Where Trauma-Informed Certification Changed Houston Courtrooms

Featured image showing a Houston courtroom with legal professionals, scales of justice, and trauma-informed legal practice representing certification-driven reforms in survivor-centered civil litigation.

A decade ago, the standards governing how attorneys handled cases involving sexual violence looked very different than they do today. Continuing legal education on trauma was optional rather than expected, victim interview protocols varied widely from firm to firm, and courtroom procedures for survivors of sexual violence often mirrored the same rigid formats used in … Read more