Friday, December 25, 2020
2:15 PM
to
3:15 PM
Location: Riverside | Room 11
The President’s Track
C01 Understanding the New P.O.W.E.R Act
Session C: 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
About the Program
This seminar will introduce the legal community to the Pro Bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2018, known as the P.O.W.E.R. Act. The Act mandates that federal courts hold annual public empowerment events in partnership with domestic violence service providers and volunteer lawyer projects to promote “pro bono legal services as a critical way in which to empower survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking, and to engage citizens in assisting these survivors.”
The seminar will bring together lawyers and service providers to shine a spotlight on the critical need for pro bono legal representation of survivors of intimate partner violence.
You Will Learn
- How to provide pro bono resources in an effort to assist survivors of domestic and sexual violence as they navigate the legal system
- About the importance of pro bono services and the issues unique to the representation of survivors of domestic and sexual violence
Speakers
Maura Crossin, Victim Rights Center, Wallingford
Edward J. Heath, Robinson + Cole, Hartford
Karen Jarmoc, Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Wethersfield
Alina Reynolds, United States Attorneys Office, Bridgeport
Angela C. Schlingheyde, Center for Family Justice, Bridgeport
CLE Credit: 1.0 Hours (CT: 1.0 Gen; NY: 1.0 AOP)