Media, Articles & More Books

Book Contributions

• Helgi Maki, “No Choice but Change: Shifting from Fear to Love after Trauma”, chapter 19 in Shine Your Light - Powerful Practices for an Extraordinary Life by Janet Bray Attwood, Marci Shimoff, Chris Attwood & Geoff Affleck

 Articles

• “Trauma-Informed Law: Addressing the Epidemic of Trauma in Criminal Justice,” by Helgi Maki, Justice Report, September 2020, Vol. 35, No. 4.

• Helgi Maki & C. Tess Sheldon. Trauma-Informed Strategies in Public Interest Litigation: Avoiding Unintended Consequences Through Integrative Legal perspectives. Canadian Supreme Court Law Review, Spring 2019.

Media

• Victoria Hudgins, “Clio Cloud Conference Takeaways: Technology Won’t Solve All of Legal’s Challenges,” www.law.com, November 1, 2021.

  https://www.law.com/legaltechnews/2021/11/01/clio-cloud-conference-takeaways-technology-wont-solve-all-of-legals-challenges/?slreturn=20220514210533

• The Globe & Mail, June 1 2021: Letters to the Editor

  https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/letters/article-june-1-mass-graves-do-not-belong-in-any-school-readers-react-to-the/

• UofT Faculty of Law Commentary, March 2018: Selected Themes from the Asper Centre’s Public Interest Litigation Conference http://aspercentre.ca/selected-themes-from-the-asper-centres-public-interest-litigation-conference/

• This Magazine, Feb 2018: Why is a proposed bill to educate Canadian judges in sexual assault law stalled in the Senate?

  https://this.org/2018/02/08/why-is-a-proposed-bill-to-educate-canadian-judges-in-sexual-assault-law-stalled-in-the-senate/

• Global News Radio Interview, July 2017: Linda Redgrave & Toronto lawyer Helgi Maki talk new Canadian sex assault stats

  https://omny.fm/shows/tasha-kheiriddin/linda-redgrave-and-toronto-lawyer-helgi-maki-talk

• Huffington Post, May 2017: Rona Ambrose’s Bill on Training for Would-Be Judges Wins Liberal Support

  https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/05/15/liberals-to-support-ambrose-s-bill-on-training-for-would-be-judges_n_16626582.html

• National Observer, May 2017: MPs unite on sexual assault law training for judges

  https://www.nationalobserver.com/2017/05/16/news/mps-unite-sexual-assault-law-training-judges

• CTV News, May 2017: Ghomeshi accuser supports judge training bill

  https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/ghomeshi-accuser-supports-judge-training-bill-1.3414281

• Helgi's book was featured on SLAW, Canada's online legal magazine

  https://www.slaw.ca/2021/02/01/mondays-mix-405/

• Exploring Trauma-Informed Legal Practice: Insights from Helgi Maki and Distinguished Speakers on Recognizing, Addressing, and Supporting Clients Through Sensitive Matters

  https://www.cbapd.org/details_en.aspx?id=on_on23pub01i

• Unveiling the Shadows: A Webinar on Litigation Abuse, Coercive Control, and Trauma-Informed Practices with Dr. Katreena Scott and Helgi Maki" https://afccontario.ca/events/litigation-abuse/

• Helgi’s book is part of an initiative to help Florida’s Family Courts become more trauma-responsive to support child development (and positive outcomes).

  https://www.flcourts.gov/Resources-Services/Office-of-Family-Courts/Family-Court-in-Florida/Trauma-and-Child-Development

Quoted or Referred To

• Helgi discussed “How Reckoning with Trauma Can Help You, Your Clients and the Legal Profession” on Legal Talk Network

  https://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/aba-journal-modern-law-library/2023/10/how-reckoning-with-trauma-can-help-you-your-clients-and-the-legal-profession/

  https://www.abajournal.com/books/article/podcast-episode-205

• Helgi’s story is shared in chapter 7 of the book

  Finding Meaning, the Sixth Stage of Grief by David Kessler

• Helgi's “Introduction to Trauma-Informed Lawyering” was featured in the August 2023 edition of the Michigan Bar Journal.

  https://www.michbar.org/journal/Details/An-introduction-to-trauma-informed-lawyering?ArticleID=4671

