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Family Law and Domestic Violence Organizations

Organizations whose own description of their work names family law and domestic violence. The subject comes from what each organization has published about itself, not from a category anyone assigned to it.

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Showing 1–24 of 35 organizations.

What all 172 organizations say they work on

Bar length is relative to the largest subject, 40 organizations; the hairline marks half. Subjects come from each organization's own published description; an organization that has not described its work is in none of these.

Published placements at these organizations, by year
  1. 2 2022
  2. 2 2024
  3. 2 2025
  4. 8 2026

Every placement LAAC has published at these organizations, summer and post-graduate: 14 in all. 7 of the 35 that name family law and domestic violence have taken someone before the bar. A year with no mark is a year LAAC published no placement at any of them.

  • AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP)

    1 published placement, hires before the bar

    ALRP’s mission is to help people with HIV/AIDS maintain or improve their health by resolving their legal issues.

    • Housing
    • Immigration
    • Family Law and Domestic Violence
    • Consumer and Bankruptcy

  • Alliance for Children’s Rights

    The Alliance for Children’s Rights protects the rights of impoverished, abused and neglected children and youth.

    • Family Law and Domestic Violence
    • Healthcare and Public Benefits
    • Children and Youth

  • Asian Women’s Shelter

    The mission of Asian Women’s Shelter (AWS) is to eliminate domestic violence by promoting the social, economic and political self-determination of women.

    • Immigration
    • Family Law and Domestic Violence
    • Children and Youth

  • Benchmark Institute

    Benchmark Institute provides ongoing education to the public interest community through its Core Programs in Legal Skills (Client, Lawyer, Legal Secretary/Assistant, Paralegal) and Leadership.

    • Housing
    • Family Law and Domestic Violence
    • Healthcare and Public Benefits

  • Bet Tzedek Legal Services

    For the past 40 years, Bet Tzedek has provided free, comprehensive legal services for low-income individuals and families in Los Angeles, proving that access to justice makes a difference in people’s…

    • Housing
    • Family Law and Domestic Violence
    • Healthcare and Public Benefits
    • Employment and Workers' Rights

  • Bette and Wylie Aitken Family Protection Clinic

    In 2007, Chapman University’s Fowler School of Law created the Family Protection Clinic to address the unique challenges faced by survivors of domestic violence.

    • Immigration
    • Family Law and Domestic Violence

  • Center for Gender & Refugee Studies – California

    CGRS serves women, children, LGBT, and other refugees fleeing gender-based violence and other harms.

    • Immigration
    • Family Law and Domestic Violence
    • Children and Youth

  • Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law

    CHCRL’s work currently focuses on the following: 1. Federal litigation in support of abused, abandoned, and neglected immigrant and refugee children eligible to legalize status as Special Immigrant…

    • Immigration
    • Family Law and Domestic Violence
    • Children and Youth

  • Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA)

    CJA is an international human rights organization dedicated to deterring torture, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other severe human rights abuses around the world through litigation, policy…

    • Immigration
    • Family Law and Domestic Violence
    • Healthcare and Public Benefits
    • Veterans

  • Family Violence Appellate Project (FVAP)

    FVAP is the only organization in California dedicated to appealing cases on behalf of domestic violence survivors and their children.

    • Family Law and Domestic Violence
    • Children and Youth

  • Family Violence Law Center (FVLC)

    1 published placement, hires before the bar

    FVLC seeks to end family violence in Alameda County by providing support and advocacy for survivors of domestic violence, changing individual and community perceptions about relationship abuse, and…

    • Family Law and Domestic Violence
    • Children and Youth

  • FreeFrom

    FreeFrom’ s goal is to help survivors hold their abusers financially accountable for the abuse they have perpetrated.

    • Family Law and Domestic Violence

  • Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law

    The Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law (the Center) was founded in the early 1980s by the Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Bar, and the Women Lawyers…

    • Family Law and Domestic Violence
    • Children and Youth

  • Inland Empire Latino Legal Aid

    IELLA is a non-profit legal service provider whose mission is to provide free legal services for the poor and underprivileged residents of the Inland Empire via its volunteer attorneys and staff.

    • Family Law and Domestic Violence

  • Legal Access Alameda

    1 published placement, hires before the bar

    Legal Access Alameda (Legal Access) is the pro bono arm of the Alameda County Bar Association.

    • Housing
    • Family Law and Domestic Violence
    • Consumer and Bankruptcy

  • Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA)

    For more than 85 years, the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA) has provided civil legal services to poor and low-income people in Los Angeles County.

    • Family Law and Domestic Violence

  • Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County (LAFSBC)

    The mission of the Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County (LAFSBC) is to provide high-quality legal services in order to ensure that low-income persons and seniors have access to the civil…

    • Housing
    • Family Law and Domestic Violence
    • Healthcare and Public Benefits
    • Disability Rights

  • Legal Aid of Napa Valley (now Bay Area Legal Aid)

    As of January 1, 2016, Legal Aid of Napa Valley has joined Bay Area Legal Aid (BayLegal) .

    • Housing
    • Family Law and Domestic Violence
    • Healthcare and Public Benefits
    • Consumer and Bankruptcy

  • Legal Aid of Sonoma County

    2 published placements, hires before the bar

    Legal Aid of Sonoma County assists with a range of crisis needs, including family violence issues (domestic violence and civil harassment restraining orders), child abuse and neglect issues…

    • Housing
    • Family Law and Domestic Violence
    • Children and Youth

  • Legal Aid Society of San Bernardino (LASSB)

    LASSB offers legal counsel and advice in family law, guardianship/conservatorship, and landlord/tenant disputes, as well as direct representation for a variety of civil cases, through various…

    • Housing
    • Family Law and Domestic Violence

  • Legal Aid Society of San Diego (LASSD)

    LASSD is a nonprofit poverty law firm that provides free legal services to lower income San Diego residents relating to healthcare, housing, public benefits, child custody, immigration, and consumer…

    • Housing
    • Immigration
    • Family Law and Domestic Violence
    • Healthcare and Public Benefits

  • Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County

    In 1959, a group of lawyers and community leaders recognized a need to help the less fortunate in San Mateo County access legal services.

    • Housing
    • Family Law and Domestic Violence
    • Healthcare and Public Benefits

  • Legal Assistance for Seniors (LAS)

    2 published placements, hires before the bar

    LAS provides free legal representation and advice, health insurance counseling, and community education to qualified Alameda County residents.

    • Immigration
    • Family Law and Domestic Violence
    • Healthcare and Public Benefits
    • Elder Law

  • Legal Services for Children

    Hires before the bar

    Since 1975, it has been LSC’s mission to ensure that all children and youth in San Francisco Bay Area have an opportunity to be raised in a safe environment with equal access to a meaningful education…

    • Immigration
    • Family Law and Domestic Violence
    • Children and Youth

Organizations, descriptions and membership come from the Legal Aid Association of California's own directory. Placements come from LAAC's published fellowship rosters.