Events Calendar
Using Anti-Trafficking Laws for Labor Reform
- Date:
- February 16, 2016
- Start:
- 12:00pm
- End:
- 1:00pm
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- Location:
- TNH 3.127 (Roberts Classroom)
With the recent passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, the Texas Legislature has taken a positive step in advancing efforts against sex trafficking. Advocates for immigration reform also see these measures as a potential gateway for advancing enforcement initiatives against different forms of illegal labor trafficking. Stacy Jonas, Managing Attorney of the Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid's Human Trafficking Team and a leading expert on labor trafficking in Texas will lead a discussion on her past human trafficking work and ways the TVPA can be used to advocate and litigate for worker reforms. Stacy is a graduate of Yale Law School where she served as Senior Editor of the Yale Law Review and was awarded the Khosla Memorial Fund for Human Dignity Prize and Judge Stephen Reinhardt Scholar Award. Prior to her work at TRLA, Stacie was a Liman Fellow at Southern Migrant Legal Services and law clerk for Hon. Keith P. Ellison, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas.
- Specific audiences:
- Texas Law students
- Faculty
- Staff
- Sponsored by:
- Human Rights Law Society
If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the sponsor listed above or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.