This guide serves as a roadmap for practitioners, such as public defenders, legal services lawyers and pro bono attorneys, and other stakeholders who will be representing trafficking survivors in vacatur proceedings. This non-state-specific manual provides general information for lawyers who are new to post-conviction relief practices and/or working with trafficking survivors. In this guide you will find an introduction to postconviction practice for survivors of human trafficking, basic definitions of important concepts and elements contained in typical vacatur laws, important filing considerations for motion practice, and best practices for employing a trauma-informed and survivor-centered approach to client interviewing and representation, along with other best practices for advocates.