ST. PAUL MN
National Catholic Reporter
October 2, 2017
By Brian Roewe
[See the 9/14/2017 news release by Jeff Anderson & Associates about the launch of the Zero Abuse Project.]
A $2 million gift from a leading firm in sexual abuse litigation seeks to turn a Minnesota law school into a national training and resource center for child abuse prevention and response.
The donation, from the firm Jeff Anderson and Associates, will create at the Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, what is called the Zero Abuse Project. The effort will educate and train lawyers and other professionals in the skills necessary to recognize signs of child abuse, how to better work with people who have experienced such trauma, and ultimately how to advocate for an end to child abuse through courtroom litigation and legal reform.
“Our law firm is making this commitment in the hopes that people don’t need to contact us in the future,” Jeff Anderson, whose office is also based in St. Paul, said in a Sept. 14 press release announcing the project.
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