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Protecting Victims' Rights During COVID-19
$0.00
23 Apr 2023

NCVLI remains on the frontlines of victims' rights protection as crime victims are forced to navigate the shifting legal reality during the COVID-19 pandemic. This presentation will identify the key victims’ rights impacted by some of the justice system’s COVID-19 responses across the country and review legal strategies that individual victims’ attorneys and NCVLI are employing to help protect victims' rights in the current landscape.
presented by
Meg Garvin & Amy Liu
Best Practice Checklist For Interviewing Clients Who Have Experienced Trauma
$65.00
27 Aug 2022

presented by
Geoff Kagan-Trenchard, J.D., Staff Attorney at the New York City Anti Violence Project
From Dynamics to Trauma in Sexual Assault Cases: Why, When, and How to Use an Expert Witness
$50.00
25 Apr 2021

This training will address how the science behind the neurobiology of trauma can inform the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases -- from engaging with victims pre-trial and when they are on the stand testifying to presenting the case to the judge and jury, including the how, when and what of expert testimony.
presented by
Erin Greenawald, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Oregon DOJ
Fundamentals of Litigating Victims' Rights
$45.00
29 Sep 2020
Access to justice requires competent legal advocacy, and yet too often victims of crime do not receive the legal representation that they need to protect their rights during the complex stages of criminal justice. This presentation will provide attendees with an overview of how to assert and seek enforcement of crime victims' rights in a criminal case. The presentation will identify the most common points in the criminal justice process when victims' rights are implicated, key motions victims’ attorneys may need to file, and some strategies to employ to protect victims' rights.
presented by
Terry Campos, J.D.
Advocating on Behalf of Your Client's Right to be Heard at Sentencing: From Victim Impact Statements to Sentencing Memoranda
$50.00
27 Sep 2020

Affording crime victims their right to be heard at sentencing is often a crucial step for victims on their path to healing and finding justice. Victims may exercise this right in a variety of ways, such as by making a written, oral or even recorded victim impact statement; or by filing a sentencing memorandum.
presented by
Terry Campos, J.D.
What Happens When Criminal Defendants Fail to Pay Restitution CLE Training
$50.00
20 Sep 2020

Crime victims often suffer immeasurable harm as a result of the crime. Restitution is one mechanism by which the criminal justice system can ensure that the perpetrators, not the victims, bear the burden of crime victims’ economic losses. Fortunately, every jurisdiction has laws in place addressing restitution, and dozens of jurisdictions provide victims with constitutional and statutory rights to full restitution in every case.
Breaking: DeVos’s New Sweeping Title IX Rule for School Sexual Misconduct
$65.00
20 Aug 2020
On August 14, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education’s new Title IX rule addressing gender-based violence on college campuses and K-12 schools went into effect. The new rules limit schools’ ability to response to sexual harassment, gutting the rights of campus survivors of sexual assault and gender-based violence, and bolstering the rights of the accused.
presented by
Cari Simon, Esq., Fierberg National Law Group
Retroactivity: Are Convictions Ever Final
$50.00
31 May 2020

When the United States Supreme Court issues a decision―such as Miranda v. Arizona―announcing a new rule of law and overturning a criminal defendant's conviction, did that rule apply retroactively, calling into question the conviction of all other prisoners whose convictions were flawed by the same constitutional violation?
presented by
Tung Yin, J.D.
Victim Services and Potential Pitfalls: Avoiding the Unauthorized Practice of Law
$50.00
28 May 2020

Victims of crime often seek out and receive assistance from a range of service providers, including attorneys, victim advocates, and medical specialists. Each of these professionals can provide different and often-complementary types of assistance, information, support, and advice.
presented by
Rebecca S.T. Khalil, JD
20 Years of NCVLI's Advocacy
$0.00
22 Apr 2020

Enhancing fairness and justice for victims requires a process of social change built on a balanced approach of legal advocacy, training & education, and public policy. 2020 marks 20 years since NCVLI began advancing victims' rights through that approach.