Podcast: Professor Raquel Aldana – Trauma as inclusion in the immigration context
In this episode of the Forensic Briefs, my colleague, Professor Raquel Aldana, a leading scholar on immigration and human rights law, joins discusses the deep relationship between trauma and justice. She reflects on how legal systems define, recognize, and sometimes distort trauma—particularly for immigrants and asylum seekers—and how cross-disciplinary collaborations with mental health professionals are transforming that understanding. Together, the discussion explores how law can move beyond exclusion toward inclusion, therapeutic jurisprudence, and the pursuit of truth.
