Legal Directory
Victim Rights Law Center
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The Victim Rights Law Center provides free civil legal services for victims of rape and sexual assault in the areas of safety, privacy, housing, employment, education, immigration, and financial stability.
State served: | Massachusetts |
Services Provided
Are immigration legal services provided? | Yes |
Areas of immigration legal assistance: | Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Removal hearings, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions |
Types of immigration legal services provided: | Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation before the Immigration Court |
Other areas of legal assistance: | Civil Rights, Education, Employment, Housing, Public Benefits |
Non-legal services: | Referrals to other services |
Populations served: | Domestic Violence Victims, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors |
Languages spoken: | English, Spanish |
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: | Yes |
Nominal fee charged? | No |
Other information: | All representation must have a claim based on rape or sexual assault. |
Staffing Information
Number of attorneys on staff: | 16 |
Is organization BIA recognized? | No |
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 0 |
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: | 0 |
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: | 4 |
Additional Details
Pro Bono opportunities? | Yes |
Network affiliations: | American Immigration Lawyers Association, Asista |
Volunteering
Volunteer Coordinator |
Stephanie
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Administrative Information
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Last contact date: | February 1, 2018 |
Administrator comments: | 10/26/12: tickler 2/26/14: tickler 12/11/14: tickler 7/6/16: tickler 01 Feb 2018: tickler 5 Nov 2021: tickler 8 Nov 2021: updated from tickler responses |
IAN Members? | No |