Where to Find Help
UPDATED September 24, 2008
iLawyer.com
Web: http://www.ilawyer.com
iLawyer is a national network of non-profit Lawyer Referral Services operated by local Bar Associations - all meeting American Bar Association (ABA) standards. This service serves residents of California, Colorado, Connecticut, New York, and Washington state. An affordable 30-minute consultation is included with every referral. (WomensLaw.org has no relationship with this company and does not know whether their information or services are good or helpful. We provide this link for your information.)
LawHelp.org
Web: http://www.lawhelp.org
LawHelp helps low and moderate income people find free legal aid programs in their communities, and answers to questions about their legal rights.
Legal Momentum
Web: http://www.legalmomentum.org
Legal Momentum takes a select number of cases per year 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 - Attorneys/advocates only
Phone: 800-556-4053 Survivors Only
Web: http://www.lrcvaw.org
This organization 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.
Model Tribal Domestic Violence Full Faith and Credit Ordinance
Web: http://www.vaw.umn.edu/finaldocuments/FFCTribal.htm
MyLawyer.com
Web: http://www.mylawyer.com
MyLawyer.com is a legal information services organization that specializes in publishing self-help legal software tools on the Web enabling citizens to access the law without incurring the high cost of legal fees.They use online legal forms and documents that are either state-specific or universally accepted in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. You will find forms for divorce, name change, living wills, trusts, and many other legal issues. There are costs for the services MyLawyer.com provides. (WomensLaw.org has no relationship with this company and does not know whether their information or services are good or helpful. We provide this link for your information.)
NameChangeLaw.com
Web: http://www.namechangelaw.com
The goal of NameChangeLaw.com is to help people do their own simple name changes online at an affordable price. All name change form kits contain clearly written, easy to understand, step-by-step instructions for completing and filing your name change application/petition. There are costs for the services NameChangeLaw.com provides. Please note that even if you change your name, there are ways your abuser can find you. Talk to someone in a domestic violence shelter for assistance and safety planning first. (WomensLaw.org has no relationship with this company and does not know whether their information or services are good or helpful. We provide this link for your information.)
National Crime Victim Bar Association
2000 M Street NW
Suite 480
Washington DC, 20036
Phone: Administrative: 202-467-8701
Phone: Lawyer Referral Line: 800-FYI-CALL
Web: http://www.victimbar.org
Email: victimbar@ncvc.org
Offers information and lawyer referrals to crime victims seeking to sue offenders.
Public Justice
1825 K Street NW
Suite 200
Washington DC, 20006
Phone: 202-797-8600
Web: http://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.
USLegalforms.com
Web: http://www.uslegalforms.com/
USLegalforms.com has over 25,000 legal documents and forms, including wills, name change, real estate, bankruptcy, landlord-tenant, and power of attorney. There are costs for the services USLegalfoms.com provides. (WomensLaw.org has no relationship with this company and does not know whether their information or services are good or helpful. We provide this link for your information.)
Vera Institute of Justice
233 Broadway
12th Floor
New York NY, 10279
Phone: (212) 334-1300
Web: http://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.
VictimLaw.info
Web: http://www.victimlaw.info/victimlaw/
The National Center for Victims of Crime, with support from the Office for Victims of Crime, have just opened VictimLaw, an on-line database of over 15,000 victims' rights laws. This is a resource for legal information that can be accessed by topic, terms, contents and citations.
WomensLaw.org
Web: http://www.WomensLaw.org
WomensLaw.org is an online resource providing state-specific domestic violence legal information. The site also publishes step-by-step procedural information, courthouse and sheriff locations, links to downloadable court forms, and national and local links and resources. WomensLaw also provides information through an email hotline
Web: http://www.ilawyer.com
iLawyer is a national network of non-profit Lawyer Referral Services operated by local Bar Associations - all meeting American Bar Association (ABA) standards. This service serves residents of California, Colorado, Connecticut, New York, and Washington state. An affordable 30-minute consultation is included with every referral. (WomensLaw.org has no relationship with this company and does not know whether their information or services are good or helpful. We provide this link for your information.)
LawHelp.org
Web: http://www.lawhelp.org
LawHelp helps low and moderate income people find free legal aid programs in their communities, and answers to questions about their legal rights.
Legal Momentum
Web: http://www.legalmomentum.org
Legal Momentum takes a select number of cases per year 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 - Attorneys/advocates only
Phone: 800-556-4053 Survivors Only
Web: http://www.lrcvaw.org
This organization 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.
Model Tribal Domestic Violence Full Faith and Credit Ordinance
Web: http://www.vaw.umn.edu/finaldocuments/FFCTribal.htm
MyLawyer.com
Web: http://www.mylawyer.com
MyLawyer.com is a legal information services organization that specializes in publishing self-help legal software tools on the Web enabling citizens to access the law without incurring the high cost of legal fees.They use online legal forms and documents that are either state-specific or universally accepted in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. You will find forms for divorce, name change, living wills, trusts, and many other legal issues. There are costs for the services MyLawyer.com provides. (WomensLaw.org has no relationship with this company and does not know whether their information or services are good or helpful. We provide this link for your information.)
NameChangeLaw.com
Web: http://www.namechangelaw.com
The goal of NameChangeLaw.com is to help people do their own simple name changes online at an affordable price. All name change form kits contain clearly written, easy to understand, step-by-step instructions for completing and filing your name change application/petition. There are costs for the services NameChangeLaw.com provides. Please note that even if you change your name, there are ways your abuser can find you. Talk to someone in a domestic violence shelter for assistance and safety planning first. (WomensLaw.org has no relationship with this company and does not know whether their information or services are good or helpful. We provide this link for your information.)
National Crime Victim Bar Association
2000 M Street NW
Suite 480
Washington DC, 20036
Phone: Administrative: 202-467-8701
Phone: Lawyer Referral Line: 800-FYI-CALL
Web: http://www.victimbar.org
Email: victimbar@ncvc.org
Offers information and lawyer referrals to crime victims seeking to sue offenders.
Public Justice
1825 K Street NW
Suite 200
Washington DC, 20006
Phone: 202-797-8600
Web: http://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.
USLegalforms.com
Web: http://www.uslegalforms.com/
USLegalforms.com has over 25,000 legal documents and forms, including wills, name change, real estate, bankruptcy, landlord-tenant, and power of attorney. There are costs for the services USLegalfoms.com provides. (WomensLaw.org has no relationship with this company and does not know whether their information or services are good or helpful. We provide this link for your information.)
Vera Institute of Justice
233 Broadway
12th Floor
New York NY, 10279
Phone: (212) 334-1300
Web: http://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.
VictimLaw.info
Web: http://www.victimlaw.info/victimlaw/
The National Center for Victims of Crime, with support from the Office for Victims of Crime, have just opened VictimLaw, an on-line database of over 15,000 victims' rights laws. This is a resource for legal information that can be accessed by topic, terms, contents and citations.
WomensLaw.org
Web: http://www.WomensLaw.org
WomensLaw.org is an online resource providing state-specific domestic violence legal information. The site also publishes step-by-step procedural information, courthouse and sheriff locations, links to downloadable court forms, and national and local links and resources. WomensLaw also provides information through an email hotline