[ABA CDSV] Trauma-Informed Representation & Legal Organizations: Addressing Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, and Stalking
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This preconference is designed to support attorneys and advocates dedicated to improving the response for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking by implementing trauma-informed practices in representation and within organizations that serve survivors.
Trauma-informed representation is grounded in a commitment to survivor safety, choice, collaboration, and empowerment, and is foundational for effective and ethical legal services. At the same time, gender-based violence attorneys experience secondary and/or vicarious trauma at significantly high rates, particularly for those who also experience the multiple traumas of racism, transphobia, ableism, and other systemic oppressions. This preconference will prepare service providers to provide trauma-informed, client-centered, and culturally responsive services for survivors of gender-based violence and examine ways organizations can develop and institutionalize a trauma-informed approach. Topics will include impacts of trauma on the attorney-client relationship, trauma-informed representation, supervision, setting boundaries, and vicarious trauma.