The Legal Network for Gender Equity, in partnership with the Network for Victim Recovery of DC (NVRDC), hosted a webinar on “Trauma 101 – Understanding Trauma Impacts & Tools to Support Clients with Trauma Histories,” on April 28, 2022.  The webinar is Part I of a three-part webinar series on Trauma-Informed Lawyering.  (Recordings of Parts II and III will be separately posted on this website).

This webinar covered the neuroscience of trauma, trauma-informed communication, and strategies to support clients with trauma histories.

Speakers included:

  • Bridgette Stumpf, Executive Director, Network for Victim Recovery of DC (NVRDC)
  • Lindsey Silverberg, Head of Services, NVRDC
  • Lul Mohamud, MPH, The Person Center

Copies of the slides, speaker bios, and related written materials are available for download on this page.

These webinars and the accompanying materials have been prepared for attorneys in the National Women’s Law Center’s (NWLC) Legal Network for Gender Equity and for informational purposes only.  The provision of this material does not create an attorney-client relationship between any attorney at NWLC and the reader and does not constitute legal advice. Organizations and individuals are encouraged to contact a lawyer licensed in their jurisdiction for advice on their specific circumstances.