Domestic Violence Protection Orders (DVPOs) and Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) are both civil court orders that can prohibit the person subject to the order from possessing or purchasing firearms or ammunition. This course will help civil attorneys increase their knowledge and skills to more effectively represent clients in court and advise clients regarding DVPOs, ERPOs, and firearms.
Since the 1990's, federal law has included firearm prohibitions for people who have been convicted of particular domestic violence crimes or are subject to a qualifying order of protection. This course covers the nuances and details of those restrictions to help advocates, attorneys, court personnel, and others working to decrease DV firearm violence understand when the law may apply.
The Intersections of Reproductive Oppression, Gender-Based Violence and Survivor Justice
Hear from our panelists about the connections of gender-based violence and control of women’s bodies within a global context, and what needs to change for survivors to achieve justice and reproductive rights to flourish. Join us for this conversation about how we can change the narrative.
Testimonies of Gender Based Violence and the Path to Justice
A court expert witness in domestic violence and educator and domestic violence survivor will share their experiences in courts, and how respect and safety can be prioritized for survivors of gender-based violence.
Strategies for Seeking Justice for Survivors of Campus Sexual Violence through Policy, Social Media, Activism
Our panel, including students, activists, a professor, and sexual assault expert moderator, will unpack the ways in which campus judicial processes function, and the reasons why they rarely produce justice for victim/survivors.
Serving Immigrant Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence with Community Innovation
Presenters model how to lift up all women experiencing violence by sharing their innovative solutions to protect Latina and African immigrant women, grounded in community realities.
Safety in the Crosshairs: Guns, Domestic Violence and Community Safety
In this conversation with survivors of domestic violence, professional advocates, and researchers of deadly intimate partner violence will talk about risks to victim-survivors and firearms, the possible impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the Rahimi case, and how the intersection of guns and domestic violence can be addressed.
The Emergent Movement to Connect Extreme GBV and Trafficking as Non-State Torture
In this groundbreaking conversation we will revisit the concept of torture as it relates to gender-based violence, and speak with those leading an emergent movement to recognize and treat domestic violence as non-state torture.
Disrupting the Pathway to Prison and Achieving Justice for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence
This panel will discuss speakers' work advocating for the rights of criminalized survivors, their lived experiences with prisons and the criminal justice system, and how gendered abuses make women more vulnerable to incarceration.
Legal advocate Jess Braverman and advocacy director Erin Maye Quade from Gender Justice, and Andrea Jenkins, who made history as the first African American openly trans woman to be elected to office in the United States, are leading voices in LGBTQ liberation.
