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WomensLaw does not have a relationship with or promote the organizations listed on these pages. Because we include thousands of resources, we cannot review them regularly or vouch for the information or services they provide. We share these resources to help all victims and survivors of abuse find essential direct services and support their needs and safety concerns.
Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment & Appeals Project (DV LEAP)
URL: https://www.volare-empowers.org/appeals
Email: info@volare-empowers.org
DV LEAP, a project of Volare, can represent survivors of domestic and sexual violence in appealing their case. This generally include restraining orders, custody, and divorce. DV LEAP takes cases when there has been a judgment that can be appealed. They partner with pro bono law firms to represent survivors in those appeals at the state and federal level, including the Supreme Court. Complete their online application to request services.
Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence
URL: https://futureswithoutviolence.org/initiative/national-health-resource-center-on… This national clearinghouse provides support for those interested in developing a comprehensive health care response to domestic violence in all health care settings. Provides resource and training materials, technical assistance, information and referrals, and models for local, state and national health policymaking. Part of the National Health Initiative on Domestic Violence, a program of the Family Violence Prevention Fund, and part of the Domestic Violence Resource Network.
Immigration Equality
Hotline: 1 (212) 714-2904 URL: https://immigrationequality.org/
Immigration Equality is the nation’s leading LGBTQ immigrant rights organization. They represent and advocate for people from around the world fleeing violence, abuse, and persecution because of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or HIV status. Information is available in English, Spanish, French, and Russian.
Legal Momentum
URL: https://www.legalmomentum.org/ Legal Momentum takes a select number of cases per year, including cases regarding Title IX and also provides referrals to victims. Victims must fill out a legal assistance form found here. Legal Momentum also provides information about immigration and support to lawyers representing battered women in immigration cases.
Legal Resource Center on Violence Against Women
Phone: (301) 270-1550 URL: http://www.lrcvaw.org
Email: LRC@lrcvaw.org
The Legal Resource Center on Violence Against Women (LRCVAW) helps advocates and lawyers with issues of interstate custody where domestic violence is involved. The LRC can also try to assist survivors of domestic violence to find legal representation for interstate custody cases. They do not help with international custody cases.
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Family Violence Project
Phone 2: (775) 784-6012 Business calls URL: https://www.ncjfcj.org/our-work/domestic-violence
Operates the Resource Center on Domestic Violence and other ongoing projects, including ones on: improving the court system’s response to family violence cases; providing training for judges and court workers nationwide; and developing and promoting model state legislation on domestic and family violence.
National Crime Victim Bar Association
Phone 2: Lawyer Referral Line: 800-FYI-CALL URL: https://victimsofcrime.org/national-crime-victim-bar-association/
Email: victimbar@ncvc.org
The National Crime Victim Bar Association offers information and lawyer referrals to crime victims seeking to sue offenders and responsible third-parties.
National Crime Victim Law Institute
URL: https://ncvli.org/victim-resources-database/ Email: ncvli@lclark.edu
The National Crime Victim Law Institute (NCVLI) pairs crime victims with free attorneys who fight to secure their rights. They do this through their national network of legal clinics and their National Alliance of Victims’ Rights Attorneys (NAVRA). They also ensure that every attorney and advocate can make the best arguments for the victims they serve by providing them with legal technical assistance in the form of legal research, writing, and strategic consultation. In addition, they file amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs in victims’ rights cases nationwide. NCVLI rarely provides any legal services directly to victims. When a victim contacts NCVLI they work to pair that victim with support services in his or her area, and to find a lawyer in their pool of pro bono attorneys who is willing to provide free or low cost legal services focusing efforts on active criminal cases and protecting victims’ rights during investigation, prosecution and post-conviction. They will then partner with those volunteer lawyers to ensure top quality advocacy on behalf of the victim. If you are seeking assistance with referrals, please fill out their online referral request form on the website.
National Defense Center for Criminalized Survivors
Phone: 800 903-0111 ext. 3 URL: https://bwjp.org/our-work/national-defense-center-for-criminalized-survivors/
Email: TECHNICALASSISTANCE@BWJP.ORG
The National Defense Center for Criminalized Survivors, formerly known as the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women, is resource and advocacy center for victims who have been criminalized as a result of their experiences of being abused. They provide specialized technical assistance, resources, and support for victims and their defense teams.
National Legal Aid & Defender Association
URL: https://www.nlada.org/ NLADA is the nation’s leading advocate for front-line attorneys and other equal justice professionals, representing legal aid and defender programs, as well as individual advocates.
National Network to End Domestic Violence
URL: https://nnedv.org/ The National Network to End Domestic Violence is a membership and advocacy organization of state domestic violence coalitions, allied organizations and supportive individuals.
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, (Part of the Domestic Violence Resource Network)
Phone 2: TTY: (800) 553-2508 URL: https://www.nrcdv.org/
Provides comprehensive information and resources (including videos, publications and information packs), policy development, and technical assistance designed to enhance community responses to and prevention of domestic violence.
Public Justice
URL: https://www.tlpj.org/ This national, public interest law firm offers cutting-edge legal briefs and news on public interest issues, including civil rights, elder law, reproductive freedom, violence prevention, and women’s rights. This is the only site on the Internet where you can find complete contact information for all legal aid, legal services, and poverty law offices in the U.S.
The Narkis Golan International Child Abduction Initiative
URL: https://sanctuaryforfamilies.org/ngi/ Email: GolanInitiative@sffny.org
The Narkis Golan International Child Abduction Initiative (NGI) is dedicated to increasing access to justice for survivors of domestic violence who are involved in a case brought under the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction (“Hague Convention”) in the United States. NGI provides legal consultations and advocacy to survivors, as well as training and education to advocates, legal services organizations, and pro bono attorneys who serve survivors.
VAWNet
URL: https://vawnet.org/ VAWnet Library is an online resource for advocates working to end domestic violence, sexual assault, and other violence in the lives of women and their children. VAWnet is a project of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV) and the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV).
Vera Institute of Justice
URL: https://www.vera.org/ Vera plans and demonstrates solutions often building nonprofit organizations from successful demonstrations studies social problems and current responses, and provides the advice and assistance leaders need to change their own systems. Vera addresses the issue of domestic violence through its Consulting Nationally project.
