Video Training: Confidentiality and Privilege: A Training for California Domestic Violence Advocates

Video
January 1, 2018
Description

Domestic violence shelters protect the safety of their clients by keeping their information confidential.  This training discusses several topics related to maintaining client confidentiality, including the laws prohibiting the disclosure of confidential client information, and the laws prohibiting the disclosure of a shelter’s confidential address.  It also discusses the protections of the relevant California privilege laws, including the Domestic Violence Counselor-Victim Privilege, which apply when there is a court-related request for a victim’s confidential information.

Registration and Payment

All videos are free for survivors of domestic violence/intimate partner abuse and the people who support them; California nonprofit / legal aid employees; private attorneys currently representing a survivor of domestic violence pro bono in California; members of the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence; and members of Legal Aid Association of California.

All others (including private attorneys), please pay before viewing. $35 per video. Click here to pay. In the comments section, please include the name(s) of the training(s) you are paying for. (Payment for training does not count as a tax-deductible donation.)

Presenter

FVAP Legal Director Nancy Lemon, Esq.

MCLE Credit

To receive 1.5 hours of MCLE credit in Ethics for watching this webinar, please download and complete the below evaluation form, then email it to training@fvaplaw.org. (Be sure to download the form and save it to your device before entering your information.) Available for CA attorneys only. By submitting this form you are certifying that you viewed the entire presentation, and are electronically signing an attendance record.

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