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Domestic Violence Webinar Series: Privacy, LGBT & Disability
The American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence, in collaboration with the United States Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), is pleased to present a the six-part 2009 Domestic Violence Webinar Series: Tips and Strategies in Protecting Victim Privacy, Representing LGBT Victims and Representing Victims With Disabilities. Webinars are every Wednesday beginning on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 and ending on Wednesday May 27, 2009. You may register for one or more of the webinars, there is no requirement that you register for all of them, though we strongly encourage you to do so.
Screening for LGBT Victims of Domestic Violence
in Legal Services
Wednesday, April 22, 2009: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST.
(download
video file)
Sharon Stapel, Executive Director, New York City Anti-Violence Project, New York, New York
Ben Lunine, Staff Attorney, Transgender Law Center, San Francisco, California
Screening for LGBT Victims of Domestic Violence
Transitioning Your Services: Serving Transgender Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking
Civil Remedies for Domestic Violence in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Communities
National Coalition of Anti-Violence Projects Sample Intake Form
LGBT Safe Space Sign
Cyber-Abuse and Civil Protection Orders
Wednesday, April 29, 2009: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST
Guilherme Roschke, Staff Attorney, American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence, Washington, DC
Cindy Southworth, Director, Safety Net: the National Safe & Strategic Technology Project at the National Network to End Domestic Violence, Washington, DC
A High-Tech Twist on Abuse: Technology, Intimate Partner Stalking and Advocacy
Tech Savvy Teens: Choosing Who Gets To See Your Info
Who's Spying on Your Computer? Spyware, Surveillance, and Safety for Survivors
Technology Safety Planning with Survivors
Civil Protection Orders for LGBT Victims of Domestic Violence: Tips and Strategies in Representation
Wednesday, May 6, 2009: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST
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video file)
Vivian Huelgo, Director, Community Law Project of Sanctuary for Families’ Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services, New York, New York
Morgan Lynn, Staff Attorney, Women Empowered Against Violence, Washington, DC.
National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs 2008 Report
Civil Protection Orders for LGBT Victims of Domestic Violence PowerPoint
Domestic Violence in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Communities
Sample Civil Protection Order
American Bar Association State-by-State Civil Protection Order Chart
Domestic Violence in the LGBT Community: Resources by Topic
Availability of Civil Protection Orders to LGBT Victims of Domestic Violence
Why Doesn’t She Leave? The Collision of First Amendment Rights and Effective Court Remedies for Victims of Domestic Violence.
(Rescheduled)
Relocation, Identity Protection, and the VAWA Prohibition on Internet Publication of Protection Order Information
Wednesday, May 13, 2009: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST
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video file)
Valenda Applegarth, Senior Attorney, Greater Boston Legal Services, Boston, Massachusetts
Guilherme Roschke, Staff Attorney, American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence, Washington, DC
PowerPoint Presentation: Relocation, Identity Protection, and the VAWA Prohibition on Internet Publication of Protection Order Information
Myths and Realities of Identity Change
Comments of DC Privacy and Domestic Violence Advocates on Online Publication of Domestic Violence Records:
(Rescheduled)
Representing Victims with Mental Illness
Wednesday, May 20, 2009: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST
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video file)
Carole Warshaw, Executive Director of the Domestic Violence & Mental Health Policy Initiative and Director of the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health, Chicago, Illinois
Denice Wolf Markham, Executive Director, Life Span, Chicago, Illinois
PowerPoint Presentation: Representing Victims with Mental Illness
Mental Illness and Domestic Violence: Implications for Domestic Violence Litigation
Background Slides - Family Violence and Mental Health: A Collaborative Community Response
Representing Victims with Disabilities: Identifying and Working with Evaluators
Wednesday, May 27, 2009: 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EST
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video file)
Linda Peyton, Executive Director, Legal Clinic for the Disabled, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Carrie Ann Lucas, Director, Center for Rights of Parents with Disabilities, Denver, Colorado
PowerPoint Presentation: Representing Victims with Disabilities: Identifying and Working with Evaluators
Disability Etiquette
Sample Evaluation
The Webinars are offered at no cost and continuing legal education credits have been sought for each webinar in all 50 states. Priority in registration will be given to attorneys currently funded by the Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) grant program of the United States Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women Additional participant slots will be made available to attorneys currently funded by other OVW-funded grant programs that represent victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Remaining spots will be made available to non-OVW funded attorneys currently serving victims and survivors. Registration will close at two hundred participants per webinar.
Registration Form
Webinar Flyer
Faculty Bios
If you have any general questions about the series, please contact Guilherme Roschke at roschkeg@staff.abanet.org or Amanda Kloer at kloera@staff.abanet.org
This project is supported by Grant Nos. 2004-WT-AX-K078 and 2005-WT-AX-K011 awarded by the United States Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. The opinions, findings, and recommendations expressed in this document are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.
