Amy Applegate: Maurer School of Law: Indiana University Bloomington

Amy Applegate

Clinical Professor of Law, Ralph F. Fuchs Faculty Fellow, and Director, Viola J. Taliaferro Family and Children Mediation Clinic

Email:: aga@indiana.edu
Phone:: (812) 855-8684
Location:: Lewis Building 303

Education

Cornell University B.A. 1978
Harvard University J.D. 1981

Courses

Domestic Relations Mediation (B563)
Family and Children Mediation Clinic (B691)

Background

Recipient, Indiana University Trustees' Teaching Award, 2012 and 2016
Chair, Executive Committee of the AALS Section on Clinical Legal Education, 2010
Chair, Clinical Committee, Association of American Law Schools (AALS), 2012–2014
Co-Chair, Planning Committee for the 2011 AALS Clinical Conference (June 2011)
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, the Kinsey Institute, April 2015–December 2016
Received her bachelor's degree (with distinction in all subjects) in 1978 from Cornell University; earned her J.D. cum laude in 1981 from Harvard Law School
Member of Phi Beta Kappa
Associate, Peabody Rivlin Lambert & Meyers, Washington, D.C., 1981-82
Staff Attorney, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., 1982-84
Associate, Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, Washington, D.C., 1984-87
Partner, Brown Cummins & Brown, Cincinnati, 1989-2001

Biography

Professor Applegate is admitted to practice law in Indiana and the District of Columbia. She is a registered domestic relations mediator in Indiana. Her pro bono work has included mediations, guardian ad litem (GAL) appointments, representation of court-appointed special advocates, and protective order cases.

Applegate currently teaches Indiana Law's mediation theory and practice courses, guiding students to become registered domestic relations mediators in Indiana through the Domestic Relations Mediation Course and the Viola J. Taliaferro Family and Children Mediation Clinic. In this program, students provide pro bono mediation services to indigent and low-income litigants in disputed custody, parenting-time, and other family law cases. Applegate and her students also collaborate in research and training with faculty and graduate students from IU's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and others to improve existing ADR processes, and develop additional interventions for high-conflict families. Applegate and colleagues have conducted research on family law issues, focusing on families experiencing parental divorce or separation. She and her colleagues have developed and tested the best methods of screening for a history of IPV in cases seeking family mediation, so that mediators are aware of IPV and consider the possible impact of IPV on the mediation process. They also conduct randomized controlled trials testing the effectiveness of family law interventions, including different mediation approaches (for both families with and without histories of IPV) and online parent education programs. Applegate has co-authored many publications in her research areas. Additionally, she has presented individually, as well as with her collaborators, in presentations at state, national, and international conferences about her research and practice areas.

Prior to directing the mediation clinic, she taught the Child Advocacy Clinic, where she trained and supervised law students in GAL cases.

Applegate is the editor of the SSRN Law and Society Family Law, Relations and Dispute Resolution Journal, on the editorial board of the Family Court Review. She was the co-recipient of the 2017 Indiana University Outstanding Faculty Collaborative Research with one of her IU research collaborators. In 2012 and 2016, Applegate was the recipient of the Indiana University Trustees' Teaching Award. In 2008, she was the recipient of the Indiana State Bar Association's Women in the Law Recognition Award. In 2005, she was co-recipient of the Randall T. Shepard Award for Excellence in Pro Bono Publico Service, a statewide award granted by the Indiana Pro Bono Commission. She earned the Leonard D. Fromm Public Interest Faculty Award at the Law School in 2003, 2005, and 2020.

