The First National Legal Conference Dedicated to Violence Prevention

Join lawyers, advocates, students, and community leaders shaping the future of legal support for community-based public safety. Three days of programming, site visits, legal training, and strategy sessions designed to build a national legal infrastructure for CVI.


Continuing Legal Education (CLEs) credit available for select sessions.

BALTIMORE, MD

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MARCH 5 - 7

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BALTIMORE, MD ✦ MARCH 5 - 7 ✦

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Registration has closed. See you in Baltimore!

This year’s programming centers on key areas shaping the future of violence-prevention law:

  • Legal Power and Public Safety
    Building a coordinated legal framework for CVI organizations.

  • DOJ Accountability and Federal Funding
    Understanding compliance, reviews, appeals, and equity protections.

  • Survivor and Practitioner Rights
    Elevating legal protections for people most impacted by violence.

  • Litigation and Policy Strategy
    Coordinating legal responses to emerging threats at the state and federal levels.

  • The Black and Brown Legal Pipeline
    Supporting law students and early-career professionals committed to community-based justice.

Expected Schedule

  • Site visits that bring participants inside courtrooms, law firms, and community spaces. Conversations with practitioners doing daily violence-prevention legal work. Evening happy hour reception.

  • A full day for advocates, funders, and practitioners that includes training sessions, skill-building workshops, teach-ins, and service activities. CLE programs offered on this day.

  • Mainstage panels, keynotes, and an awards program honoring leaders in the field. Programming held in the courthouse with invited guests, partners, and practitioners from across the country.

  • Lawyers, judges, and prosecutors working on safety and justice

  • CVI practitioners and survivor advocates

  • Law students, professors, and clinical educators

  • Philanthropic and public-sector partners

  • Policy experts, government officials, and advocates

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

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Featured Speakers

  • Amber Goodwin

    Founder

  • Robyn Thomas

    Founder

  • Benard McKinley

    Law Student

  • Ambar Caldwell

    Ambar Caldwell

    Law Student

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Select sessions throughout the conference will provide Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit. Eligible sessions will be marked on the final schedule. Participants will receive instructions on-site for documentation and credit verification.

  • Firms, foundations, academic centers, and advocacy organizations are invited to support the inaugural convening. Partnership opportunities include session sponsorships, fellowship support, and travel scholarships for students and system-impacted professionals.

    For partnership inquiries, contact amber@cjactionfund.org

  • CVI organizations face complex legal challenges. Federal grant reviews, state regulations, appeals processes, and compliance burdens threaten the work of practitioners every day. Yet there has never been a coordinated legal infrastructure to support the field.

    This conference creates shared tools, shared strategy, and shared legal power for communities working to end violence.

  • Limited travel support may be available for law students and system-impacted practitioners.

  • Yes. Coffee, refreshments, and some meals will be available throughout the conference.

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