<p>🚨 <strong>Please note: as of February 2026, all Third Thursday trainings will have individual Zoom links for registration rather than a recurring link, so you will need to register each month.</strong></p> <p>Many criminal justice professionals seem to face a zero-sum quandary: what obligations can be put to the side so that I can create the time and energy to invest in my own wellbeing? Join us for a conversation about a 2025 pilot with four prosecutors’ office to explore how targeted efforts focused on both legitimacy and resilience can restore and even generate energy and efficacy for prosecution professionals. Emily LaGratta from LaGratta Consulting, national subject matter expert on legitimacy and procedural justice, joins educator and social worker Sarah Schnautz, to report out some early findings from their Legitimacy and Resilience Project. In 2025, the project recruited over 30 prosecutors and victim-witness staff to join a 9-month pilot that included regular training and engagement on the topics of procedural justice and mindfulness. The presentation will include live demonstrations of some exercises and practices and a invitation to inform future iterations of the project going forward.</p> <p><em>Eligible for 1 Hour of General CLE Credit in CA</em>. <em><a href="mailto:Arcelia@ProsecutorsAlliance.org">Email Arcelia Hurtado</a> regarding credit in other states.</em></p> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Speakers</span></strong></p> <figure class="alignright size-full is-resized"><img class="wp-image-6991" style="width: 183px;height: auto" src="https://prosecutorsalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Emily-headshot.webp" alt="" /></figure> <p><strong>Emily LaGratta, JD</strong>, leads a consulting shop based in New York City focused on the topics of legitimacy and procedural justice. She is the author and creator of dozens of practitioner tools, curricula, and pilot projects on these topics, including <a href="https://www.courtinnovation.org/sites/default/files/documents/To_Be_Fair.pdf">To Be Fair</a>, <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d260fabfdbd0000011668cb/t/5fd8d04277d7f03dcdbeddaf/1608045633098/User+Feedback+Toolkit" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">We Want to Hear From You!: A Toolkit for Collecting and Learning from Court User Feedback</a>, and most recently, an American Judges Association Court Review article co-authored with Tom Tyler, <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d260fabfdbd0000011668cb/t/698a721795e0580764a621e5/1770681663035/Yes%2C+there%E2%80%99s+a+public+trust+crisis" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">“Yes there’s a public trust crisis. But your daily efforts can reverse.”</a></p> <figure class="alignright size-full is-resized"><img class="wp-image-6992" style="width: 183px;height: auto" src="https://prosecutorsalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/schnautz_headshot-1.webp" alt="" /></figure> <p><strong>Sarah Schnautz, M.Ed., MSW</strong>, is an educator and social worker based in Chicago. She is a certified practitioner of Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI). She has worked inter-disciplinarily, including with courts and prosecutor offices to design and implement trauma-responsive practices and programming.</p>