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VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY SYMPOSIUM
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
LEGAL MOMENTUM and
A Symposium Celebrating the
2009 is the fifteenth anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), initiated and championed by then-Senator Joseph Biden. Legal Momentum (then known as NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund) worked closely with Senator Biden, his staff and an array of organizations throughout the four-year struggle to pass VAWA and its subsequent reauthorizations. Although VAWA’s civil rights provision was ultimately struck down as unconstitutional, the many other sections of the bill have provided billions of dollars to the states, tribes and territories to prevent violence against women, serve survivors and improve the justice system’s handling of these cases. At this symposium Legal Momentum and The Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law will bring together a remarkable group of individuals who have been, or continue to be, involved in drafting, passing, litigating and reauthorizing VAWA, to relate the law’s history and impact from their perspectives as key players in this historic legislation. We will also honor Vice President Biden at the Symposium. This event is open to the public, free of charge, but registration is required.
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2009
For information on last year's symposium, please go here: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/journals/gender/symposium/2008/
Revised April 21, 2009 (SSC)
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