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GAJE CONFERENCE 2015 Professor Mary Pat Treuthart Professor & Associate Dean for Global Educ. Megan Ballard Gonzaga University School of Law.

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1 GAJE CONFERENCE 2015 Professor Mary Pat Treuthart Professor & Associate Dean for Global Educ. Megan Ballard Gonzaga University School of Law

2 PLANNING A COLLABORATIVE WORKSHOP TO PROVIDE BASIC JUSTICE EDUCATION TO REFUGEES

3  THERE WAS AN IDENTIFIED COMMUNITY NEED  LAW SCHOOLS HAVE AN ETHICAL DUTY TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY LEGAL EDUCATION  STATES WITH ESTABLISHED REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMS HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO RESOURCES REQUIRED FOR REFUGEE INTEGRATION

4  LAW SCHOOL FACULTY AND STUDENTS  COMMUNITY PARTNERS  Judges  Public Defenders And Prosecutors  Law Enforcement  Local Non-profit Organizations  Community Colleges  Translators & Facilitators

5 SPOKANE, WASHINGTON  Demographics VENUE: ACCESSIBLE, FREE, & FAMILIAR  Options Community Colleges Community Colleges Law School Law School

6 AT LEAST ANNUALLY AND, PREFERABLY, SEMI-ANNUALLY DAYTIME

7  PARTNERS: RECRUITING  TRAINING  VENUE SELECTION, TRANSPORTATION, FOOD & BEVERAGES ETC.  PUBLICITY  DE-BRIEF/SURVEY  PROGRAM CONTENT

8  The introduction to the U.S. legal system and criminal justice system  Overview: domestic violence  Overview: child abuse and neglect  Overview: rights and responsibilities of public school students  Overview: drugs and alcohol policies  Overview: driving infractions

9  IS THERE A SPECIFIC NEED FOR REFUGEE JUSTICE EDUCATION IN YOUR COMMUNITY?  WHAT MIGHT BE THE ROLE OF THE LAW SCHOOL IN PROVIDING THIS SORT OF JUSTICE EDUCATION?  WHAT WOULD YOU IDENTIFY AS THE PRIMARY BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTING SUCH A PROGRAM?

10 MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS AVAILABLE FROM: treuthart@gonzaga.edu ballard@gonzaga.edu

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