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Search Results 31 matching results for "Legal Services"
Impact of Arrest & Conviction Records
This Survivor Reentry Project webinar identifies the collateral consequences that flow from an arrest, and how they impact people involved in the criminal justice system. Participants will learn what constitutes a criminal record, how to access a criminal record, and how a criminal record impacts legal representation on behalf of human trafficking survivors.
Levels: Introductory
Material Types: Webinars & Videos
Types of Trafficking: Labor Trafficking Sex Trafficking
Keywords: Criminal Record Relief Legal Services
Basic Criminal Justice System Overview
This webinar for the Survivor Reentry Project provides an in-depth review of the criminal justice system. Participants will learn all the necessary terminology as well as anticipated timelines in criminal cases, from arrest or citation through trial.
Levels: Introductory
Material Types: Webinars & Videos
Types of Trafficking: Labor Trafficking Sex Trafficking
Keywords: Criminal Record Relief Legal Services
Workable Solutions for Criminal Record Relief
In March 2019, the Survivor Reentry Project convened prosecutors with experience working with victims of human trafficking in the criminal legal system to share their knowledge and expertise on criminal record relief practices, and develop a set of guiding principles for prosecutors on criminal record relief for victims to ensure consistency and reliability for survivors attempting to access criminal record relief.
Levels: Introductory
Material Types: Webinars & Videos
Types of Trafficking: Labor Trafficking Sex Trafficking
Keywords: Awareness Criminal Record Relief Legal Services
Practice Update: Issuance of Notices to Appear (NTAs) in Denied Humanitarian-based Immigration Cases
In May and June of 2019, practitioners reported that USCIS issued a number of NTAs in connection with denied U and T visa applications. This practice update addresses some of the actions practitioners can take in individual cases as well as to support policy level advocacy efforts.
Levels: Intermediate
Material Types: Promising Practices Reports Tools
Types of Trafficking: Labor Trafficking Sex Trafficking
Keywords: Legal Services Policy Promising Practices
Legal Services
Survivors of trafficking need a wide range of legal services. It takes expert legal knowledge and experience to work with a survivor as he or she moves through immigration, criminal justice, housing, civil litigation, or family law issues. Learn more about how survivors can work with their lawyers on navigating different legal systems.This video is a part of New York Anti Trafficking Network's #TalkTraffic series.
Levels: Introductory
Material Types: Webinars & Videos
Types of Trafficking: Labor Trafficking Sex Trafficking
Keywords: Awareness Legal Services
Strategic Litigation: Forced Labor in For-Profit Immigration Detention Facilities
Freedom Network USA partners with Human Trafficking Legal Center to explore emerging litigation against for-profit immigration detention centers. This webinar will address strategic litigation brought by detainees, placing these cases in the larger context of the anti-trafficking movement and the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Levels: Advanced
Material Types: Webinars & Videos
Types of Trafficking: Labor Trafficking
Keywords: Civil Litigation Foreign Nationals Immigration Legal Services
Program Instructions: Child Eligibility Letters
This fact sheet describes the process by which an individual may request eligibility for federally funded assistance for an foreign-born child who may have been subjected to human trafficking.
Levels: Introductory
Material Types: Fact Sheets
Types of Trafficking: Labor Trafficking Sex Trafficking
Keywords: Case Management Foreign Nationals Legal Services
Demographics: Youth
Faces of Human Trafficking: Legal Needs and Rights of Victims of Trafficking
Faces of Human Trafficking is a nine-video series created by the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) that blends the experiences of a diverse group of human trafficking survivors and professionals from across the Nation to raise awareness of the seriousness of this crime. This video details the array of comprehensive legal needs a victim of human trafficking may have, including issues of immigration, family law, housing, bankruptcy, employment law, public benefits access, criminal defense, rights enforcement, and civil actions.
Levels: Introductory
Material Types: Webinars & Videos
Types of Trafficking: Labor Trafficking Sex Trafficking
Keywords: Legal Services
Faces of Human Trafficking: Legal Rights and Needs of Victims of Human Trafficking in the United States
Faces of Human Trafficking is a nine-video series created by the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) that blends the experiences of a diverse group of human trafficking survivors and professionals from across the Nation to raise awareness of the seriousness of this crime. This fact sheet is a supportive document to the video series focusing on the legal needs of trafficking survivors.
Levels: Introductory
Material Types: Fact Sheets
Types of Trafficking: Labor Trafficking Sex Trafficking
Keywords: Legal Services
Comprehensive Legal Services for Trafficked Persons
This policy paper addresses the need for comprehensive legal services for survivors of trafficking.
