MEET THE TRAINERS
Overview
Candace J. Heisler served as an Assistant District Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco for over 25 years. During her career, she headed the Domestic Violence, Charging, Misdemeanor, and Preliminary Hearing Units. She served as the Chairperson of the California District Attorney's Association Domestic Violence Committee. She has planned and presented training for that organization for approximately 20 years in the areas of Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse.
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Candace has edited four judicial curricula and a prosecutors' manual on Domestic Violence. She helped develop and test curricula on Elder Abuse for judges and victim advocates for the American Bar Association. She has authored numerous articles on Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse, including several in the Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect. She co-authored Elder Abuse Detection and Intervention: A Collaborative Approach which was recently published. She has helped develop 6 telecourses for California law enforcement on these topics. She helped design and now provides law enforcement training on Domestic Violence for first responders and investigators throughout California. She also trains probation officers and victim advocates about Elder Abuse and Domestic Violence. |
Candace served as a member of the California Violence Against Women Act Stop Task Force and as an officer and board member of The National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse for many years, and was a member of the Texas Medical Association Blue Ribbon Panel on Family Violence.
She is the recipient of the California Governor's Victim Services Award, the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women Leadership Award, and the California Crime Victims United "Prosecutor of the Year" Award. She was honored for her work in San Francisco with the naming of "Candace Heisler" Day and has been named Hastings College of the Law "Alumna of the Year". In 1998 the California District Attorneys Association presented her with its Career Achievement Award. In 1999 she received the Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigation Excellence in Instruction Award. In 2001 she received the Lecturer of Merit Award from the National College of District Attorneys.
She has presented on elder abuse and domestic violence subjects throughout the United States. She is also an Assistant Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of California's Hastings College. She now teaches for and consults with a wide variety of state, local, and national governmental agencies as well as private organizations.