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Institute Files Amicus Curiae Brief in Favor of Lower Court’s Restitution Award
The Human Trafficking Institute recently filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in a case against an...
Douglass Fellow Hosts Advocacy Event with Annick Febrey
On January 28th, Pepperdine University’s Sudreau Global Justice Program and the Palmer Center, in partnership with The Human Trafficking Institute,...
John Richmond Sworn-in as Ambassador-at-Large for Trafficking in Persons
By: MOLLY WICKER On Wednesday, November 14, John Cotton Richmond, Institute Co-Founding Director, was formally sworn-in by Secretary of State...
International Justice Mission Applauds Confirmation of John Richmond
International Justice Mission recently published their support of John Richmond’s confirmation as Ambassador-at-Large for the Office to Monitor and...
Douglass Fellows in DC: Learning from Authors of History
Kenneth B. Morris welcomed The Human Trafficking Institute’s second class of Douglass Fellows at the end of their orientation in Washington, DC....
Boutros speaks at Jackson, MS advocacy event
Institute Co-Founder Victor Boutros spoke at the Speaker’s Commission on Public Policy for their inaugural summit,”Mississippi: A Road Block to...
Institute cited in Idaho Mountain Express
The Human Trafficking Institute was recently cited in the Idaho Mountain Express in an article published on October 3, 2018 entitled “Attacking...
Federal Human Trafficking Report cited in Florida news coverage
The state of Florida ranked third in the United States for the number of active criminal human trafficking cases in the federal court system last...
Kyleigh Feehs interviewed about Federal Human Trafficking Report
Kyleigh Feehs, Associate Legal Counsel at The Human Trafficking Institute, was interviewed on WSLS 10 News (Roanoke, Virginia) about The Federal...
Federal Human Trafficking Report cited in The Daily Record
Governor Larry Hogan of Maryland recently announced the state’s first anti-trafficking director. The Federal Human Trafficking Report was cited in...
Betsy Hutson Details Work With Trafficking Survivor in Wall Street Journal
McGuire Woods Attorney and Douglass Fellows mentor Betsy Hutson recently authored an article in the Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch entitled “The...