by awkolaw2 | Mar 20, 2020 | Chelsie Warner, Mary Liu, School Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harrassment
The word “high school” can evoke many different emotions. The butterflies a freshman feels when her crush asks her to homecoming. The uncontainable excitement that rushes through the student body during a pep rally. The nervous elation upperclassman experience while...
by awkolaw2 | Mar 15, 2020 | Chelsie Warner, Clergy Sexual Abuse, Mary Liu, School Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harrassment
Statutes of limitations are laws that require a lawsuit to be filed within a certain amount of time. Failure to file the lawsuit within the specified time frame will forever bar the claim. Before January 1, 2020, California residents who were survivors of childhood...
by awkolaw2 | Dec 17, 2019 | Boy Scouts, Clergy Sexual Abuse, Human Trafficking, School Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harrassment, Sports Sexual Abuse
Traumatic events haunt some people for their entire lives. Survivors who develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may relive the trauma through flashbacks and dreams; they may struggle with their relationships and in their jobs; they may numb their emotions...
by awkolaw2 | Sep 13, 2019 | Boy Scouts, Boy Scouts Sexual Abuse, Chelsie Warner, Clergy Sexual Abuse, Human Trafficking, Human Trafficking, Mary Liu, School Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse In Scouting, Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harrassment, Sports Sexual Abuse
Trauma has the power to derail lives. People who develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after experiencing or witnessing a terrifying or life-threatening event may experience chronic struggles with relationships, jobs, and physical and emotional health. And...
by awkolaw2 | Jul 3, 2019 | Chelsie Warner, Mary Liu, School Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse In School, Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harrassment
College-aged students occupy one of the highest risk categories for sexual assault. According to RAINN, a national anti-sexual violence organization, 23.1% of female undergraduates and 5.4% of male undergraduate experience some form of sexual violence. Further, only...
by awkolaw2 | Jun 11, 2019 | Chelsie Warner, Mary Liu, School Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Abuse In School, Sexual Assault, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harrassment
Primary and secondary schools are educating our youth in more than academics. Research from the American Association of University Women reveals 48% of surveyed students in grades 7 – 12 experienced sexual harassment during their school year. According to RAINN, a...
