President of the ABA speaks on human trafficking

Issues and Voices that Matter February 14, 2013

Human Trafficking

Laurel G. Bellows, president of the American Bar Association, speaks passionately of the brutal practice of human trafficking that is growing in the United States. At a speech to the members of the Orange County (FL) Bar Association, she urges them to join the fight by advocating for victims, supporting anti-trafficking legislation and raising public awareness of the issue. In a separate podcast, she also comments on the issues of cyber security and diversity facing lawyers today.

(Produced, reported and edited by Desta Horner)

Laurel G. Bellows was invited to speak at the monthly meeting of the Orange County Bar Association in January, 2013.

Human trafficking is a growing scourge in the United States enslaving a hundred thousand men, women and children. Bellows believes that lawyers can play a vital role in fighting this problem and should advocate for victims who often are caught up in the legal system.

Human Trafficking

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Laurel G. Bellows

president, American Bar Association

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Bellows also spoke at length on other topics of high importance for the ABA this year, including diversity in the workplace, specifically mentioning gender, racial and ethnic inequities, and the very real threat of cyber security both in terms of protecting confidential records and in terms of the lack of global safeguards for the transfer of data via the Internet.