With passage of Act 77 of 2022, crime victims in Pennsylvania now have legal standing to enforce their rights in criminal court. Presenters will provide an overview of the legal rights that are available to a victim in criminal proceedings and how lawyers can seek to protect and enforce those rights. 

The training will discuss what to look for during the criminal justice process and basic trauma informed legal strategies when providing advice, representation, and/or referrals to victims.  The session will explore victims’ rights assertion though a holistic lens which seeks to avoid retraumatizing survivors of violence while ensuring that their rights are protected.

Presenter: Danni Beinschoroth, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence

CLE Credit

This program has been approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for 1.0 hours of substantive law, practice and procedure CLE credit.

PLEASE NOTE:  if you are requesting CLE credit for attending this webinar you must actively participate in the entire webinar. There will be interactive polls launched during the webinar that you will have to respond to in order to prove your active participation. 

IF WE DO NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE TO EVERY POLL QUESTION WE ARE UNABLE TO GIVE YOU THE CLE CREDIT.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. 

About the 2024 PLAN VOCA Grantee Training

Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc will be offering the 2024 VOCA Grantee Mandatory Training virtually this year, during the week of May 6, 2024. Ten webinars will be offered during the week of training, two per day. This will satisfy the 10-hour mandatory training that PCCD requires of VOCA grantees in Pennsylvania.

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