Advocacy and Recognitions
Laura L. Dunn is a nationally recognized victims’ rights lawyer whose work has earned numerous accolades in her fight for justice.
Advocating for Victims Rights
Laura L. Dunn, J.D., is a national leader advocating for victims’ rights. Her advocacy work continues through numerous nonprofit event sponsorship and advisory positions, lending her expertise to organizations on the frontline.
Featured
U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime
Recepient of Special Courage Award
TED TALK
It’s time for the law to protect victims of gender violence
American Association of University Women
Recipient of AAUW Eleanor Roosevelt Fund Award
PBS’s Brief But Spectacular
Featured appearance: A survivor’s take on justice after sexual violence
All Recognitions to Date
2020-Now
- Sponsor for Women’s Leadership & Equality Program at University of Maryland Carey School of Law (2020-2025)
- Sponsor for Equal Rights Advocates Gala (2022)
- Featured in Episode Four of the PBS documentary series “Mysteries of Mental Health” (2021)
- Sponsor for the Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards (2020)
- Accepted Member to the U.S. Supreme Court (2020)
- Appointment to the Young Leaders Council for Vital Voices (2019-2020)
2015-2019
- ABA Commission on Sexual & Domestic Violence (2016-2019)
- The Daily Record’s 2019 Leading Women Award (2019)
- PBS’s Brief but Spectacular (2018)
- Preet Bharara’s Inaugural CAFE 100 and CAFE Change Summit attendee (2018)
- TED Talk of the Day (2018)
- Featured in I Have The Right To (2018)
- TED Fellow (2018)
- Featured in PURE: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women (2018)
- Special Courage Award from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime (2017)
- Invitee to Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Conference (2017)
- Featured in PEOPLE Magazine’s Women Speaking Out Series (2017)
- AAUW Eleanor Roosevelt Fund Award (2017)
- Liaison to the ALI Model Penal Code on Sexual Assault & Related Offenses (2017)
- ABA’s Criminal Justice Section Task Force on College Due Process & Victim Protections (2017)
- Invitee to Social Innovation Summit (2017)
- Liaison to the ALI Student Sexual Misconduct Project (2016)
- University of Maryland Carey School of Law Benjamin Cardin Public Service Award (2016)
- Nominated Changemaker to the Inaugural United State of Women Summit (2016)
- Echoing Green Global Fellow (2015)
- Recognition on U.S. Senate floor by Judiciary Committee Chairman, Sen. Patrick Leahy (2015)
- Hillary for America’s Gender Equality Workgroup & Gender Violence Subgroup (2015)
- Advisor to White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault (2015)
- NOVA’s National Advocacy Leadership Center (2015)
2010-2014
- Advisor to White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault (2014)
- VIP Guest to the White House’s Launch of the It’s on Us Campaign (2014)
- Primary Negotiator for U.S. Department of Education’s VAWA Rulemaking Committee (2014)
- U.S. Senate Campus Sexual Assault Roundtable (2014)
- VIP Guest of Vice President Joe Biden to the 20th Anniversary of VAWA at the National Archives (2014)
- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo SUNY Sexual Violence Prevention Workgroup (2014)
- University of Maryland Champion of Excellence (2014)
- Rose Zetzer Fellow (2014)
- Order of the Barristers (2014)
- William P. Cunningham Award (2014)
- VIP guest of Vice President Joe Biden to the signing of the 2013 VAWA Reauthorization (2013)
- Capitol Hill press conference speaker on Campus SaVE Act with House Democratic leadership (2013)
- Capitol Hill press conference speaker on Campus SaVE Act with Senate Judiciary Committee (2012)
- Featured in Cosmopolitan Magazine (2011)
- VIP guest of Vice President Joe Biden at 2011 Title IX Guidance Announcement (2011)
- University of Maryland Carey School of Law Leadership Scholar (2011)
- Center for Public Integrity, Lax Enforcement of Title IX (Feb. 25, 2010)
- National Public Radio, Campus Rape Victims: A Struggle for Justice (Feb. 24, 2010)
- Featured on Center for Public Integrity & NPR’s award-winning campus sexual assault series (2010)