Overview
OAESV Advocacy & Legal Services offer a variety of resources, services, training, technical assistance, representation, and direct advocacy across the state of Ohio. Legal Services not only include our OAESV Legal Clinic (formerly known as Ohio Survivor Legal Assistance Clinic) and also our Legal Access Works (LAW) Legal Assistance Program connecting survivors with local panel attorneys. Advocacy includes resources, support, and occasionally direct advocacy in counties without a rape crisis program.
Trainings & Technical Assistance
We are committed to training, educating, and assisting attorneys, advocates, other professionals, and more throughout Ohio. Whether in person, virtual, phone, or written, we strive to provide the most accurate and up to date information to attorneys working with survivors of sexual assault. Collaborating across Ohio on resources, services, and information is vitally important to ensure survivors, advocates, and attorneys are prepared for a variety of legal issues. Training and technical assistance can be conducted in groups or individually on a variety of topics including but not limited to:
- Civil Protection Orders
- Criminal Legal System
- Housing
- Title IX
- Supporting survivors
Resources
- OAESV Advocacy & Legal Services Brochure
- Sexual Assault Legal Advocacy Manual: Volume I
- Sexual Assault Legal Advocacy Manual: Volume II
- Current Issues in the Law
- Title IX Updates
- Title IX Provision Comparison Chart
- Title IX Evidence Packet
- 2020 Title IX FAQ
- Questions and Answers on the Title IX Regulations on Sexual Harassment (July 2021), from the Department of Education
- Executive Order on Guaranteeing an Educational Environment Free from Discrimination on the Basis of Sex, Including Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity | The White House
- Legislation and Policy Updates
- House Bill 266: Eliminate Statute of Limitations for Rape; Spousal Exceptions; Childhood Sexual Abuse
- House Bill 315 (Companion Bill to Senate Bill 182): Ohio Bail Reform
- House Bill 319 & Senate Bill 183: Enact Expanding Human Trafficking Justice Act
- House Bill 121: Eliminate Sex Crime Spousal Exceptions; Permit Spousal Testimony
- Title IX Updates