Robert M. Wilcox, Dean, University of South Carolina School of Law Dennison LaRue, Editor in Chief, Vol. 71, S.C. Law Review
Speaker: Alan Wilson, South Carolina Attorney General The keynote speaker will address what anti-trafficking efforts our state has made in the recent years.
Speaker: Marsha Rabiteau, President and CEO, Center for Human Trafficking Court Solutions, State Justice Institute This session will speak about human trafficking courts as a way to deal with human trafficking victims.
Speaker: Martina Vandenberg, Founder and President, The Himan Trafficking Legal Center Martina Vandenberg will draw on the Human Trafficking Legal Center's criminal and civil case databases to discuss new trends in human trafficking cases, with a focus on access to justice for survivors. Trafficking survivors rarely see their traffickers prosecuted; very few have access to justice. Faced with little chance or restitution from criminal cases, trafficking victims are turning to civil cases to try to obtain justice and compensation. Her remarks will cover both sex and labor trafficking in the United States.
Moderator: Aparna Polavarapu, Assistant Professor of Law, UofSC School of Law Speakers: Cody Corliss, Legal Officer, United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals; Jodi Westbrook Flowers, Member Attorney and Lead of Antiterrorism and Human Rights Practice Group, Motley Rice, LLC Annie Smith, Professor and Director, Human Trafficking Clinic; Director of Pro Bono and Community Engagement, University of Arkansas School of Law This panel will discuss difficulties of combating labor trafficking in both prosecution of these cases as well as law that may make such prosecution difficult.
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Elliott Daniels, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of South Carolina Elliott Daniels, an Assistant U.S. Attorney and active member of the S.C. Human Trafficking Task Force, will provide a more detailed focus on the ways in which sex trafficking occurs in our nation/state, and this speaker can provide information about legislative history that may affect sex trafficking.
Moderator: Joel Samuels, Professor of Law; Director, Rule of Law Collaborative, UofSC School of Law Speakers: Kinli Abe, Assistant Attorney General, SC Office of the Attorney General; Jennifer Brinkley, Assistant Professor of Legal Studies,University of West Florida; Blanche B. Cook, Robert E. Harding Jr. Associate Professor of Law, University of Kentucky School of Law,/em> Kate Mogulescu, Assistant Professor of Clinical Law, Brooklyn College This panel will discuss practical difficulties of identifying and combating sex trafficking both in helping survivors practically and in the courtroom.
Kat Wehunt, Executive Director, The Formation Project To end the discussion, Kat Wehunt, Founder and Executive Director of the Formation Project, Vital Voices, will give a testimonial as to the realities of trafficking and a personal critique of the ways in which she would like to see changes in the law and in other service forms to best combat human trafficking.
Moderator: Susan Kuo, Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion and Professor of Law, UofSC School of Law Speakers: Judge Michèle Patrão Forsythe, South Carolina Family Court; Jacquelyn Hamelryck, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Beth Messick, Executive Director, Jasmine Road; Beth Messick, Executive Director, Jasmine Road This panel will focus on solutions from various fields' perspectives ranging from victim advocates to law enforcement as well as judges and attorneys. 4:30 p.m. — Closing Remarks
Speakers: Judge Michèle Patrão Forsythe, South Carolina Family Court; Jacquelyn Hamelryck, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Beth Messick, Executive Director, Jasmine Road; Beth Messick, Executive Director, Jasmine Road This panel will focus on solutions from various fields' perspectives ranging from victim advocates to law enforcement as well as judges and attorneys.
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