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Legal
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American
Bar
Association
Commission
on
Domestic
Violence
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Homepage
and
offers a domestic
violence screening tool
for attorneys.
American
Prosecutors
Research
Institute
(APRI)
The
Violence
Against
Women
Unit
site
contains
extensive
information,
including:
trainings,
publications,
surveys,
links
to
VAWA,
statutes,
and
full
faith
&
credit,
statistics,
APRI
contacts
for
specific
legal
issues,
and
attorney
checklists.
Center
Against
Spouse
Abuse
(CASA),
St.
Petersburg,
FL
Offers
information
about
domestic
violence,
legal
advocacy,
crisis
and
safety
planning,
and
education.
Institute
for
Law
and
Justice
This
site
contains
online
articles
and
publications
on a
variety
of
legal
issues
including
domestic
violence
legislation
reviews.
Law
News
Network
An
online
law
journal
for
attorneys.
Not specific to
domestic
violence,
but
contains
legal
articles,
court
opinions,
and
discussion
groups
(registration
required
to
participate
in
discussions).
Legal
Services
Online
Domestic
Violence
Protection
Project
for
the
State
of
Georgia
A
completely
confidential
site
where
victims
can
file
for OFPs,
receive
court
info,
info
on
filing
criminal
charges,
safety
planning,
and
get
lawyer
referrals.
Minnesota
Association
of
Law
Libraries
(MALL)
A
comprehensive
site
that
provides
links
to
law
libraries,
indexes,
search
engines,
legislative
materials,
and
court
rules.
Mintz,
Levin,
Cohn,
Ferris,
Glovsky
and
Popeo,
P.C.
This
law
firm
does
pro
bono
work
for
victims
in
conjunction
with
Greater
Boston
Legal
Services
and
the
Battered
Immigrant
Womens
Project.
Nolo
A
legal
self-help
information
site.
It
contains
software,
legal
dictionary,
legal
encyclopedia,
legal
forms,
affordable
books,
and
a
questions/answer
section. It also contains links for victims of
domestic
violence.
Southwest Center for Law
and Policy
(SWCLAP)
SWCLAP works across
jurisdictions to develop
comprehensive,
interdisciplinary
responses to violence in
Indian country. Their
staff of skilled trial
attorneys has decades of
experience working with
Tribal, state, and
federal court systems.
Tribal Law and Policy
Institute (TLPI)
TLPI facilitates the
sharing of resources so
that Indian Nations and
tribal justice systems
have access to cost
effective resources
which can be adapted to
meet the individual
needs of their
communities. We strive
to establish programs
which link tribal
justice systems with
other academic, legal,
and judicial resources
such as law schools,
Indian law clinics,
tribal colleges, Native
American Studies
programs, Indian legal
organizations and
consultants, tribal
legal departments, other
tribal courts, and other
judicial/legal
institutions.
VIOLET:
Law
&
Abused
Women
Provides
information
and
interactive
services
to
meet
the
legal
needs
of
abused
women
and
service
providers
in
Alberta
and
Canada.
WomensLaw.org
Includes general
information on domestic
violence on tribal land,
information on tribal
protection orders, and
links to other online
resources for domestic
violence on tribal land.
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