DC Volunteer Lawyers Project
5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW Washington, District of Columbia 20015
DCVLP provides legal advice in CPO, custody, divorce, and immigration cases related to domestic violence and other gender-based violence. We also assist CPO petitioners with CPO advice, drafting supplemental petitions, motions to extend, and contempt filings on a limited basis through our Petitioner’s clinic. We send clients referred by the VLN to the appropriate clinic for legal advice and for our attorneys to assess their cases for full or limited representation. We are still at limited capacity due to COVID, but are slowly beginning to take cases again.
Cities served: Washington, DC
Who we serve: Domestic Violence Victims, LGBT, Men, Sexual Assault Victims, Women
Legal Services:
Family, Child Custody - Petitioner, Child Support, CPO - Petitioner, Divorce, Immigration, Adjustment of Status, Asylum, DACA, Naturalization/Citizenship, SIJS, T-Visa, U Visa, VAWA Self-Petition
Non Legal Services:
Accompaniment, Crisis Prevention, Financial Assistance
Language Service Method: On-call Translators, Other, Personnel/Volunteers, Telephone Translating Service
Hours of operation:
9 am - 5pm
Intake hours:
M, T, Th from 10am-4pm, and flexible if needed for certain clients