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Please join us at the Boston Bar Association for this important
program, which is being offered at no cost to attendees and is sponsored by the
BBA's Public Interest Leadership Program (PILP), the BBA's Administration
of Justice Section, Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Section, Delivery of
Legal Services Section, Criminal Law Section, Labor & Employment and
Immigration Section.
Human trafficking is one of the largest and fastest-growing illegal
industries in the world, and may involve sexual slavery, forced labor and
exploitation of children. In February 2012, Massachusetts enacted "An Act
Relative to the Commercial Exploitation of People," which creates both criminal
and civil penalties, and other means of redress, for human trafficking-related
offenses in Massachusetts. The Act also established a task force chaired by
Attorney General Martha Coakley to address all aspects of human trafficking
through policy and other changes.
This program will familiarize attendees with the issue of human trafficking
and Massachusetts law related thereto. Our panelists will provide an overview of
the legal, law enforcement and community-based work that is being done
throughout the Commonwealth to combat human trafficking.
The discussion will highlight the government and community-based agencies
engaged in the work and the specific immigration, labor and employment, criminal
and other legal issues implicated by trafficking. The program will also discuss
involvement of the private bar, including the Act’s creation of a civil remedy
for victims of trafficking. Finally, the program will explore what legal and
other resources can be offered to address the problem.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW & PANELISTS:
Liam T. Lowney
Moderator
Executive Director,
Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance, Victim & Witness Assistance
Board
Panel One: Human Trafficking: An Overview
Cherie Jimenez
Director
Josephine Butler E.V.A.
Center
Mirna Montano
Worker Center Organizer, MassCOSH
Lisa Goldblatt Grace, LICSW, MPH
Co-Founder &
Director
My Life My Choice
Panel Two: The Massachusetts Anti-Trafficking Law and Task
Force
Thomas G. Brophy, Esq.
General Counsel
Office of Sen.
Mark C. Montigny (D-New Bedford)
Deborah Bercovitch, Esq.
Assistant Attorney
General
Office of Attorney General Martha Coakley
Kimberly Henry
Director
Interagency Human Trafficking
Policy Task Force
Office of Attorney General Martha Coakley
Panel Three: On the Ground: Responding to Human
Trafficking
Julie Dahlstrom, Esq.
Managing Attorney
Immigration
Legal Assistance Program
Lutheran Social Services of New England
Diane L. Rosenfeld, J.D., LL.M.
Lecturer on Law and
Director of the Gender Violence Program
Harvard Law School
Sgt. Detective Donna Gavin, Esq.
Commander
Boston
Police Department Human Trafficking Unit
PROGRAM CHAIRPERSONS:
Members of the BBA's Public Interest Leadership Program (PILP) Class of
2013:
Jacqueline S. Anchondo, Esq.
Benton B. Bodamer, Esq.
Omar F. Gonzalez-Pagan, Esq.
Meghan D. Hely Walsh, Esq.
Daniel M. Routh, Esq.
Staci Rubin, Esq.
Anjali S. Waikar, Esq.
Sponsored by the BBA's the BBA's Administration of Justice Section, Civil
Rights & Civil Liberties Section, Delivery of Legal Services Section,
Criminal Law Section, Labor & Employment and Immigration Section.
Registration is FREE for this important program.