Tag: Webinar
Webinar: Legal Issue Spotting and Referrals for Advocates
Webinar: February 21, 11am-12:30pm Pacific/2-3:30pm Eastern Companion Discussion Session: February 22, 12-1pm Pacific/3-4pm Eastern In this webinar and companion discussion session for advocates, VRLC attorneys Maura Crossin and Alexia Tomlinson will explore how to incorporate legal issue spotting into client intakes, and provide guidance on when — and how — to make an attorney referral. […]
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Webinar: Safety Planning with Victims of Dating Violence
In this webinar for non-attorney legal advocates, Jenna Cohan, Sexual and Domestic Violence Program Coordinator at the Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, and VRLC’s Alexia Tomlinson, Esq., will review the dynamics of dating violence and explore how the safety needs of dating violence victims may differ from the needs of victims of domestic […]
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Webinar: Confidentiality Basics for OVW-Funded Attorneys Representing Survivors of Sexual Assault
During this interactive webinar, VRLC will cover confidentiality and privilege basics for OVW-funded attorneys representing survivors of sexual assault. We will help them explain attorney-client confidentiality and privilege to survivor-clients and will explore the intersections of VAWA and other federal privacy laws that impact their practice. We will share resources on jurisdiction-specific confidentiality laws, mandatory […]
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Webinar: Meaningful Legal Advocacy for Youth from BIPoC Communities
Join Kelsey Worline, Senior Attorney at Victim Rights Law Center, and Dalton Tiegs, Social Change Associate at the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence Social Change, for a webinar examining how race impacts access to legal services for youth sexual assault survivors from Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color. Register by April 20th […]
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Mandatory Reporting for OVW-Funded Victim Service Providers
We have heard your questions about when OVW-funded victim service providers must report abuse or neglect and when they can’t. Am I a mandatory reporter? What discretion do I have with making a report, if any? What information will allow us to answer those sorts of questions? We’ll focus on child abuse mandatory reporting, but […]
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Protecting the Confidentiality of Survivors with Cognitive and Intellectual Disability
This foundational and interactive webinar will help OVW-funded victim service providers to better protect the confidentiality of survivors with cognitive and intellectual disability. We will explain cognitive disability, intellectual disability, guardianship, legal capacity, and confidentiality. We will explore VAWA confidentiality, jurisdiction-specific confidentiality and privilege, and mandatory reporting law. VRLC is thrilled to co-facilitate this webinar […]
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Confidentiality and Coronavirus Contact Tracing
The COVID-19 pandemic has generated a lot of questions about protecting survivors’ personal information. One of those questions is how to protect program participants’ confidentiality if a health department doing contact tracing related to COVID-19 asks for program participants’ personally identifying information. This webinar will help you think through how to answer questions about this […]
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Webinar: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Testimony
Make the Most of Your Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Expert Witness! Victim Rights Law Center is proud to host this interactive webinar with International Association of Forensic Nurses expert Angelita Olowu, BSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P, and Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault Statewide SANE Program Manager Susan Chasson, JD, MSN, CNM, FNP-Bc, SANE-A. The expert […]
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Advising a Complainant in a Campus Grievance Process: Strategies for Trauma-Informed Advocacy
VRLC attorneys Amanda Walsh and Ruth Vaughan address how attorneys and advocates serving in the advisor role can support survivors through the grievance process. The presenters explore how recent changes to laws and guidance may impact legal advocacy and discuss effective strategies for navigating these changes.
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Webinar: Advocating for Student Sexual Assault Survivors in Higher Education
VRLC attorneys Amanda Walsh and Ruth Vaughan provide an overview of student sexual assault survivors’ educational rights and options in higher education under federal law, address safety and education-related legal needs, and identify and develop strategies to effectively safety plan with student survivors of campus sexual assault.
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