Human Trafficking in New York State: Legal Issues and Advocating for the Victim

ALBANY, NY (03/23/2015)(readMedia)-- WHAT: To educate attorneys about identifying potential victims and bring greater awareness to human trafficking, the New York State Bar Association is offering a Continuing Legal Education program on March 25, which will be available by live webcast. To date, advance registrants include more than 500 individuals from across the United States and world, including Russia, Portugal, the Netherlands, Australia, Paraguay, United Kingdom and Canada.

"As attorneys, we can play a critical role in ridding society of human trafficking, which has been likened to modern-day slavery." said New York State Bar Association President Glenn Lau-Kee of New York City (Kee & Lau-Kee). "Our program will arm attorneys with tools to identify and best represent victims, helping to end this horrendous practice."

WHEN: Wednesday, March 25, 2015, Noon to 2:30 p.m. (in person and via live webcast)

WHERE: New York State Bar Association, One Elk Street, Albany, NY or via webcast

PANEL: Nora Cronin, former senior trial attorney, Kings County District Attorney's Office;

Joanne Macri, director of regional initiatives, NYS Office of Indigent Legal Services;

Kate Mogulescu, supervising attorney, Criminal Defense Practice, The Legal Aid Society; Christa Stewart, coordinator, Response to Human Trafficking and Unaccompanied Minors, Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance; John Temple, attorney-in-charge, Human Trafficking Program, New York County District Attorney's Office; and Suzanne Tomatore, director, Immigrant Women & Children Project, City Bar Justice Center.

MEDIA: Christina Couto, ccouto@nysba.org, 518-487-5535

Lise Bang-Jensen, lbang-jensen@nysba.org, 518-487-5530

Reporters need to be registered to gain access to the webcast.

For further background about the program, see March 16, 2015 press release: https://www.nysba.org/CustomTemplates/SecondaryStandard.aspx?id=55340.

The New York State Bar Association, with 74,000 members, is the largest voluntary state bar association in the nation. It was founded in 1876.

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