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The South Carolina Law Review will host its 2020 Symposium on Friday, February 21, 2020, at the University of South Carolina School of Law. The symposium will specifically examine the effects of and legal avenues for combating human trafficking within the state of South Carolina as well as throughout the nation.
In 2017, the National Human Trafficking Hotline reported a 13% jump in identified human trafficking cases on a national level. In 2018, the NHTH listed sex trafficking as the highest form of trafficking in South Carolina, with labor trafficking following closely behind. Part of the difficulty in combating human trafficking is the inability to recognize trafficking. Even then, victims do not always identify as victims, and prosecuting traffickers can become a difficult challenge. Questions concerning identification of sex and labor trafficking, prosecution of traffickers, rehabilitation of victims, and laws that protect victims while punishing traffickers and buyers will continue to challenge the legal community. These issues and more will be addressed during the South Carolina Law Review’s 2020 Symposium.
The South Carolina Law Review seeks thoughtful, insightful, and original papers addressing the broad range of topics related to “Human Trafficking and the Practice of Law.” Interested authors should submit a 500-word abstract to tvoegel@email.sc.edu with the subject line “Human Trafficking and the Law” by October 15, 2019, for consideration. Interdisciplinary works are welcome from academic professors, legal practitioners, and any other professionals who work with human trafficking issues. If selected, a completed paper (6,000-18,000 words) will be due to the South Carolina Law Review Editorial Board by January 1, 2020.
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