Category: CLE, Alternative Dispute Resolution (CLE), Bankruptcy and Debtor-Creditor (CLE), Business & Corporations (CLE), Commercial & Consumer Law (CLE), Constitutional Law (CLE), Criminal Law (CLE), Education Law (CLE), Elder Law (CLE), Employment and Labor Law (CLE), Environmental Law (CLE), Ethics and Professionalism (CLE), Family Law (CLE), Government Law (CLE), Health Law (CLE), International Law (CLE), Law Practice Management (CLE), Litigation (CLE), Real Property Law (CLE), Taxation (CLE), Tort Law (CLE), Trusts, Wills & Estates (CLE) (show less)
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Credits: 2.0 ethics & professionalism credit hours, including 1.5 attorney well-being credits for those jurisdictions with this requirement.
Description: Trauma-informed lawyering is a compassionate and holistic approach that recognizes the profound impact of trauma on individuals involved in the legal system. It emphasizes understanding the effects of trauma, promoting safety, empowerment, and avoiding retraumatization. This timely and important class will help those who attend understand the neurobiology of trauma, its impacts on clients in their legal cases, and concrete trauma-responsive approaches when supporting clients with trauma histories. The panel will also address the impact of secondary or vicarious trauma, a phenomenon that occurs when individuals are exposed to the trauma of others, the symptoms of which can be like those who experienced the original trauma.
While this class is a must for those who handle family law, domestic violence, criminal and tort matters, others may find these issues of interest.
Faculty: Jessie Joachim, District of Columbia Bar; Lindsey Silverberg, Network for Victim Recovery of DC; and Bridgette Stumpf, Network for Victim Recovery of DC
Cosponsors: D.C. Bar Lawyer Assistance Program and the Network for Victim Recovery of D.C.
Fees: $89 NVDRC Staff and D.C. Bar Communities Members, $99 D.C. Bar Members, $109 Government and Nonprofit Attorneys, and $129 Others
The D.C. Bar CLE Program now offers discounted group registration rates! For more information, contact the CLE Office at CLE@dcbar.org or 202-626-3488.