Thomson Reuters Partners with NLC to Fight Child Exploitation

Legal industry leader supports National Law Center’s mission to train child defenders across the United States.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – March 1, 2010 - The National Law Center for Children and Families (NLC) today announced that it is working with Thomson Reuters on the National Law Center’s NLC PROTECTS Seminar series. 

Thomson Reuters is a premium sponsor with NLC; its CLEAR (Consolidated Lead Evaluation and Reporting) service provides public record information and analytics geared to the unique needs of law enforcement and government investigators. Since June 2006, the National Law Center has trained nearly 1,800 law enforcement professionals and prosecutors on child sexual exploitation case law and investigation procedures in seminars from coast to coast. Today the NLC PROTECTS seminars bring together public and private sector forces to learn about new methods of defending children from exploitation on-line.

"Thomson Reuters is proud to support the National Law Center in its efforts to educate law enforcement and prosecutors across the nation who protect children and families," said Steve Rubley, vice president and general manager of Risk, Fraud & Investigations for Thomson Reuters, Legal."It's rewarding to know our partnership with the NLC will help keep children safe from Internet predators.”

"The explosive growth of Internet crimes against children makes our law enforcement training more important now than ever before, and we are grateful for Thomson Reuters’ commitment to defending children from exploitation," said Richard R. Whidden, Jr., NLC Executive Director.

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The National Law Center for Children and Families is a non-profit corporation headquartered in Alexandria, Va. It is the source for experienced assistance and training in the law enforcement and legal profession's efforts to defend children from sexual exploitation. Information on the National Law Center's programs can be found on our website located at www.nationallawcenter.org.