• Helgi’s “Trauma-informed strategies in public interest litigation: Avoiding unintended consequences through integrative legal perspectives” are one of the resources in a study of “A Qualitative Look at Serious Legal Problems for People with Disabilities in Central Canada”

  https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/pwdcc-phcc/bibliography.html?wbdisable=true

• Helgi's article on trauma-informed lawyering from the Supreme Court Law Review is referred to in the "Trauma-Informed Legal Practice Toolkit" published by Golden Eagle Rising Society, created by Myrna McCallum.

  https://www.goldeneaglerising.org/docuploads/Golden-Eagle-Rising-Society-Trauma-Informed-Toolkit-2021-02-14.pdf

• Helgi Maki was acknowledged as a contributor to the revision of the Gladue Report Guide (BC edition), revised in 2022 by the Legal Services Society, BC, to include materials supporting a trauma-informed legal perspective

  https://pubsdb.lss.bc.ca/pdfs/pubs/Gladue-Report-Guide-eng.pdf

• Episode 19: “Trauma-Informed Law: A Primer for Lawyers in Practice”

  https://thetraumainformedlawyer.simplecast.com/episodes/trauma-informed-law-a-primer-for-lawyers-in-practice/transcript

• The Buddhist Review: Tricycle by River Shannon

  https://tricycle.org/author/rivershannon/

• Autism and Trauma: The Compatibility of ABA and Trauma-Informed Practices

  https://www.csa.virginia.gov/Content/doc/Autism_and_Trauma_The_Compatability_of_ABA_and_Trauma_Informed_Practices_2019.pdf

• CLG by Natalie Simpson, Senior Counsel

  https://clg.ab.ca/index.php/2021/04/16/test-4/

• PennState University Libraries Catalog

  https://catalog.libraries.psu.edu/catalog/41353367

• Cutting Edge Law

  https://www.cuttingedgelaw.com/trauma-informed-law/

• Selected Themes from the Asper Centre’s Public Interest Litigation Conference by Amanda Nash

  https://aspercentre.ca/selected-themes-from-the-asper-centres-public-interest-litigation-conference/

• Medium, September 2023, New to the Collection: Books for Legal Professionals

  https://medium.com/walawlibrary/new-to-the-collection-books-for-legal-professionals-1886c39c13d9

• Helgi's training has been recognized and approved as Continuing Legal Education (CLE) specifically designed for Juvenile Courts.

  https://www.iowacourts.gov/iowa-courts/juvenile-court/approved-juvenile-cle

• Calgary Legal Guidance’s blog post recommends Helgi’s resources: https://clg.ab.ca/index.php/2021/04/16/test-4/

• This transcript of Myrna McCallum’s podcast shares Helgi’s insights about sustainable legal practice, in conversation with Myrna: https://thetraumainformedlawyer.simplecast.com/episodes/trauma-informed-law-and-creating-a-sustainable-legal-practice/transcript

• Find the game-changing information of Trauma-Informed Law: A Primer for Lawyer Resilience and Healing at the Dispute Resolution Firm and Mediation Centre, as well as on Mediate.com:

https://www.themediationcentre.co.za/news-info-videos/15-news-information/277-trauma-informed-care-in-mediation

https://mediate.com/trauma-informed-care-in-mediation/

• Explore the fundamental information of Trauma-Informed Law: A Primer for Lawyer Resilience and Healing, which was recently featured on the RIPS Law Librarian Blog:

  https://ripslawlibrarian.wordpress.com/2024/04/23/trauma-informed-law/

• Discover Trauma-Informed Law: A Primer for Lawyer Resilience and Healing, which was recently published by the Washington State Law Library on Medium.com:

  https://medium.com/walawlibrary/new-to-the-collection-books-for-legal-professionals-1886c39c13d9

Further reading for on Trauma-Informed advocacy

• Read more here: http://www.traumainformedlaw.org/

  Or on Twitter: https://twitter.com/traumalaw

• Trauma Informed Lawyering: Resources to help you learn how to become trauma informed lawyers - and why this is so important

  https://www.lawscot.org.uk/media/370854/trauma-aware-law-factsheet.pdf