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Victim Rights Law Center

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Founder
  
Susan Vickers

Area served
  
United States of America

Website
  
victimrights.org

Founded
  
2003

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Location
  
Origins
  
Originally a project of the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center

Key people
  
Stacy Malone, Esq., Executive Director Jessica Mindlin, Esq., National Director of Training and Technical AssistanceColby Bruno, Esq., Senior Counsel

Headquarters
  
Massachusetts, United States

Type of business
  
Legal services organization

Similar
  
Futures Without Violence, GLBTQ Legal Advocate, Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, International Institute of New Engl, Tahirih Justice Center

Profiles

The Victim Rights Law Center (VRLC) is a non-profit organization that provides free legal services to victims of rape and sexual assault in Massachusetts and Oregon. Established in 2003, it became the first nonprofit law center in the United States solely dedicated to serving the legal needs of sexual assault victims. The VRLC mission is to "provide legal representation to victims of rape and sexual assault to help rebuild their lives and to promote a national movement committed to seeking justice for every rape and sexual assault victim." VRLC also seeks to transform the legal response to sexual assault in the United States.

The Victim Rights Law Center began as a project of the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center in 2000. Founder Susan Vickers focused the organization's legal services on victims assaulted by non-intimate partners. The organization became an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit in 2003. VRLC has expanded nationally after receiving a grant from the Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women. Through the grant, VRLC is providing technical assistance and training to other organizations serving sexual assault victims throughout the United States.

VRLC provides its clients with legal assistance and assists when they are having difficulty with employers, schools or insurance companies. The organization also advocates for the rights of rape victims. After a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision made it easier for defense lawyers to review mental health records of victims of sexual assault, VRLC criticized the ruling, saying it would discourage rape victims from getting counseling.

References

Victim Rights Law Center Wikipedia


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