
Building and Supporting Collaborative and Survivor-Centered Legal Services
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"A survivor's safety and empowerment are linked to support from inter-disciplinary collaborations done well. In this session, non-legal and legal professionals working in legal aid organizations will gain skills in structuring and delivering collaborative legal services to survivors. As a result of participating in this session, participants will be better able to: Describe the roles of legal and non-legal professionals in the provision of legal services and address dynamics arising in these relationships. Identify the respective ethical and professional obligations of these professions. Develop structures and strategies for collaborative, survivor-centered provision of legal services to survivors of gender-based violence. "
- a. Identify the roles of attorneys and non-legal professionals in the provision of holistic legal services;
- b. Identify the respective ethical and professional obligations of these professions;
- c. Develop strategies for collaborative, survivor-centered provision of legal services to survivors of gender-based violence.

Robin Turner, JD
Senior Attorney
American Bar Association Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence
