Navigating Trauma: Tips for Attorneys and Their Clients

This program will teach lawyers how to deal with trauma in sensitive cases like asylum, domestic violence, and cases involving violent crimes. It will also teach lawyers how to deal with traumatized clients and their own vicarious trauma.  

Speakers

Dr. JoAnn Difede, Director of the Program for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Studies and a Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine

Moderator: Stephen Yale-Loehr, Professor of Immigration Law Practice, Cornell Law School

Dr. Michelle Pelcovitz, Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine