Associate Professor Jennifer Baum, Director of the Law School’s Child Advocacy Clinic, together with Elissa Brown, Professor of Psychology at St. John’s University, presented a training for the Queens County Bar Association on May 29, entitled “Creating a Trauma Informed Legal System.” The session presented facts and statistics about trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, and identified points during the litigation process where attorneys and judges might reduce harm to victims and witnesses who must testify.
Professor Baum also presented a workshop on essential interviewing skills for professionals who work with adolescents. The June 5 workshop was offered to Family Court judges, practitioners, and child welfare staff as part of a New York State Court Improvement Project symposium at New York Law School, concerning adolescent well-being. Training materials from the symposium are available here.
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