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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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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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September 2015
- Legal Momentum Urges Enactment of Flexible Workplace Policies
- New York City Changes Pregnancy Accommodations Policy in Response to Charges Brought by Legal Momentum
- The Hunting Ground Screening Spurs Action on Campus Sexual Assault
- Photoville Exhibition Features Legal Momentum’s CEO in “New Abolitionists” Portrait Series
- NJEP Leads Training in Washington State on Realities of Sexual Assault
- Eileen Simon Joins Legal Momentum Board of Directors
- Legal Momentum Briefs Members of Congress on Title IX
- Current and Former Legal Momentum Lawyers Honored for Their Work on VAWA
- Judge Orders Release of Detained Immigrant Families
- Inspiring Young People to Work for Justice, Equality, and Diversity
- Legal Momentum in the News
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July 2015
- Legal Momentum Helps Pass Cuomo’s “Enough Is Enough” Bill
- Legal Momentum Calls for an End to Gender Bias in World Soccer
- Carol Robles-Román to Receive National Women’s Political Caucus “Woman of Courage” Award
- Legal Momentum Hosts Reading by Award-Winning Feminist Katha Pollitt from Her New Book
- Legal Momentum Tapped by Carter Center to Devise Ways to End Global Trafficking by 2025
- Legal Momentum Attorneys Train on Human Rights Advocacy
- Carol Robles-Román Hails Leadership of New U.S. A.G. Loretta Lynch
- Dede Thompson Bartlett and Emily Ward Join Legal Momentum’s Board of Directors
- Legal Momentum Board Member Stacy L. Meisel Tentatively Selected for New Jersey Judgeship
- Legal Momentum Welcomes New Staff and Summer Interns
- Lynn Hecht Schafran Quoted in The New York Times on Affirmative Consent
- Miami Herald Op-Ed Calls for an End to Detention of Immigrant Families
- Board Member Deborah Rhode Calls for Greater Diversity in Legal Profession
- Penny Venetis Comments on EEOC v. Abercrombie and Fitch
- Save the Dates!
- Message from the President
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May 2015
- Legal Momentum Addresses Human Trafficking, “The New Slavery”
- ABA 20/20 Vision Awards for Legal Momentum’s Landmark Work on the Violence Against Women Act
- Legal Momentum’s President’s Advisory Council Launched
- Aiming High Awards Luncheon May 6 in New York
- Legal Momentum Welcomes New Board Members
- Loretta Lynch Confirmed as U.S. Attorney General
- Legal Momentum Joins in Announcing New Victim Policy Priorities
- This Workplace Is a DV-Free Zone Webinar
- Exhibition on “Women and the Fight against Violence” Showcases Legal Momentum’s Cutting-Edge Work
- Legal Momentum Applauds Supreme Court Decision in Young v. UPS; Calls for Stronger National Legislation
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March 2015
- Legal Momentum Launches "This Workplace Is a DV-Free Zone"
- Adding Our "Momentum" to the Campaign to Confirm Loretta Lynch as U.S. Attorney General
- Legal Momentum Files Amicus Brief in HCAA v. Weil
- Aiming High Awards Luncheon May 6 in New York
- President's Advisory Council Launch Event
- 10th Annual Women of Achievement Awards a Smashing Success
- Latinos & the Law Lecture at NYU School of Law, March 2, 2015
- Thomson Reuters Summit on Transformative Leadership, March 3, 2015
- Women of the Northwest Discussion, March 8, 2015
- U.N. Panel on Human Rights, March 9, 2015
- Carol Robles-Román Named 2015 "Ford Public Voices Fellow"
- PLEN Honors Legal Momentum V.P. Lisalyn Jacobs
- Legal Momentum's National Judicial Education Program Wins 2014 Celebrating Solutions Award from the Mary Byron Project
- CounterQuo Issues Media Guide for Survivors of Violence
- NJEP Director Lynn Hecht Schafran Speaks to Columbia Law Students about Court Response to Sexual Violence
- Educating Washington Sttate Judges about the Realities of Sexual Assault
- Lynn Hecht Schafran Participates in Roundtable on Sexual Assault inthe Military
- NJEP Speaks on "Media and Domestic VIolence" Panel at 19th Annual Fordham Law School Domestic VIolence COnference
- Columbia Professor Teaches with Legal Momentum's Reports
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