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Activists, students and human trafficking survivors attempt to change Connecticut law

Post author By Emily DiSalvo
Post date February 20, 2021
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Quinnipiac School of Law held the second installment of its “Understanding Human Trafficking” webinar series. Panelists include third-year QU law student Cynthia Lill, West Hartford State Representative Jillian Gilchrest, human trafficking survivors Sharifa Abdullah and Theresa Rozyn and activist group leaders Ann-Marie Boulay and Leigh Latimer. Screenshot by Emily DiSalvo,

Two survivors of human trafficking, their advocates and a Quinnipiac law student are working to pass an amendment to a Connecticut law that would allow survivors to clear their records of charges and convictions they acquired because they were being trafficked. The current Connecticut vacatur statute, allows for victims of human trafficking to vacate convictions…

Tags anti-trafficking advocacy, Civil Justice Clinic, Connecticut human trafficking, Connecticut State Legislature, Exploitation Intervention Project, human trafficking, human trafficking survivors, Quinnipiac School of Law, State Rep. Jillian Gilchrest, The Underground, Understanding Human Trafficking Series, vacatur statute