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ATEST Coalition Provides Funding Recommendations to Congress
Last week, the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST) coalition pressed Congress to increase funding for critical anti-trafficking programs...
Former Douglass Fellow and Colleague Train Future Anti-Trafficking Leaders at Pepperdine Law
Former Douglass Fellows at the Human Trafficking Institute go on to join an amazing network of alumni working for justice as prosecutors, legal aid...
Now Accepting Applications for the 2021-22 Douglass Fellowship Cohort
Applications for the 2021-22 Douglass Fellowship cohort are now open until 11:59pm EST Sunday, Apr. 11, 2021. Inspired by Frederick Douglass’s...
Douglass Fellows Launch Trafficking Matters Podcast
From the Human Trafficking Institute’s Douglass Fellows comes the Trafficking Matters podcast. In each episode, listeners will hear from Douglass...
Douglass Fellow Highlighted by USC Gould School of Law
The USC Gould School of Law News featured Mirelle Raza, USC Gould Class of 2021 and the law school’s first Douglass Fellow, in an online article...
Institute Welcomes 4th Class of Douglass Fellows
The Human Trafficking Institute welcomed it’s fourth class of Douglass Fellows with a virtual orientation on August 20-21. Four third-year law...
2019-20 Douglass Fellows Celebrate with Virtual Finale
The 2019-20 Douglass Fellows Finale looked slightly different than previous year-end celebrations. Due to COVID-19, this year’s Fellows class marked...
Report Reveals Increase in Criminal & Civil Human Trafficking Suits Brought Against Hotel Chains in 2019
The 2019 Federal Human Trafficking Report, which was released on May 26, revealed an increase in both criminal and civil human trafficking suits...
Federal Report Finds U.S. Federal Courts Handled 606 Criminal Human Trafficking Cases in 2019
The 2019 Federal Human Trafficking Report was released today on the Human Trafficking Institute’s website. The Report, a project of the Institute,...
2019 Federal Human Trafficking Report
The 2019 Federal Human Trafficking Report is an annual publication of the Institute that provides comprehensive data from every federal criminal and...
Now Accepting Applications for the 2020-21 Douglass Fellowship Cohort
Applications for the 2020-21 Douglass Fellowship cohort will be accepted until 11:59pm EST Sunday, May 3, 2020. Inspired by Fredrick Douglass’s...