LM Celebrates & Uplifts ALL Mothers
The women featured in this month’s Legal Momentum Newsletter are all lawyers and mothers, fighting daily for the physical safety and economic security of ALL women and girls. We honor and thank them, and ALL mothers, on Mother’s Day – this Sunday, May 12.
The Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund
NJEP
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A detailed description of each module of the free web course Intimate Partner Sexual Abuse: Adjudicating This Hidden Dimension of Domestic Violence.
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A comprehensive overview of NJEP's resources on adult victim sexual assault and the intersection of sexual assault and domestic violence.
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Legal Momentum Joins Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Washington Carol Baldwin Moody, LM’s President and CEO, was an honored guest in Washington for Women’s Equality Day, where she met with Justice Ginsburg and other women leaders for a private conversation about the future of women’s equality. Hosted by the National Women’s Party, the event asked leaders like Carol to be part of a vibrant conversation about voting rights and women’s equality under the law.
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A webinar launching our online victim advocates training course.
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Legal Momentum announces a new online training course, Helping Sexual Assault Victims Navigate the Criminal Justice System, designed to prepare non-lawyer victim advocates to help their clients navigate the criminal justice process.
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NJEP canvassed judges nationally to ask what they wish they had known before presiding in adult victim sexual assault cases. Judges Tell presents 25 points followed by commentary and sources.
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A summary of suggestions, for judges to judges, about how to minimize trauma throughout sexual assasult trials.
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Suggestions, developed for judges by judges, about how to incorporate understanings of sexual violence into the during the pre-trial, trial, and sentencing phases of an adult victim sexual assault case.
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A description and order form for the self-directed DVD version of NJEP's curriculum Understanding Sexual Violence for judges and court personnel.
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The complete set of the eleven Information and Resource Sheets we have produced to educate courts, schools, parents, teens, and the community about teen dating violence.