Jan 16, 2025 @ 12:00PM - Jan 16, 2025 @ 1:30PM
He Was Only 12 - Judges and Migrant Child Labor
Organized by NAWJ Committees of Immigration, Human Trafficking, Administrative Judiciary and Juvenile Justice & Child Welfare, this webinar will help you learn about the extent of migrant child labor in the U.S. in violation of child labor laws, who is responsible, the intersection with human trafficking, challenges to eliminating it, and the role of judges in combating this problem. The event is also co-sponsored by ABA Judicial Division, ABA International Law Section and ABA Council for Diversity in the Educationl Pipeline.
**Webinar will NOT be recorded.**
Learning Objectives:
Featuring:
Dr. Meredith Dank, Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Human Exploitation and Resilience program, NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management
Anna Lusero, Regional Coordinator - Workplace Crimes, Midwest Region, U.S. Department of Labor
Astrid Munn, Lead U/T/VAWA Attorney, Immigrant Legal Center, an affiliate of the Justice For Our Neighbors Network
Julissa Ponce, Peer Support Coordinator, Justice At Last- Financial Education Advocacy Program
Hon. Linda Murnane, Associate Justice, High Court Republic Of The Marshall Islands (Moderator)
Resources:
Compilation of articles from New York Times
Reports from Department of Justice and Department of Labor
U Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide
T Visa Law Enforcement Resource Guide
U.S. Department of Justice's definition of involuntary servitude and other trafficking crimes
Understanding the Trafficking of Children for the Purposes of Labor in the United States