Alaska Office of Victims’ Rights 2011 Victims’ Rights Partnership Award The Alaska Office of Victims’ Rights received NCVLI’s 2011 Victims’ Rights Partnership Award for their work protecting victims’ rights. NCVLI’s Outstanding Achievement Awards recognize attorneys,...

Keith Franz Pro Bono NAVRA member Keith Franz has long been a victims’ advocate and is highly regarded for his decades of pro bono work throughout the United States.  His efforts on behalf of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), The Compassionate Friends, Bereaved...

Steven Kelly 2011 Legal Advocacy Award NCVLI is proud to honor Attorney Steven Kelly with the 2011 Legal Advocacy Award for his tireless legal advocacy to enforce victims’ rights. NCVLI’s Outstanding Achievement Awards recognize attorneys, advocates, and organizations...

Sarah Hays Summer Intern Sarah Hays is a dual degree candidate in Law and Conflict & Dispute Resolution at the University of Oregon School of Law who interned with NCVLI’s Safeguarding Child-Victims’ Rights Initiative during the summer of 2011.  We were pleased to...

Jacqueline Swanson Outstanding Volunteer Jacqueline Swanson is a first law student intern who served as one of NCVLI’s 2010-2011 Violence Against Women Project Law Student Interns. Jacqueline brought an inspiring passion for victims’ rights to her work and used this...

Anne Seymour 2011 Victim Advocacy Award Anne Seymour is the 2011 winner of NCVLI’s Victim Advocacy Award for her commitment to advancing victims’ rights.  NCVLI’s Outstanding Achievement Awards recognize attorneys, advocates, and organizations that have made...

Colette McEldowney Law Student Profile Colette McEldowney is a second year law student who began interning with NCVLI in the fall of 2010.  Colette has worked on a wide range of victims’ rights legal work from performing a state survey of statute of limitations on...

Sylvia Golden Outstanding Pro Bono Attorney NAVRA member Sylvia Golden joined NCVLI in December 2010 as a pro bono attorney. Sylvia comes to NCVLI with a background in immigration law and criminal defense work.  She was drawn to NCVLI because of our policy work in the...

Fall 2010 Clinic Class Researches Important Victims’ Rights Issues Lewis & Clark Law School students did fantastic work on important issues for victims in the fall 2010 semester.    NCVLI Attorneys Meg Garvin, Terry Campos, and Alison Wilkinson taught the...

Amanda Tufts Outstanding Volunteer Amanda Tufts is a first year law student intern who served as one of NCVLI’s 2010-2011 Violence Against Women Project Law Student Interns.  Amanda brought an incredible level of skill to her work as a researcher and writer and...