2012 NCVLI/NAVRA Training Series: Enhancing Justice for Crime Victims

When victims of crime don’t have well-trained, dedicated legal representation, they can lose their rights and their access to justice can be impeded. The National Crime Victim Law Institute (NCVLI) and its bar association, the National Alliance of Victims’ Rights Attorneys (NAVRA), are working to protect and promote victims’ rights.

Education and training is an important part of that work, improving crime victim access to justice nationwide by helping attorneys, advocates, and allied professionals develop the skills necessary to represent and advocate for crime victims. Throughout 2012, NCVLI and NAVRA will partner with law schools and other educational institutions to conduct ten in-person continuing legal education courses in at least six states to increase the capacity of the legal profession to provide quality legal representation to victims of crime. 

The series includes seven general victims’ rights litigation trainings and three specialized 2-day child-victims’ rights litigation trainings, plus a series of webinars to complement these in-person trainings.  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.

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Training Calendar:

NAVRA Webinar Training Series

• Protecting Victims from Re-Victimization: Securing Testimonial Accommodations - Wednesday, February 15^th 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm. To read more about this training, click here.

• Social Media: Online Fraud and Victims’ Rights - Thursday, May 10^th 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm.

• Responding to the Unique Challenges Facing Victims in Cases with a National Component - Tuesday, May 22^nd, 10:00am - 11:15am. To read more about this training, click here.

• Regular webinar trainings thereafter.  Stay tuned for further information.

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Event: Extending the Vision: Pro Bono & Self-Represented Protection of Victims’ Rights

• Friday, April 20th in downtown Portland, Oregon.  

Specialized 2-Day Child Victim Training: Child-Victims: Providing Effective Rights Enforcement Representation

• Friday, February 24^th & Saturday, February 25^th at Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon. To read more about this training, click here. 
  
• Thursday, May 31^st & Friday, June 1^st at University of Colorado Law School, Boulder, Colorado.  Click here for further information.
• Wednesday, August 1st & Friday, August 2nd at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia.  Further information coming soon.

General Victims’ Rights Litigation Trainings: ABC’s of Representing Victims of Crime

• Friday, March 2^nd at Phoenix School of Law, Phoenix, Arizona. To see the agenda from this training, Click here.
• Friday, April 27^th at Florida Coastal School of Law, Jacksonville, Florida.
• Monday, August 13th  at S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Further information coming soon.
• Friday, June 22^nd at McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California. Click here for further information.
• Friday, June 29^th at Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, California. Click here for further information.
• TBD:  University of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland.
• TBD:  Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon.

Stay tuned for registration details.

11th Annual Crime Victim Law Conference - Enhancing Justice: Empowerment Through Victims’ Rights

• June 8th-9th in Portland, Oregon.  Click here to learn more.
  

NAVRA members get access to the Webinar Training Series and members with Enhanced Memberships also receive a $50 discount for select in-person trainings during 2012. See www.navra.org to learn more.

Sign up for one of these free or low-cost trainings today to receive continuing legal education credit and learn the skills necessary to advocate for victims of crime!

These presentations are produced in part by the National Crime Victim Law Institute under Grant No. 2010-VF-GX-K004, awarded by the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice; Grant No. 2009-VF-GX-K020, awarded by the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice; and Grant No. 2009-SC-B9-0114 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.  The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in these presentations are those of the contributors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.