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March 19, 2014 by Admin

Upcoming CLE: Litigating Workplace Sexual Violence Cases

Save the date for an upcoming CLE co-sponsored by TUPOCC!

Building Your Arsenal: Tools for Successfully Litigating Workplace Sexual Violence Cases

Learn more about successfully representing clients in sexual harassment cases. Filing a discrimination complaint may only be one component of an effective representation strategy. This interactive session will provide tools to better represent clients struggling with post-traumatic stress and encourage participants to use the law creatively to empower survivors.

Where: Kirkland & Ellis, LLP

             300 N. LaSallle, Room 7KLM

When: April 17, 2014

            1:00pm – 5:00pm

4 hour CLE credit will be given!

Discussion will include an analysis of:

  • The Illinois Gender Violence Act
  • Immigration relief for survivors
  • Survivor centered litigation
  • Anti-trafficking laws, and more

Speakers:

Sheerine Alemzadeh, Staff Attorney with Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation

Karla Altmayer, Equal Justice Works Fellow with LAF

Allison Creekmur, VISTA attorney with LAF

*RSVP to kaltmayer@lafchicago.org with your name and organization name by April 4, 2014

                          

          

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