Date: October 2 12:00pm - 1:15pm

Location: Erskine B. Wood Hall Classroom 7 at Lewis & Clark Law School & Webinar accessbility for students from other law school

As part of the Legal Assistance for Crime Victims: An OVC Capacity Building Initiative, OVC TTAC and the National Crime Victim Law Institute are working collaboratively to expand the availability of pro bono and no-cost legal assistance for victims of crime nationally.  Part of that collaboration includes developing and delivering a series of trainings.

This event is a unique opportunity for law students nationwide to join and begin to shape the national victims’ rights conversation.  Law students from Lewis & Clark Law School, University of Baltimore School of Law, and the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah will participate by video-conference, and students from dozens of other law schools around the country will participate by audio, in a roundtable discussion on emerging victims’ rights topics.  We will discuss the basics of victims’ rights and victim standing, discuss how the rights to privacy and protection play out in the courts, and highlight how victimization and victims’ rights impact the work of lawyers regardless of their area of practice. 

This will also be the start of a year-long national discussion of these topics with students invited to continue to “join & shape the conversation” throughout the year.

Presenter Biography
Meg Garvin M.A., J.D.
Meg Garvin, M.A., J.D., is the executive director of the National Crime Victim Law Institute (NCVLI) and a clinical professor of law at Lewis & Clark Law School.  Ms. Garvin is recognized as a leading expert on victims’ rights.  She has testified before Congress and the Oregon Legislature on the current state of victim law. She serves on the Legislative & Public Policy Committee of the Oregon Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Task Force, co-chairs the Oregon Attorney General’s Crime Victims’ Rights Task Force, and is a Board member of the Citizens’ Crime Commission.  She previously served as co-chair of the American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section Victims Committee, and as a member of the board of directors for the National Organization of Victim Assistance.  She is the recipient of the 2012 Crime Victims First-Stewart Family Outstanding Community Service Award.  Prior to joining NCVLI, Ms. Garvin practiced law in Minneapolis, Minnesota and clerked for the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. She received her bachelor of arts degree from the University of Puget Sound, her master of arts degree in communication studies from the University of Iowa, and her J.D. from the University of Minnesota.

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