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Legal Advice Portal Expands Access to Justice for Victims of Hate & Bias Crimes in Oregon

A new online portal from the NCVLI is providing free legal advice to victims of hate and bias crimes in Oregon, bridging a critical gap in access to justice.

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Crime Victim Litigation Clinic Expands Nationwide Impact in 2023

In 2023, the CVLC significantly expanded its scope, operating across seven states and federal jurisdictions. Their efforts extended to various cases and policy initiatives, covering privacy protections, interpreter rights, restorative justice, victim information access, and restitution.

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Clinical Professor Receives Victim Advocacy Award

Meg Garvin, was awarded the 2021 Hardy Myers Victim Advocacy Award by the Oregon Crime Victims Law Center.

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NCVLI Hosts Free Webinar on Victim’s Rights During COVID

The National Crime Victim Law Institute (NCVLI) is hosting a free, two-day webinar featuring a series of panel discussions with leading victims’ rights advocates on June 18-19, 2020. The webinar will cover fighting for victims’ rights during COVID and facing future challenges to victims’ rights with unique panels on each day of the event.

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Doug Beloof Leaves a Lasting Impact on Crime Victims’ Rights

Doug Beloof, Professor of Law and Secretary of the National Crime Victim Law Institute (NCVLI), retired this summer. He has been a staunch and compassionate advocate of crime victims’ rights for almost 40 years, coming onto the criminal justice scene as a young prosecutor in the 1980s when crime victims’ rights were just beginning to be publicly discussed.

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Appellate Ruling Supported by CVLC Research

Two Lewis & Clark law students, Sarah Fine ’18 and Kaylee Dickerboom ’19, spent the months researching and assisting in drafting arguments to inform an appellate brief filed in Arizona on behalf of a victim of crime. Their arguments prevailed and the court ruled in favor of the crime victim.

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Meg Garvin, executive director of the National Crime Victim Law Institute