Judge Berry is a member of the National Judicial College Board of Trustees and currently serves as Chair of the Board. She is the first Nevadan in the College's 39 year history to serve in this position. Judge Berry has also been an active faculty member of the National Judicial College and National Council for Juvenile and Family Court Judges. She speaks at many state and national legal education conferences on varied topics, including jury management, voir dire, domestic violence and its effects upon children, criminal sentencing, community outreach, international judicial education, courts and the media and medical ethics.

In 2000/2001, Judge Berry's judicial colleagues from the state of Nevada elected her to serve as President of the Nevada District Judges Association. She worked closely with legislators, fellow Judges and community leaders throughout the 2001 legislative session on a number of issues important to state judges and those whose lives are touched by the Nevada court system. In addition to her involvement in the Nevada District Judges Association, Judge Berry has also served on numerous Committees dedicated to improving Nevada's courts. She has been a member of the State Domestic Violence Task Force, the Nevada State Bar Committee on Lawyer Advertising, the Urban Workload Assessment Commission, the Washoe County Criminal Advisory Committee, the Washoe County Drug Court Advisory Committee, the Nevada Supreme Court Jury Improvement Commission, and the State Judicial Council.

She is a member of the following professional organizations:

• American Bar Association
• American Judges Association
• American Judicature Society
• Bruce R. Thompson Chapter: Inns of Court
• Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
• National Association of Women Judges
• Nevada Distinct Judges Association
• Northern Nevada Women Lawyers
• Washoe County Bar Association

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