Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 12:00pm • Zoom

Somatic Skills for Resilience and Trauma Informed Lawyering, presented by Rachel Monaco Wilcox. Register to attend here.

• Rachel represents an evolving vision of the humanities in service to the needs of our time. Lawyer, teacher, artist and philanthropist (Marquette University Law School, magna cum laude, Honors BA English/Theology). She has practiced law and taught in the US for over 20 years, working with trafficked persons, victims of sensitive crimes, individuals with disabilities, and keeps a private practice in mediation and estate planning. She is passionate about mentoring across the spectrum, including art therapy doctoral students, trafficking survivors, young lawyers, emerging founders of nonprofits, and pre-law hopefuls. She started and runs the Wyldfire Foundation and advises nonprofits. Winner of numerous awards, she is known for innovative survivor empowerment work to combine creative writing, somatic skills and art therapy with trauma-informed lawyering. She is the founder of LOTUS (Legal Options for Trafficked and Underserved Survivors) Legal Clinic in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Rachel enjoys world travel, ultrarunning, and breeding Hungarian Vizslas, dividing her time between a small farm north of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and a cabin on the South Shore of Lake Superior.

Students can earn one hour of pro bono time by attending the MVLC Volunteer CLE Series. This free CLE series provides volunteers with in-depth information on some of the most commonly seen issues at the Clinics. 

Contact: Katie Mertz