Legal Defense of Victims of Violence: Seminar in Odesa
We are happy to support the initiatives of our graduates and are proud of their willingness to share knowledge and address issues that are important to society. This training – the third in a row – draws attention to a painful topic that is sometimes not easy to talk about because of prejudice and pain.
On May 17, 2019, in Odessa, under the initiative of graduates of “Tomorrow’s Lawyer” Program, Tamara Bugaiets and Lyudmila Grytsenko, a training was held on “Features of the lawyer’s participation in cases related to the legal defense of victims of domestic violence”.
The event was supported by the US Embassy in Ukraine and held in partnership with the Bar Council of Odesa region.
The trainers at the event were Tamara Bugaiets, Lyudmila Grytsenko, as well as a judge of the Malinovsky District Court of Odesa Maksym Murzenko. Key topics of the event include domestic violence: a focus on Soft Skills and Hard Skills; peculiarities of bringing to administrative and criminal responsibility for domestic violence.
The participants also considered the urgent injunction and restraining orders: what a lawyer needs to know and recent practice of their application.
Among the attendees, there were lawyers, representatives of the Odessa police department, scholars and law faculty teachers, psychologists and journalists, as well as judges of the Odessa Court of Appeal: Julian Kravets and Oleksandr Zhuravlyov.
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