School of Law Hosts CLE Program Recognizing 20-Year Anniversary of Violence Against Women Act
The 20th anniversary of the international law that made interpersonal violence against women illegal will be marked with a law school program titled The Violence Against Women Act and its Impact on the U.S. Supreme Court and International Law: A Story of Vindication, Loss and a New Human Rights Paradigm.
The half-day event, which provides Continuing Legal Education credits, will be held Saturday, March 29, from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in Room 203 of the law school.
“The 20th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act is a major milestone in the efforts to both acknowledge the widespread violence against women and to create effective ways to eliminate it,” said Jane Campbell Moriarty, associate dean of the School of Law.
Professor Cheryl Hanna from Vermont Law School, the keynote speaker, will review some of the key Supreme Court cases in this area, then discuss cases from both the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights. Hanna’s presentation will contrast current American and international approaches of ending violence against women and girls.
Other speakers and panelists will expand on issues related to Hanna’s address and continue the discussion as to how advocacy before the U.S. Supreme Court and in international law might evolve to better vindicate the rights of women in the spirit in which the law was intended.
“This conference at Duquesne is part of a year-long effort at all Pennsylvania Law Schools to explore VAWA’s protection for women subjected to interpersonal violence,” said Moriarty. “We are thrilled to have such wonderful speakers joining us and look forward to a great conference.”
The program is approved as a three-hour Substantive Credit CLE course.
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