Rosa named trustee of national judicial board

New York State Supreme Court Justice Janice M. Rosa of Buffalo was elected to the board of trustees of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges during the group's annual meeting held July 16-19 in Milwaukee, Wis.

Rosa has served on the New York Supreme Court, Eighth Judicial District since 2003, where she worked to introduce alternative dispute settlement techniques in divorce and custody cases. From 1994 to 2002, she served on the Erie County Family Court bench where she presided over the dependency/ permanency part and worked to initiate improvements in the handling of cases involving abused and neglected children.

Rosa of Amherst has served as a faculty member for the NCJFCJ and other local and state organization on topics including domestic violence, the effects of violence on children, child custody and permanency mediation. She is a graduate of the University at Buffalo School of Law.