Working with Lived Experience Experts as a Part of the Youth Defense Team

This resource calls for youth defense teams to tap into the knowledge, strength and insight of lived-experience experts, integrating them into the team as a necessary voice for young people.

From the resource: “Youth defenders can tap into lived‑experience expertise by recognizing it as professional expertise, integrating it structurally into defense practice, and engaging experts through trauma‑responsive, non‑extractive methods that protect their wellbeing while strengthening advocacy for youth.”

proposed tag: lived experience and experts