Human Trafficking Series Part 3: Free Webinar - LCBA, CHBA & CWBA CLE

Offered by the Larimer County Bar Association, CWBA Larimer County Chapter, and the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association. 

Program is free. CLE credit pending. Registration is through American University's MOSAICS. 

For any person facing criminal charges, criminal court can be a traumatic, oppressive, and harmful place. This is particularly true for survivors of trafficking, who have commonly experienced complex trauma before ever being arrested. Criminal court involvement can exacerbate those previous trauma and create new ones. Attorneys and judges seeking to help survivors of trafficking must first understand what trauma is and how in manifests. Only then can court personnel craft courtroom procedures that are informed by and responsive to the trauma experienced by survivors. Likewise, attorneys must also understand the ways the oppressive framework of the criminal legal system harms survivors in order to mitigate that harm. Applying a harm reduction model to court programming for survivors can help to ensure that survivors do not become more deeply entrenched in the system than necessary. Harm reduction techniques also ensure that the court has planted seeds for a survivor’s success once the survivor is ready to exit their exploitation.

During this webinar, you will learn about:

• Trauma, complex trauma, and common trauma reactions
• Promising trauma-responsive practices to mitigate harm to survivors of trafficking
• The philosophy of harm reduction, and how it can be applied in the criminal court setting

Presenters:

• Miriam Goodman, Deputy Managing Director of Alternatives to Incarceration at the Women’s Prison Association (WPA) in New York City
• Megan Lundstrom, Co-Founder, The Avery Center for Research & Services in Colorado