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

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.)

MCLE Credit
Credit is available for California attorneys only. Instructions for receiving MCLE credit will be provided on each video webpage. Please allow 5-7 business days to receive your certificate.

Confidentiality and Privilege: A Training for California Domestic Violence Advocates (2018)

This 90-minute training is designed to help advocates and service providers who receive state or federal domestic violence funds to understand what information they receive from their clients is confidential, and under what circumstances that information can legally be protected from being disclosed.

Presenter: FVAP Legal Director Nancy Lemon, Esq.
MCLE Credit: 1.5 hours in Ethics (Instructions on applying for MCLE credit below video. Available for CA attorneys only.)

Closed captioning available.

Accompanying Materials
To download the files that accompany this training video, click on the name of the file below.
Confidentiality and Privilege Slide Deck
Confidentiality and Privilege Handouts
MCLE Evaluation Form – Confidentiality and Privilege

To receive 1.5 hours of MCLE credit in Ethics for watching this webinar, please download and complete the above 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.