Cost:
Member FREE
Non-member $150.00
Program date:
Monday, June 10, 2019
Product ID: 2019CLC-A01
CLE Credit
Original
CLE Credit Type: Ethics
Original Seminar Course
Length: 2.0 Hours
About the Program
This seminar will provide legal professionals with an understanding of issues facing individuals who have experienced trauma, and how the legal system can advocate for them in a way that helps ensure they are not victimized by the legal process and justice is served. Legal Professionals will learn to approach advocacy from a multi-disciplinary perspective, develop skills to implement into their own legal practices, and identify trauma-informed resources in their communities.
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Information contained in this audio/video
complimentary on-demand product may be outdated and may not meet the criteria
for CLE credit. Accordingly, the CBA is not automatically certifying any
Connecticut or New York CLE credits for this complimentary on-demand product.
CBA members who view/listen to this complimentary on-demand product may claim
Connecticut CLE credit on their own as self-study if they determine that the
information provided by the on-demand product is timely and relevant and otherwise
meets the criteria in
CT MCLE rule 2-27A.
The President’s Track
Session - A01
Trauma-Informed Advocacy: Practical Advice for Representing Victims of Trauma in the Legal System
You Will Learn
- The effects of trauma on the mind and body and identify the legal systems in which lawyers may encounter individuals who have experienced trauma
- About issues related to ethics, competency, confidentiality, and zealous advocacy through a trauma-informed lens
- How to integrate trauma-focused client services into various courtroom settings
Moderator
Angela C. Schlingheyde, The Center for Family Justice, Inc., Bridgeport
Speakers
Hon. John A. Danaher III, Connecticut Superior Court, Litchfield
Dr. Alice Forrester, Clifford Beers, New Haven
Miriam Gohara, Yale Law School, New Haven
Maria Morelli-Wolfe, Greater Hartford Legal Aid Inc., Hartford
Sean Rose, Justice Resource Institute, Thompson
The Connecticut Bar Association/CT Bar Institute is an accredited provider of New York State CLE. This program qualifies for non-transitional CLE credits.
Attorneys seeking NY CLE credit who have been admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less must attend the live seminar for skills or ethics credit, or a fully interactive video conference. Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias CLE credits are only available as non-transitional credits. For further information about transitional and non-transitional courses, please see the NYCourts.gov page on CLE: http://ww2.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/index.shtml
Financial hardship information is available upon request.