Selected Works

Rossi, F. S., Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Applegate, A. G., & Beck, C. J. (2019, December 2). Subtypes of Violent Separating or Divorcing Couples Seeking Family Mediation and Their Association with Personality and Criminality Characteristics. Psychology of Violence. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/vio0000271
Adams, J., Applegate, A.G., Beck, C. J. Holtzworth-Munroe, A, and Rossi, F. (April 2019). New Services for Families in the DC Superior Court. ABA Dispute Resolution Magazine.
Applegate, A.G. (2018). Book Review: How Mediation Works Theory, Research and Practice by Stephen B. Goldberg, Jeanna M. Brett, Breatrice Blohorn-Brenneur, with Nancy H. Rogers. Family Court Review, 56(3), 506-12. doi.org/10.1111/fcre.12368.
Rossi, F. S., Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Applegate, A. G., Beck, C. J., Adams, J. M., & Hale, D. F. (2017). Shuttle and online mediation: A review of available research and implications for separating couples reporting intimate partner violence or abuse. Family Court Review, 55(3), pp 390-403.
Rudd, B.N., Poladian, A.R., Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Applegate, A.G, & D’Onofrio, B.M. (2017). Randomized Control Trial Follow Up: Online Parent Program and Waiting Period for Unmarried Parents in Title IV-D Court. Journal of Family Psychology, 31(3), pp. 381-386. doi: 10.1037/fam0000255.
Poladian, A.R., Rudd, B.N., Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Applegate, A.G., & D’Onofrio, B.M. (2017). Predictors of initial agreement and one-year re-litigation in Title IV-D contested paternity cases. Family Court Review, 55 (2), pp. 243-259. doi: 10.1111/fcre.12275.
Rudd, B.N., Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Reyome, J.G., Applegate, A.G., & D’Onofrio, B.M. (2015). Randomized Control Trial: Online Parent Program and Waiting Period for Unmarried Parents in Title IV-D Court. The Journal of Family Psychology, 29(5), pp. 679-686. doi: 10.1037/fam0000106.
Rudd, B.N., Ogle, R.K., Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Applegate, A.G., & D’Onofrio, B.M. (2015). Child-informed mediation study follow up: Comparing the frequency of re-litigation following different types of mediation. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 21(4), pp. 452-457. doi: 10.1037/law0000046 v.
Rossi, F.S., Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Applegate, A.G., Beck, C.J.A., Adams, J.M., & Hale, D.F. (2015). Detection of intimate partner violence and recommendation for joint family mediation: A randomized controlled trial of two screening measures. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 21:3, 239-251.
Rudd, B.N., Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Applegate, A.G., D’Onofrio, B., Ballard, R.H., & Bates, J.E. Associations between parent and child reports of interparental conflict/violence and child difficulties in a family mediation setting. Family Court Review 53(4), pp. 602-616 (October 2015). doi: 10.1111/fcre.12176.
Rossi, F.S., Holtzworth-Munroe, A., & Applegate, A.G. Does level of intimate partner violence and abuse predict content of family mediation agreements? Family Court Review, 53, No. 1, 134-161 (January 2015).
Pokman, V., Rossi, F.S., Holtzworth-Munroe, A.G., Beck, C.J.A., Applegate, A.G., & D’Onofrio, B.M. Mediator’s assessment of safety issues and concerns (MASIC): Reliability and validity of a new intimate partner violence screen. Assessment, 21 (5), 529-542 (March 2014).
Ballard, R.H., Rudd, B.N., Applegate, A.G., & Holtzworth-Munroe, A. Hearing the voice of the child in divorce. In M.K. Miller, J., Chamberlain, & T. Wingrove (Eds.), Psychology, law, and the wellbeing of children. Oxford University Press: New York, NY (2014).
Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Applegate, A.G., Rudd, B.N., Freeman, A., & D'Onofrio, B. Interdisciplinary psychology and law training in family and child mediation: An empirical study of the effects on law student mediators. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 13, No. 3, 82-98 (August 2013).
Ballard, R.H., Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Applegate, A.G., D’Onofrio, B.M., & Bates, J.E. A randomized controlled trial of child informed mediation. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 19, No. 3, 271-281 (August 2013).
Applegate, A.G. and Beck, C.J.A. Self-Represented Parties in Mediation; Fifty Years Later It Remains the Elephant in the Room, Family Court Review, Vol. 51, No. 1, 87-103 (January 2013).
Applegate, A.G., Schwartz, K. & Amy Holtzworth-Munroe, A. Fathers and Dispute Resolution, chapter 22 in Natasha J. Cabrera and Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda (Eds.), Handbook of Father Involvement: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Second Edition, 397-415. New York: Routledge (November 5, 2012).
Putz, J.W., Ballard, R.H., Arany, J.G., Applegate, A.G., & Holtzworth-Munroe, A. Comparing the Mediation Agreements of Families with and without a History of Family Violence. Family Court Review, Vol. 50, No. 3, 413-428 (July 2012).
Ballard, R.H., Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Applegate, A.G., & Beck, C.J.A. Detecting Intimate Partner Violence in Family and Divorce Mediation: A Randomized Trial of Intimate Partner Violence Screening. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 17, No. 2, 241-263 (May 2011).
Ballard, R.H., Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Applegate, A.G., & D'Onofrio, B.M. Factors Affecting the Outcome of Divorce and Paternity Mediations. Family Court Review, 49, No. 1, 16-33 (January 2011).
Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Beck, C.J.A., & Applegate, A.G. The Mediator’s Assessment of Safety Issues and Concerns (MASIC): A Screening Interview for Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse Available in the Public Domain. Family Court Review, Vol. 48, No. 4, 646-662 (October 2010).
Beck, C.J.A., Walsh, M.E., Ballard, R.H., Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Applegate, A., & Putz, J.W. Divorce Mediation with and without Legal Representation: A Focus on Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse. Family Court Review, 48, No. 4, 631-645 (October 2010).
Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Applegate, A.G., D’Onofrio, B.M., & Bates, J.E. Child Informed Mediation Study (CIMS): Incorporating the Children’s Perspective into Divorce Mediation in an American Pilot Study. Journal of Family Studies (Australian journal) (July/August 2010 issue) (peer reviewed research paper).
Applegate, A., D’Onofrio, B.M., & Amy Holtzworth-Munroe. A. Training and Transforming Students through Interdisciplinary Education: The Intersection of Law and Psychology. Family Court Review, 47, No. 3, 468-484 (July 2009).
Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Applegate, A.G., & and D’Onofrio, B.M. Family Dispute Resolution: Charting a Course for the Future. Family Court Review, Vol. 47, No. 3, 493-505 (July 2009).

Areas of Expertise

Alternative dispute resolution
Domestic violence