Resources to Combat Human Trafficking

Author - Rachel Geissler

Mistake-of-Age is No Defense: Eleventh Circuit Confirms Child Sex Trafficking Statute’s Knowledge Requirement
United States v. Whyte, 928 F.3d 1317 (11th Cir. 2019)

May 7, 2020

by Rachel Geissler

Hurricanes & Human Trafficking: Natural Disasters Highlight the Vulnerability of America’s Farm Workers

February 4, 2020

by Rachel Geissler

Rachel Geissler

Rachel is a third-year law student at the University of North Carolina School of Law in Chapel Hill. After graduating from Indiana University Bloomington with degrees in Spanish and Anthropology, she worked in Mexico for one year as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant. She then joined the staff of the National Immigrant Justice Center in Chicago as a paralegal, providing direct legal services to immigrants seeking humanitarian relief. Since beginning law school, Rachel has interned with Legal Aid of North Carolina’s Farmworker Unit and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice’s Youth Justice Project. As a second-year student, she was a staff member on the North Carolina Law Review and the recipient of the ACLU of North Carolina’s Pollitt Fellowship. This coming year, she will represent clients in civil rights and economic justice cases through UNC’s Civil Legal Assistance Clinic.