NAWJ Webinar: He was only 12 - Judges and Migrant Child Labor

January 16, 2025
12:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM CT / 10:00 AM MT / 9:00 AM PT

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 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 ocmbatating this problem. The event is also co-sponsored by ABA Judicial Division.

Learning Objectives:

• Raising awareness in the judiciary of the extent of migrant child labor in the U.S.
• Identifying possible solutions
• Role of judges in spotting abuse of migrant children
• Drawing attention to the need for better child labor enforcement
• Drawing attention to the need for action by local truancy officers

Featuring:

Nancy Alcantara, Director of Enforcement, Midwest Region, Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor

Dr. Meredith Dank, Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Human Exploitation and Resilience program, NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management

Astrid Munn, Lead U/T/VAWA Attorney, Immigrant Legal Center, an affiliate of the Justice For Our Neighbors Network

Julissa Ponce, Justice At Last

Hon. Linda Murnane, Associate Justice, High Court Republic Of The Marshall Islands (Moderator)