Defense Counsel

    Webinar: Trauma-Informed Supervision Series - Part #3: Interacting with Traumatized Clients: From Knowledge to Skill Practice

    Learn more about trauma-informed supervision strategies when working with your clients during this three-part webinar series.

    Part #3: 'Interacting with Traumatized Clients: From Knowledge to Skill Practice"

    Webinar: Trauma-Informed Supervision Series - Part #2: The Long Reach of Intergenerational Trauma: Connecting the Dots

    Learn more about trauma-informed supervision strategies when working with clients during this three-part webinar series.

    Part #2: "The Long Reach of Intergenerational Trauma: Connecting the Dots"

    • Discuss who trauma impacts and how it presents within the U.S. population.
    • Obtain a deeper understanding about intergenerational trauma, including through the lens of World War II survivors, as told by Viktor Frankl.
    • Examine the link between trauma and criminal behavior.

    Webinar: Trauma-Informed Supervision Series - Part #1

    Learn more about trauma-informed supervision strategies when working with clients during this three-part webinar series.

    Part #1: "What is Trauma?"

    • Define trauma and what it means to be trauma-informed.
    • Explore how stress and trauma impact the brain and the primary areas of the brain involved with responses to stress.
    • Review various types of trauma to consider when working with clients (i.e., intergenerational, childhood, and complex trauma).

    Webinar: Restorative Justice/Restorative Practices Webinar Series - Part #2

    Learn more about restorative justice and practice pathways for your community during this three-part webinar series.

    Part #2: Gather details on structural frameworks needed to strategically plan, implement, and evaluate restorative justice/restorative practices in schools, justice systems, and communities with fidelity.

    Part #1 recording is available here: https://ncjtc.fvtc.edu/training/details/TR00000617/TRI0005583/restorativ...

    2018 National Forum on Criminal Justice

    Sponsored by the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) and the IJIS Institute (IJIS), the National Forum on Criminal Justice showcases programs, research, and technologies that help justice practitioners and decisionmakers in states, local communities, and tribal nations address pressing public safety issues. It is the only criminal justice conference that brings together leaders from federal, state, local, and tribal government and the public and private sector to share real world strategies and solutions from around the country.

    Register for Webinar: Transformative Practices – Promoting Access to Expungement

    This webinar will highlight innovative practices around the country that are increasing access to critically needed record clearing services. From community clinics, to court help desks, to private bar partnerships, this webinar will present ideas for how to launch or grow an effective record clearing project. This webinar will be particularly helpful for practitioners working with law school programs, private bar associations, or community based clinics.

    Presenters:

    Register for Webinar: Collateral Consequences of a Juvenile Adjudication–How Juvenile Records Can Affect Youth Even After the Case is Over

    Hosted by the Clean Slate Clearinghouse, with funding support from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance.

    Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

    The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is a nonpartisan, national research and policy hub producing and disseminating research designed to prevent errors in the criminal justice system. The Center takes an interdisciplinary, data-driven, “systems approach” to identifying and analyzing the most crucial problems in the justice system, and proposing solutions that improve its fairness for the benefit of society.

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • Proposal to Provide Training and Technical Assistance to Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions Program Grantees and Maintain Exoneration Database
    • Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions Training and Technical Assistance Program
    • FY18 URLPWC TTA Project

    Register for Webinar: Criminal Record Clearance and the Clean Slate Clearinghouse

    Hosted by the Clean Slate Clearinghouse, with funding support from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance

    Webinar - The NCMEC Safeguard Program: A Model for Developing Your Resiliency Program

    This webinar will discuss the steps necessary to support a healthy staff environment from the initial employment interview process, through training, employment, end of employment, and post-employment follow-up. A combination of research and case examples support the presentation.

    • Technical Level: Basic.
    • The following are encouraged to attend: detectives, forensic interviewers, sexual assault nurse examiners, victim advocates, juvenile court personnel, prosecutors, and other child-serving professionals.

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