Lawyers Manual - Unified Court System

340 Lori Cohen
Human Rights First
333 Seventh Avenue, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10001-5108
(212) 845-5200
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org
Formerly known as the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Human
Rights First helps volunteer lawyers to learn about asylum law, including
gender-based claims, and to represent individual clients at an asylum
interview or a hearing before an immigration judge.
Human Rights Watch
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor, New York, NY 10118-3299
(212) 290-4700
http://hrw.org
Human Rights Watch monitors human rights practices throughout the globe.
Its website contains a special section on women’s issues, which provides
useful country condition research. It also offers information on trafficking.
Immigrant Legal Resources Center
1663 Mission Street, Suite 602, San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 255-9499
http://www.ilrc.org
The ILRC is a national resource center that provides trainings and advocacy
to advance immigrant rights, including domestic violence issues. It offers
materials for purchase, including The VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for
Abused Immigrants. The website provides information on VAWA and U
visas. ILRC also offers phone consultation and technical assistance for a fee.
National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild
14 Beacon Street, Suite 102, Boston, MA 02108
(617) 227-9727
http://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org
The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIP)
offers free online access to a range of VAWA policy documents and sample
forms. In addition, extensive legal research is available for purchase to non-
NIP members. Individuals who join NIP have access to an even larger library
of VAWA resources online. Membership includes unlimited technical