Two survivors will share their positive and negative experiences of dealing with the court system — as criminal defendants, crime victims, and as plaintiffs holding businesses accountable for profiting from sex trafficking.  Survivors can face many roles in the court system: criminal defendant, unwilling witness, or empowered plaintiff holding traffickers and facilitators accountable.  This workshop will shed light on how the legal system often fails trafficking victims and how courts could implement trauma-informed practices to protect trafficking survivors.