Domestic Violence – Voices for Civil Justice

Bar Association wants more lawyers to donate

News Story (Alaska)

Bar Association wants more lawyers to donate

December 4, 2019 | KUAC-FM (Fairbanks, AK)
Everyone accused of a crime has the right to an attorney, but that’s not a right for parties in civil cases. If you are getting a divorce, or someone sues you, you have to pay for legal counsel or go it alone.
Tags: Domestic Violence | Housing: Landlord-Tenant | Pro Bono

Legal Aid helps break cycle of intimate partner violence

Op-Ed (Montana)

Legal Aid helps break cycle of intimate partner violence

November 4, 2019 | Alissa Chambers | Billings Gazette
Our community can do more for survivors, and while intimate partner homicides are on the rise, we must protect victims and provide what are often lifesaving services to those suffering from domestic violence.
Tags: Domestic Violence

Legal Aid, courts streamline process to help domestic violence victims

News Story (Nevada)

Legal Aid, courts streamline process to help domestic violence victims

October 30, 2019 | Michael Lyle | Nevada Current
Legal Aid of Southern Nevada is collaborating with Nevada Eighth Judicial District Court Family Division and Clark County to open a Protection Order Office and Family Self-Help Center in order to simplify and streamline the process of getting protection orders.
Tags: Domestic Violence

Legal assistance can change lives of immigrant domestic violence victims

Op-Ed (Tennessee)

Legal assistance can change lives of immigrant domestic violence victims

August 1, 2019 | Chay Sengkhounmany | Tennessean, The
Immigrant victims of domestic violence are often reluctant to report abuse because they don’t want to be deported — a vulnerability that their abusers are aware of and use to exert control over the relationship.
Tags: Domestic Violence | Immigration

Legal Aid Society to add focus on domestic violence with new project

News Story (Virginia)

Legal Aid Society to add focus on domestic violence with new project

September 14, 2019 | Rachel Mahoney | News and Advance
Lawyers with VLAS have helped about 400 victims of domestic violence per year with issues like housing or divorce across the 26 localities they serve, which includes an office in Lynchburg.
Tags: Domestic Violence

Confronting Domestic Abuse: How Legal Aid Provided a Lifeline When I Needed It

Op-Ed (NATIONAL, Ohio)

Confronting Domestic Abuse: How Legal Aid Provided a Lifeline When I Needed It

August 9, 2019 | Athena Gough | Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ)
I think it’s important for people to know that I was extremely fortunate. Many women don’t get the chance I got. One of the biggest hurdles to ending a situation like mine is getting legal help to end it.
Tags: Domestic Violence

Legal aid group threatens to sue SFPD over delays in domestic-abuse reports

News Story (California)

Legal aid group threatens to sue SFPD over delays in domestic-abuse reports

April 16, 2019 | Dominic Fracassa | San Francisco Chronicle
Bay Area Legal Aid is threatening to sue to compel the San Francisco Police Department to provide timely copies of incident reports to victims of domestic violence, as mandated by state law.
Tags: Domestic Violence