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Lewis & Clark Law School will hit a milestone next week when it enters its second decade hosting the annual . The conference will run June 8-9 at the in Portland.

The theme for this year鈥檚 conference, Enhancing Justice: Empowerment Through Victims鈥� Rights, recognizes the need for a holistic approach to services for crime victims, according to Meg Garvin, executive director of the National Crime Victim Law Institute at Lewis & Clark and a clinical law professor there.

鈥淲e really wanted to make this conference multidisciplinary to educate lawyers about the trauma that victims go through, not only from the crime but from the legal process,鈥� Garvin said.

The conference鈥檚 audience will include attorneys, advocates, allied professionals, law students, professors, and victims/survivors. Featured speakers will address a range of issues, from basic trauma impacts and rights enforcement to growing problems.

This year鈥檚 conference will include sessions on trending issues such as fraud, with an emphasis on online fraud; human trafficking; sexual assault; domestic violence; and what is often referred to as child pornography but what conference organizers refer to as 鈥渟ex abuse imagery cases鈥� because it often involves rape.

鈥淪adly, this is one of the topics that is emerging the most – the prolific trading of images,鈥� Garvin said.

Also slated for discussion is the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010, which impacts how the investigation and prosecution of crimes on tribal lands are carried out.

for the conference is possible up until the day of the event, and one-day rates are available.