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Trauma-Informed Practice

LG212
Module 1: Understanding Trauma in Legal Work
3 Lessons

What trauma is, how it shows up in clients and why the law meets it every day.

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Understanding Trauma in Legal Work

1

What Trauma Is and How It Changes Memory

You will understand how trauma affects the brain, memory and behaviour, and why this knowledge matters when you meet distressed clients, witnesses and colleagues in legal work.

25 min
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2

Where Trauma Appears in Legal Work

You will understand the contexts in which lawyers and legal workers encounter clients and colleagues affected by trauma, and recognise how different areas of law bring particular exposures to traumatic material and distressing human situations.

25 min
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3

Principles of a Trauma-Informed Approach

Learn the five core principles that shape how you interact with trauma-affected clients, colleagues and institutions, and why they matter in legal practice.

25 min
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