Read how Innovation for Justice trains community-based justice workers to provide trauma-informed, limited-scope legal advice and assistance to domestic violence survivors.
Domestic Violence Legal Advocate Initiative: Justice for Survivors in Arizona
Grantees will learn how Innovation for Justice (i4J):
1. Leveraged unauthorized practice of law reform to open a pathway for community-based justice workers to provide legal assistance;
2. Employed a design- and systems-thinking approach to develop a course to train Domestic Violence Legal Advocates (DVLAs);
3. Piloted and launched the DVLA program across Arizona.
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