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Douglass Fellow Hosts Advocacy Event “Defending Farmworker Rights in North Carolina” at UNC Law
As future leaders in the anti-human trafficking movement, the Institute’s Douglass Fellows host an advocacy event at their law school...
Douglass Fellows Learn from Experts in D.C.
The Institute’s third class of Douglass Fellows joined staff for two days of hands-on orientation and training in Washington, D.C. in September....
Douglass Fellows Mentor Joins Department of Justice
Betsy Hutson, a Douglass Fellows mentor and experienced prosecutor, recently announced that she will join the Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit in...
The Human Trafficking Institute Selects 2019-20 Douglass Fellowship Class, Announces Mentors
By: MOLLY WICKER This September, the Human Trafficking Institute will welcome seven students from some of the nation’s top law programs for the...
2018-19 Douglass Fellows Class Celebrated at Lincoln’s Cottage in Washington, D.C.
The Institute’s second class of Douglass Fellows completed their nine-month fellowship with a celebration dinner on April 10 at Lincoln’s Cottage in...
Douglass Fellows Host Advocacy Events to Raise Awareness
Each year, the Douglass Fellows program has participants from elite law schools across the country. Throughout the year, Fellows are asked to...
TraffickingMatters.com Celebrates One-Year Anniversary
One year ago today – April 18, 2018 – the Institute launched TraffickingMatters.com, a first-of-its-kind global resource platform to combat human...
Federal Human Trafficking Report Finds U.S. Federal Courts Handled 771 Human Trafficking Cases in 2018
WASHINGTON, DC – The 2018 Federal Human Trafficking Report was released April 10 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The Report, a...
2018 Federal Human Trafficking Report
The 2018 Federal Human Trafficking Report provides an exhaustive account of all criminal and civil human trafficking cases handled by federal courts...
Federal Report Cited in Washington Post
The Human Trafficking Institute’s 2017 Federal Human Trafficking Report was cited as a source of data in an article published by The Washington Post...
Institute Report featured in The Dallas Morning News
The Human Trafficking Institute’s 2017 Federal Human Trafficking Report was cited as a source of data in a column published by the Dallas Morning...