Anti-Trafficking Lawyering Training - Module 1

CAST’s Training and Technical Assistance Team has created our first Anti-Trafficking Lawyering training – an online introductory course focused on how to represent survivors of human trafficking from a trauma-informed and victim-centered lens.  With the growing need to provide survivors of human trafficking with representation, CAST’s Training and Technical Assistance Team seeks to provide legal practitioners fundamental skills in working with survivors.

This training is designed to provide legal practitioners with basic and practical skills to make sure they are prepared to represent survivors of human trafficking and the intersecting needs survivors face.  Legal practitioners will learn introductory tools necessary to provide trauma-informed representation to survivors regardless of their area of practice.

In upcoming modules, attorneys will use these trauma-informed and victim-centered skills to focus on specific areas of representation such as immigration law or victims’ rights.  This module will be a pre-requisite to attending future substantive modules. 

Practitioners Will Learn:

  • Session 1:  Fundamentals of victim-centered representation including power-dynamics and working in multi-disciplinary teams.
  • Session 2:  How to create trauma-informed screening and assessment tools to identify trafficking survivors and their legal needs.
  • Session 3: Basics of victims’ rights as well as how to implement victims rights’ into practice.  Practitioners will also discuss ethical implications in working with survivors from a trauma-informed lens. 

Course Details

The 3 session, online class will be over the course of 3 days in a single week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday).   Course sessions are 1.5 hours long. 

In addition to participating in the live webinars, the sessions will require additional time reviewing the pre-work. The pre-work is necessary for participation in the live sessions, as there will be activities to review the content of the pre-work. Estimated time for pre-work per session is 60 minutes.

Webinar dates (all sessions start at 10 AM PST/1 PM EST and run for 90 minutes)

Course Date and Registration

This training is now available for a self-study/on-demand course.  Access information on how to register for the on-demand course: Anti-Trafficking Lawyering Module 1 - Self-Paced. 

The Comprehensive Training and Technical Assistance Project by the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking is funded under 15POVC-23-GK-00929-HT, awarded by the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Some material was created previously under 2018-VT-BX-K014, awarded by the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice and Grant No. 2018-TA-AX-K009 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this document are those of the contributors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. The material from this website may not be copied or duplicated in whole or part by any means without express prior agreement from CAST, Office for Victims of Crime, or the Office for Violence Against Women.

 

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