January 05, 2017
President's Showcase to Tackle Violence Against Women on College Campuses
According to statistics, between 20 and 25 percent of women will experience sexual assault during their college career—more than half will tell no one. Forty-four percent of victims are under 18 years of age and 84 percent of reported sexual coercion is experienced during the first two years of college.
The statistics on campus sexual assault are staggering and the effects for the victims are long-lasting. To bring awareness to this insidious problem and work to find solutions, the New Jersey State Bar Foundation is presenting “Violence Against Women on College Campuses,” a showcase event cosponsored with the New Jersey State Bar Association Senior Lawyers Special Committee and the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE). The event will be held Tuesday, March 7, 2017, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick.
Topics for discussion will include: How Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is used to combat sexual assault; and what the public can do to help prevent college sexual assault.
President Barack Obama signed an executive order declaring March “National Sexual Assault and Prevention Month” and began initiatives to help law enforcement obtain accurate evidence and victims obtain closure more quickly by making new grants available for a nationwide, community-based effort to end the backlog of untested rape kits. In addition to the topics listed above, the Foundation’s Showcase will address what sexual assault prevention will look like in the Trump Administration and whether these efforts will continue and what law enforcement and victims can expect in the next four years.
Registration is FREE for non-attorneys, educators, law students and full-time judges. Educators will earn 3 professional development credits. Attorneys will earn up to 3.3 CLE credits. Tuition for the showcase is $140, discounted to $112 for NJSBA members or $105 for YLD members or members of an NJSBA co-sponsoring section or committee. Paralegals will pay $91. The cost at the door will be $160. To register, contact NJICLE at 732-214-8500.