Child Exploitation and Trafficking (642-1)
Instructors
Virginia Kendall
Meeting Info
Rubloff Building 203: Mon 4:30PM - 6:20PM
Overview of class
The course will explore the convergence of international law, immigration and migration law, criminal justice, social services, and victims' rights to uncover how legal systems, both domestic and global, have responded—and often failed to respond—to the shifting nature of exploitation. We will interrogate the traditional frameworks of identification, investigation, and prosecution, and instead explore systemic strategies that advance prevention, protection, and accountability across multiple sectors and the intersection of corporate accountability and supply chain transparency laws. This course is designed for students who seek to engage in a deeper, structural understanding of trafficking and exploitation. Participants will leave with a robust toolkit of legal theories, practice models, and reform strategies that emphasize the dignity and agency of victims, promote accountability across institutions, and challenge how justice systems can respond to one of the defining human rights challenges of our time.
Learning Objectives
Understanding of international and domestic laws implicated in human trafficking; and a proposal for remedying a deficiency in current practices.
Evaluation Method
Class participation 10%; Final paper 90%
Class Materials (Required)
Child Exploitation and Trafficking: Examining Global Enforcement and Supply Chain challenges and US Responses; 2nd edition; Virginia Kendall and T. Markus Funk Roman and Littlefield 2017
Class Materials (Suggested)
Case cites and readings will be listed in the syllabus
Class Notes
Taught by Chief Judge Kendall who has spent three decades in the field and has trained judges, law enforcement officers, and lay people in over 30 countries.
Class Attributes
Satisfies Prof Writing degree req
Criminal Law and Procedure Practice Area
Enrollment Requirements
Enrollment Requirements: MSL Students are not eligible to enroll