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Case File Review: Confidentiality Requirements in SARTs (Webinar)
Sponsored by MNCASA, featuring VRLC’s Managing Attorney Carol Schrader. Please join us for a webinar on “Case File Review: Confidentiality Requirements for SARTs.” This 1.5 hour national webinar will discuss the importance of victim/survivor confidentiality for system change sexual assault response teams (SARTs) during the case file review process. Through this webinar, participants will: • […]
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Virtual Pro Bono Attorney Training – Massachusetts
This Training Will Highlight: Representation: How to effectively and sensitively work with a victim of sexual assault or stalking and best practices applicable to pro bono representation. Safety: Representing a victim to secure a restraining order so that they are safe at school, at work, and at home. Privacy: Representing a victim to protect private […]
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Advocating for Sexual Assault Survivors in the Criminal Justice System: A Share & Learn Call
Advocating for Sexual Assault Survivors in the Criminal Justice System: A Share & Learn Call for OVW-Funded Lawyers Representing Sexual Assault Survivors Ø What if anything might you do to persuade a prosecutor to take a second look at your client’s sexual assault case? Ø What are the options when a survivor recalls additional facts […]
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Confidentiality Basics for OVW-Funded Attorneys
This interactive webinar for OVW-funded attorneys will review the basics of attorney-client privilege, confidentiality, and work product, and share ideas for how to explain these complicated concepts clearly to our survivor-clients. We will address the intersections of VAWA (including recent updates to the VAWA confidentiality provisions!) and other federal privacy laws such as VOCA and […]
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When Rape Results in Pregnancy: The Intersection of Rape and Abortion
Our virtual panel will examine the intersection of abortion laws and rape, bringing together a diversity of speakers in the medical, legal, and academic fields. Listen to experts share their insights on this complex issue, and learn how this issue impacts sexual assault survivors.
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Webinar: Navigating Employment Post Assault
Rights and Remedies for Employees and Independent Contractors Join VRLC Co-Managing Attorney Stephanie Holt for this interactive webinar exploring how best to assist sexual assault survivors who are navigating their work situations post assault. During the webinar, participants will be guided through a series of hypothetical scenarios and practice identifying survivors’ rights and legal remedies […]
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Virtual Pro Bono Attorney Training
This Training Will Highlight: Representation: How to effectively and sensitively work with a victim of sexual assault or stalking and best practices applicable to pro bono representation. Safety: Representing a victim to secure a restraining order so that they are safe at school, at work, and at home. Privacy: Representing a victim to protect private […]
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2021 Shining Star Gala
Join the Victim Rights Law Center for our 17th annual Shining Star Gala on Thursday, October 28.
After over a year of not seeing our community, we are thrilled to invite you to an empowering evening in support of sexual assault survivors. Please join us for an inspiring evening with 100% of proceeds used to provide free legal services to survivors.
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