Support and Consultation
Victim Rights Law Center provides expert support to legal advocates, lawyers, campus administrators, SANEs, law enforcement, and other victim service providers who work with survivors of gender-based violence.
Whether you’re an experienced leader; new to serving survivors of sexual assault, dating and domestic violence, stalking, or sex trafficking; or fall somewhere in between; we’re here to provide legal, logistical, and practical support to help enhance your program’s capacity to respond to survivors’ legal needs.
Reach us by email or by using our online form below.
Here are some examples of topics and issues we can address:
Trauma-Informed Practice/Workplace
- Effective supervision
- Holistic intake and interviewing
- Mitigating vicarious trauma and burnout
- Survivor-led and intersectional practice
- Implementing a trauma-informed approach with clients and at organizations
- Onboarding new direct services staff
- Managing client expectations and having difficult conversations
Education
- On-campus investigation, adjudication, and appeal procedures
- Navigating federal law in higher education cases, including Title IX and Clery Act
- Cross-examination in campus disciplinary hearings
- Safety planning and supportive measures in Campus DDVSAS cases
- Intersection of sexual assault and special education
- Safety planning and supportive measures in K-12 education settings
Mentorship
- Reviewing programs’ policies
- Outreach to survivor communities, including with population-specific communities
- Developing and improving legal services programs
- Creating effective community partnerships
- Referrals to other training and technical assistance providers
- Understanding OVW grant guidelines
Confidentiality and Privilege
- Federal confidentiality law
- Jurisdiction-specific mandatory reporting
- Jurisdiction-specific privilege and confidentiality
- Duties to warn and protect
- Population-specific confidentiality issues, (e.g., confidentiality in custodial settings, when survivors are minors or have legal guardians, in education settings)
General Civil Legal Representation & Non-Attorney Legal Advocacy
- Jurisdiction-specific statutes and case law impacting survivors
- Identifying survivors’ legal rights and needs related to housing, employment, criminal justice advocacy, immigration, and other areas of law
- Providing non-attorney legal advocacy while avoiding unauthorized practice of law
- Safety planning and protection orders for survivors