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The Chicago Bar Association
Young Lawyers Section presents
2017 Human Trafficking
Awareness Week
The commercial sex trade industry isn’t just
an international issue, it’s a U.S. issue too.
Child trafficking has been documented in all 50
states. Join the Young Lawyers Section at one
or more of our Human Trafficking Awareness
Week events and learn how you can take
meaningful action to help protect children and
make a difference.
January 23
Every Person has a Voice: Exposing, Examining,
and Eradicating Human Trafficking
3:00-6:30 p.m. | The Chicago Bar Association
Complimentary | 2.75 IL MCLE Credit
An in-depth look at issues, concerns and remedies aimed
to address the exploitation of individuals through human
trafficking both domestically and globally.
January 24
CAASE Know Your Rights Training
12:00-1:30 p.m. | The Chicago Bar Association
Complimentary | 1 IL PR-MCLE Credit, subject to approval
Attorneys and law students are invited to take part in Chicago
Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation’s (CAASE) public service
initiative to help victims of sex trafficking understand their
legal rights.
January 25
A Path Appears, Episode One: Sex Trafficking
in the USA
12:00-1:30 p.m. | The Chicago Bar Association
Complimentary | Includes Lunch
Special guest Laurel Bellows will introduce and join us for a
showing of the gripping film, “A Path Appears, Episode One:
Sex Trafficking in the USA.”
January 26
Laughter for Lives Social and Benefit for
Anne’s House
6:00-8:00 p.m. | The iO Theater
Special thanks to Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Come see a hilarious performance of “Whirled News Tonight”
where audience members provide the inspiration for an
evening of improvised comedy direct from the day’s newspaper
headlines! $40 for lawyers / $30 for law students, with a
portion of every ticket sale benefiting Anne’s House. Drinks and
light appetizers are included.
January 27
A Spotlight on Child Trafficking in Chicago
12:00-1:00 p.m. | The Chicago Bar Association
Complimentary | 1 IL MCLE Credit
Rohit Chandra, Cook County Office of the Public Guardian,
and Queona Whitfield, assistant director of the Salvation Army
PROMISE Program’s Anne’s House (a long term trauma-based
residential program for women and girls impacted by sexual
exploitation), will lead a discussion on child trafficking in
Chicago.
Learn more and register: