Domestic Abuse Training for Solicitors (2 year + Refresher)

About:

By the end of this workshop, you will have refreshed your knowledge and learned more about:

• The impact of trauma on clients

• How Advocacy Workers can assist your client

• Identifying coercive control in all its forms

• The experiences of survivors in the legal system

The session will also help to develop your understanding of the law including:

• Exploring Motions Hearings, Interim Hearings and Child Welfare Hearings.

• Role playing opposed Motions Hearings on protective orders and contact.

• Developing a support network with your colleagues, consider the impact of vicarious trauma and how best support and risk assess your client dynamic.

Facilitators

Helen Hughes is a partner with Helen Hughes Family Law and is a specialist in Family Law, with particular expertise in cases involving domestic abuse.

She has practiced in this area of law since 1987, past Chair of the Family Law Association, and has frequently been involved in consultations with the Scottish Government and SLAB on legal aid issues in family law and domestic abuse cases.

Helen is editor and co-author of Domestic Abuse and Scots Law and a former editor of Greens Practice Styles. She is a member of the advisory board of the Scottish Women’s Rights Centre and is also a mediator accredited by the Law Society of Scotland. Helen is currently the Chair of CALM. She regularly provides training to solicitors and the public sector on family law, mediation and issues arising in domestic abuse cases.

Ann Hayne is the Gender-Based Violence Manager at NHS Lanarkshire and responsible for running a specialist trauma focused service for Women who have experienced abuse.

Ruth is a Research Fellow within the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR) at the University of Glasgow. Ruth’s work spans women’s and children’s rights including a range of work looking at women’s and children’s experiences of domestic abuse, in particular around child contact. Ruth is currently working on Operation Soteria, a police-academic collaboration with the aim of transforming the police investigation of rape in England and Wales.

Advocacy Perspective: One of SWRC’s Advocacy Workers will also be involved in delivering this session, to disucss the benefits of to survivors of receiving advocacy support, and to discuss the FollowIt App, a tool used to record stalking and harassment.

Capacity

Capacity on this session is limited due to venue restraints. If you are unable to attend or the event has sold out, please reach out to Reegan Bonar (Justice Training Worker at SWRC) at [email protected] to discuss options.

You may be asked to attend a future 2-Day Domestic Abuse Training or offered a priority space at a future refresher training.

Accessibility

The session will take place in person at Weir Group at 1 West Regent Street, Glasgow G2 1RW.

The venue is a 4 minute walk from Glasgow Queen Street Station or 8 minutes from Glasgow Central Station. Parking is limited due to being in the City Centre.

The venue is wheelchair accessible, and there are a number of food shops nearby for lunch options. If you have any accessibility requirements, please get in touch with us at [email protected] and/or [email protected]

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