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  • November 2017
    • Five-Campus Tour Teaches Students Their Rights
    • New Staff Members Boost Helpline and Rights Now! Programs
    • California Passes New Anti-Sextortion Law
    • LM Leads Panel on Women's Rights at Trust Conference in London
  • September 2017
    • Legal Momentum Tells CTV Your Morning How Shelters Can Prevent Sexual Violence in the Wake of Natural Disasters
    • Legal Momentum Nominated for TrustLaw Impact Award
    • New Grant: New York City Council Young Women Initiative Awards $125,000 to Legal Momentum
    • Midwest Employers Adopt Model Domestic Violence Policy
    • Carol Robles-Román Joins Thomson Reuters Foundation Action Circle Roundtable
    • Seher Khawaja Awarded “We Are All New York” Fellowship
    • Dispelling Myths about Sexual Violence on Campus and Beyond
    • Protesting the Administration’s Suspension of Data Gathering on Pay Equity
    • Legal Momentum Congratulates Board Member Elizabeth Cabraser for Receiving National Law Journal Lifetime Achiever Award
    • Media Coverage Featuring Legal Momentum
  • July 2017
    • 2017 Aiming High Awards Luncheon Raises $1 Million
    • New Gender Justice Fellow Joins Legal Momentum
    • New Program: Peer Educators Teach Teens about Healthy Relationships
    • Legal Momentum’s CEO Carol Robles-Román Honored with ABA Award
    • Legal Momentum Helps Lead Campaign for New Equal Rights Amendment 
    • New Developments in the Fight against Online Sexual Exploitation
    • Speaking Out against Gender-Based Violence—and Helping Victims
    • Media Coverage Featuring Legal Momentum
  • May 2017
    • Rights Now! Program Launches to Empower Young Women and Girls of Color
    • Calling Attention to the Need to Stop Cyber-Sextortion
    • Sy Syms Foundation Supports Legal Momentum’s Helpline
    • Speaking Out against Online Trafficking of Children
    • NJEP & Florida Courts Partner on Gender Bias in Sexual Assault Cases 
    • 2017 Women of Achievement Honored in San Francisco
    • Preserving Vital Violence Against Women Act Program Funding
    • Educating Student Activists about Campus Sexual Assault
    • Screenings of “I Am Jane Doe” Bring Attention to Online Exploitation of Young Girls
    • Working with the National Association of Women Lawyers
    • LEGAL MOMENTUM IN THE NEWS
  • March 2017
    • Legal Momentum Brings First-Ever State Court Civil Suit for Cyber-Sexual Abuse on Behalf of Ex-Marine
    • Legal Momentum and Pro Bono Counsel David Boies File Suits for Nonprofit Clients and Trafficking Victims 
    • Employers Adopt Legal Momentum’s “DV-Free Zone” Model Policy 
    • Legal Momentum Featured in N.Y.C. and D.C. Premieres of “I Am Jane Doe” 
    • Legal Momentum Action Alert to Preserve Funding for Violence Against Women Act Programs
    • LM Advocates for Accurate Language in the Media
    • NJEP Presents Webinar for National Center for State Courts
    • Carol Robles-Román Speaks at Greater Orlando Human Trafficking Task Force Freedom Rally
    • Title IX at 45: Improving Education for Women and Girls
    • Legal Momentum Joins #TackleDemand Anti-Trafficking Campaign
    • New Cosmetic Line’s Sales Support Women’s Rights
    • LEGAL MOMENTUM IN THE NEWS
  • January 2017
    • “I Am Jane Doe” Film Highlights LM’s Work Defending Vulnerable Girls>
    • Legal Momentum Featured in The New Yorker “Talk of the Town”
    • Legal Momentum Fights Online Child Trafficking
    • U.S. Senate Report on Human Trafficking Cites Legal Momentum Brief
    • Cards from Teens Seek Justice for Child Victims
    • LM Hosts Women’s Rights Leaders from N. Africa and the Middle East
    • LM Urges D.C. Circuit Court to Support Senate Action against Backpage
    • Speaking Out on Human Rights and Domestic Violence
    • New Webinars Help Survivors Access Justice at Work and in Court
    • Legal Momentum’s Website Will Be Digital History
    • 2017 Women of Achievement Honorees Announced
    • Legal Momentum’s New Gender Justice Fellowship
    • Legal Momentum in the News
  • November 2016
    • Legal Momentum Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Consider an Important Online Child Sex Trafficking Case
    • Eradicating Human Trafficking
    • A “Call to Action” to End Cyber-crime against Women and Children
    • New York City Screening of Equal Means Equal
    • Legal Momentum Leads the N.Y.C. Young Women’s Initiative into Its Next Phase
    • Working to End Gender Bias in Courts across the Nation—and Beyond!
    • Legal Momentum Partners with New York City Family Justice Centers on Gender-Based Violence in the Workplace and in Schools
    • Helping Women and People of Color Gain Equal Justice under the Law
    • LEGAL MOMENTUM IN THE NEWS
  • August 2016
    • Protecting America's Children from Cyber-Violence
    • Silicon Valley Panel on Ending Sexual Exploitation of Girls Generates Commitment to Action
    • White House Summmit on "The United State of Women"
    • Board Chair Elaine Wood Meets Justice Sotomayor
    • Speaking on Ending Campus Sexual Assault at NOW Conference
    • 500 Legal Momentum Supporters Gather for Aiming High Awards
    • Legal Momentum Leads on Gender Justice
    • New York City Urban League Girls' Title IX Debate
    • Legal Momentum Gender Justice Fellow Authors Article on ACA and Childbirth
    • Legal Momentum's National Judicial Education Program  Teaches Nationwide
    • Legal Momentum Advocates to Keep Guns away from Domestic Abusers
    • Former Board Member Jennifer Choe Groves Confirmed as Federal Judge
    • Book Helps Domestic Violence Survivors Gain Independence
    • Legal Momentum in the News
    • Save the Dates
  • May 2016
    • Legal Momentum Collaborates with New York City to Build a Leadership Future for Young Women and Girls
    • Legal Momentum Works to Help Exploited Girls and Stop Trafficking with Seattle-Based Funders and Advocates
    • Lifetime Achievement Award for Penny Venetis from N.J. Law Journal
    • Legal Momentum Board Member Michele Mayes Featured in “Invisible… Then Gone—Minority Women Are Disappearing from Big Law—And Here’s Why
    • “Gender Justice Warriors” Gather in San Francisco
    • NJEP Continues to Innovate in Judicial and Advocate Education
    • Congresswoman Maloney and Legal Momentum Join Forces to Educate on Human Trafficking
    • Penny Venetis Featured in Two Documentaries
    • Legal Momentum Joins Public Advocate Letitia James to Fight for Equal Pay in New York City

     

  • March 2016

     

    • Legal Momentum Works to End Exploitation of Children
    • Angie Welfare Gets Justice for Herself and All Pregnant Workers
    • Legal Momentum Briefs Members of Congress on Workplace Domestic Violence
    • NJEP Educates Communities and Courts on Teen Dating Violence
    • Legal Momentum Joins Campaign for Paid Family Leave in N.Y. State
    • Meet Legal Momentum’s New Legal Team Members
    • National Judicial Education Program Goes Global
    • Lawyer’s Manual on Domestic Violence Updated with Legal Momentum’s Help
    • Legal Momentum Board Member Loria Yeadon Joins Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.’s National Board
    • Legal Momentum in the News
  • February 2016
    • Prominent Women’s Rights Activists Promote “A New Era” for Women’s Rights—LM Joins Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda on February 7
    • U.S. DOJ Launches New Guidance on Gender Bias in Policing with Legal Momentum
    • NJEP's Article "Medical Forensic Sexual Assault Exams: What Are They and What Can They Tell the Courts?" to Be Reprinted in Leading Journal
    • 11th Annual Women of Achievement Awards Dinner to Take Place March 16 in San Francisco
    • LM Advocates for Criminal Justice Reform for Survivors of Sexual and Domestic Violence
    • LM Advocates for More Funding for Office of Civil Rights Campus Investigations
    • Blue Shield of California Adopts "This Workplace Is a DV-Free Zone" Model Policy
    • Legal Momentum Attends Opening of Exhibition on Suffrage Movement
    • LM Celebrates Women on the U.S. Supreme Court at San Francisco Event
    • Legal Momentum Attends Opening of Exhibition on Suffrage Movement
    • LM Celebrates Women on the U.S. Supreme Court at San Francisco Event
    • Former Board Chair Michele Coleman Mayes Honored
    • Judge Takes LM's National Judicial Education Program Training to Bosnia
    • Join Legal Momentum's Equal Rights Legacy Society
    • Shop AmazonSmile to Support Legal Momentum's Mission
    • Legal Momentum in the News
    • Save the Dates!
  • December 2015
    • Legal Momentum Champions Domestic Violence Survivors in the Workplace
    • Legal Momentum Settles Important Pregnancy Discrimination Case
    • Legal Momentum Hosts Reading by Author Linda Hirshman
    • Carol Robles-Román Is Vital Voices Global Ambassador in Japan
    • Legal Momentum Appointed to NY City Council Young Women's Initiative
    • Carol Robles-Román Gives Rosalie Wahl Keynote for Minnesota Women Lawyers
    • NJEP's Innovative Webinars Provide Valuable Insights on Victims of Sexual Violence
    • National Judicial Education Program Continues to Train Judges Nationwide on Gender Justice-Related Issues
    • Legal Momentum Helps State Courts Fight Human Trafficking
    • National Judicial Education Program Awarded 2-Year OVW Grant
    • Rutgers Law Celebrates Beijing+20 with Two Legal Momentum Executives
    • Legal Momentum Applauds Reintroduction of the SAFE Act
    • Former Board Member Stacy Meisel Appointed as U.S. Judge
    • Carol Baldwin Moody and Lori Leskin Join Legal Momentum's Board
    • Legal Momentum in the News

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