Sexual Violence Law Center
@svlawcenter.bsky.social
Attorneys fighting for the rights, respect, and dignity of survivors of sexual violence in WA & holding abusers and systems accountable. 📞844.991.SVLC
We loved presenting at the 2025 Partnering for a Future Without Violence Conference! 💜 Huge thanks to the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office of Victim/Witness Assistance and the Attorney General's Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect for bringing us out.
September 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We loved presenting at the 2025 Partnering for a Future Without Violence Conference! 💜 Huge thanks to the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office of Victim/Witness Assistance and the Attorney General's Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect for bringing us out.
Protection orders can be a powerful legal tool for survivors—but they’re often misunderstood.
In Washington, survivors can request a protection order after experiencing sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking and harassment. Even without police involvement.
In Washington, survivors can request a protection order after experiencing sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking and harassment. Even without police involvement.
July 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Protection orders can be a powerful legal tool for survivors—but they’re often misunderstood.
In Washington, survivors can request a protection order after experiencing sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking and harassment. Even without police involvement.
In Washington, survivors can request a protection order after experiencing sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking and harassment. Even without police involvement.
LGBTQ+ people experience some of the highest rates of sexual and domestic violence—44% of lesbian women, 61% of bisexual women, and even higher rates among transgender people, especially Black and Indigenous trans women.
Yet too often, legal systems fail to see or support them.
Yet too often, legal systems fail to see or support them.
June 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
LGBTQ+ people experience some of the highest rates of sexual and domestic violence—44% of lesbian women, 61% of bisexual women, and even higher rates among transgender people, especially Black and Indigenous trans women.
Yet too often, legal systems fail to see or support them.
Yet too often, legal systems fail to see or support them.
At SVLC, we celebrate LGBTQ+ survivors—not just this month, but every day. Because queer and trans people experience disproportionately high rates of sexual and domestic violence—and face legal systems that too often ignore their realities.
June 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
At SVLC, we celebrate LGBTQ+ survivors—not just this month, but every day. Because queer and trans people experience disproportionately high rates of sexual and domestic violence—and face legal systems that too often ignore their realities.
Thank you for making the 2025 Change Makers & Silence Breakers Celebration unforgettable! We’re 65% to our goal—help us reach 100%! Every gift supports survivor justice. Give today: givebutter.com/svlcchangema...
#SurvivorJustice #SVLC
#SurvivorJustice #SVLC
April 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Thank you for making the 2025 Change Makers & Silence Breakers Celebration unforgettable! We’re 65% to our goal—help us reach 100%! Every gift supports survivor justice. Give today: givebutter.com/svlcchangema...
#SurvivorJustice #SVLC
#SurvivorJustice #SVLC
Today Governor Ferguson signed HB 1620 into law. This bill updates and clarifies the parenting plan statute RCW 26.09.191, ensuring courts have clearer guidance on high-conflict family law cases, strengthening protections, and improving outcomes for survivors and their children.
April 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Today Governor Ferguson signed HB 1620 into law. This bill updates and clarifies the parenting plan statute RCW 26.09.191, ensuring courts have clearer guidance on high-conflict family law cases, strengthening protections, and improving outcomes for survivors and their children.
Shoutout to our powerhouse sponsors who backed our Change Makers and Silence Breakers Celebration and helped make our night of community, resistance, and celebration possible.
This work is collective, and we’re glad you’re in it with us. 💜
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Tickets available at: www.svlawcenter.org/events
This work is collective, and we’re glad you’re in it with us. 💜
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Tickets available at: www.svlawcenter.org/events
April 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Shoutout to our powerhouse sponsors who backed our Change Makers and Silence Breakers Celebration and helped make our night of community, resistance, and celebration possible.
This work is collective, and we’re glad you’re in it with us. 💜
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Tickets available at: www.svlawcenter.org/events
This work is collective, and we’re glad you’re in it with us. 💜
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Tickets available at: www.svlawcenter.org/events
SVLC’s Pro Bono Counsel Sara Mooney appeared before the Court of Appeals today, challenging the denial of a required Order to Surrender Weapons in a DVPO case.
WA law mandates weapon surrender when certain criteria are met—we show up to uphold the rights and safety of survivors. 💜💜
WA law mandates weapon surrender when certain criteria are met—we show up to uphold the rights and safety of survivors. 💜💜
April 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
SVLC’s Pro Bono Counsel Sara Mooney appeared before the Court of Appeals today, challenging the denial of a required Order to Surrender Weapons in a DVPO case.
WA law mandates weapon surrender when certain criteria are met—we show up to uphold the rights and safety of survivors. 💜💜
WA law mandates weapon surrender when certain criteria are met—we show up to uphold the rights and safety of survivors. 💜💜
Consent is always clear, active, coherent, willing and ongoing. Remember, consent seeks to make comfortable. Coercion seeks to shame or guilt.
#SAAM2025 #SupportSurvivors
#SAAM2025 #SupportSurvivors
April 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Consent is always clear, active, coherent, willing and ongoing. Remember, consent seeks to make comfortable. Coercion seeks to shame or guilt.
#SAAM2025 #SupportSurvivors
#SAAM2025 #SupportSurvivors