Build your skills and knowledge to better advocate for intimate partner violence survivors who need legal assistance.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. PLI is proud to stand with the legal community in support of survivors of intimate partner violence, by offering a variety of programs to enhance your knowledge and hone your advocacy skills.
Survivors of intimate partner violence often require pro bono legal assistance when facing critical concerns such as child custody disputes, orders of protection, divorce proceedings, housing issues, immigration needs, and employment disputes. There’s also a need for lawyers who are sensitive to the trauma and related challenges that come with these difficult situations and their healing process.
To help practitioners meet these needs, PLI is committed to providing timely, relevant education and training, with a range of programs and resources available in person, via live webcast, or on-demand from your computer or PLI’s mobile app.
Our programs provide in-depth examinations of the legal issues surrounding intimate partner violence, including the intersection of domestic violence with immigration, child custody, and criminal justice. These programs are led by expert faculty, who share practical strategies and techniques for lawyers working with survivors.
Enhance your advocacy with sessions on lawyering from a trauma-informed perspective, ethics for lawyers working with domestic violence survivors, working with immigrant survivors, and much more. You can also sharpen your skills with award-winning programs from PLI’s Interactive Learning Center, which allow you to consider and practice your responses to real-world scenarios at your own pace. These programs include Interviewing Pro Bono Clients, Working with Domestic Violence Survivors, and Representing Domestic Violence Survivors in Court.
PLI also informs the legal community through podcasts, including Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files, which has covered “Practicing Trauma-Informed Lawyering” and “Appellate Justice for Domestic Violence Survivors,” among other topics.
This October — and throughout the year — PLI is here to support your pro bono advocacy and empower you to stand with domestic violence survivors. Learn more at www.pli.edu/probono.