
Robin Richardson
Host: Urban Justice Center
Sponsor: Friends and Family of Philip M. Stern
Jessica used Maryland’s law that allows sex trafficking survivors to have their prostitution convictions vacated, helping them to ensure they will no longer be prevented from moving forward with their lives because of convictions stemming from acts they were forced to commit.
Many victims of commercialized sex trafficking must endure both the collateral consequences of a criminal conviction and the stigma of involvement in prostitution. They remain extremely vulnerable to further exploitation and often continue to be involved in prostitution even after having escaped a trafficker. Jessica’s project addressed this injustice by providing direct representation to survivors in the Baltimore area seeking to vacate their prostitution convictions. She also trained attorneys to represent survivors in other parts of the state.
During her Fellowship, Jessica:
Now that the Fellowship is complete, Jessica has joined the University of Baltimore School of Law’s Clinical Law program as a clinical teaching fellow, where she will begin a new project within the Civil Advocacy Clinic focused on reducing the collateral consequences of criminal convictions for survivors of human trafficking and those involved in the commercial sex industry.
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Host: Urban Justice Center
Sponsor: Friends and Family of Philip M. Stern
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Sponsor: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
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Sponsor: Friends and Family of Philip M. Stern
Host: Urban Justice Center
Sponsor: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP