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NCVLI fights for victims through legal advocacy, training and education, and public policy.

2012 NCVLI/NAVRA Training Series: ENHANCING JUSTICE FOR CRIME VICTIMS

The NCVLI/NAVRA 2012 Training Series is designed to bring access to justice to crime victims nationwide by helping attorneys, advocates, allied professionals, and law students learn the skills necessary to represent and advocate for crime victims. The goal is to ensure that by the end of 2012, the pool of practitioners who know the “how to” of victims’ rights enforcement and who may provide pro bono legal services to victims grows by at least 500 people.
Working to Dispel Rape Myths

It is far too common that victims of sexual assault are subjected to invasions of privacy during the investigation and prosecution of their offenders and that cultural assumptions about rape and rape victims inform the administration of justice. NCVLI’s Responding to Violence Against Women Project is committed to ensuring that the justice process does not become a re-traumatizing experience for victims of sexual assault. NCVLI recently provided support in a case dealing with these very issues.
Save the Date for NCVLI’s 11th Annual Crime Victim Law Conference

Save the date for NCVLI’s 11th Annual Crime Victim Law Conference, Enhancing Justice: Empowerment Through Victims’ Rights, to be held in Portland, Oregon June 8-9, 2012. This two day Conference will also include an intensive Pre-Conference Institute on June 7. Visit the Conference homepage to nominate people and teams for the Outstanding Achievement Awards and to learn about the Law Student Writing Competition (now with an extended deadline).

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Events

February 15th, 2012

Protecting Victims from Re-Victimization: Securing Testimonial Accommodations
Join NCVLI and the National Alliance of Victims’ Rights Attorneys & Advocates for the launch of our 2012 Webinar Training Series! The first webinar in the series will focus on the use of testimonial accommodations for child-victims and adults with an emphasis on closed-circuit television and similar forms of technology.

February 24th, 2012

Child-Victims: Providing Effective Rights Enforcement Representation
Join NCVLI’s Safeguarding Child-Victims’ Rights Initiative for a specialized two-day training titled Child-Victims: Providing Effective Rights Enforcement Representation to be held on February 24th and 25th at Lewis & Clark Law School.

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Profiles

NAVRA member Keith Franz has long been a victims’ advocate and recently served as Counsel of Record on two cases for which NCVLI filed Amicus Curiae briefs before the United States Supreme Court.
Sarah Hays is a dual degree candidate in Law and Conflict & Dispute Resolution at the University of Oregon School of Law who interned with NCVLI’s Safeguarding Child-Victims’ Rights Initiative during the summer of 2011.
Karla Salp is the Executive Director of the Washington Coalition of Crime Victim Advocates (WCCVA) and a strong partner to NCVLI in working to advance victims’ rights in Washington State.