the realities prosecutors face every day—providing practical approaches you can apply immediately in your own cases.

Course Structure

Day 1: Understanding Violence Dynamics
Examine coercive control, trauma, stalking, strangulation, and the patterns of escalating risk that shape domestic violence prosecutions.

Day 2: Litigation Strategy & Evidence
Develop effective case strategies using forensic evidence, expert testimony, and legal approaches that strengthen cases—even when victim participation changes.

Day 3: Investigation, Collaboration & Implementation
Explore multidisciplinary collaboration, investigative practices, and trial preparation from the initial report through case resolution.

Key Topics Include

• Coercive control and patterns of abuse

• Strangulation as a lethality indicator

• Stalking and escalating violence

• Trauma-informed prosecution and victim engagement

• Evidence-based prosecution and cases without victim testimony

• Crawford and forfeiture by wrongdoing

• Forensic evidence and expert testimony

• Multidisciplinary collaboration and coordinated response

Who This Program Is For

This conference is designed for:

• Prosecutors handling domestic violence and other high-risk interpersonal violence cases

• Investigators and law enforcement partners

• Victim advocates and multidisciplinary team members

• Professionals responsible for case development, investigation, and prosecution

If you are responsible for building, investigating, or prosecuting domestic violence cases, this program is designed for you.

Cost

Members: $855
Non-members: $995

Interested in becoming a member? Join NDAA to access member pricing.

Eligibility

NDAA is committed to serving prosecutors and the professionals who support the prosecution function. Attendance is limited to prosecutors, investigators, victim advocates, witness coordinators, paralegals in local, state, tribal, federal, and military government attorneys' offices, law enforcement professionals, and other members of the multidisciplinary team who work in or closely with prosecution.

If you are unsure about your eligibility, please contact training@ndaajustice.org.

Questions?

Please contact training@ndaajustice.org.