Standards of Practice

Standards of Practice for Lawyers Representing Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking in Civil Protection Order Cases.

Statutory Summary Charts

These charts summarize statutes from all 50 states regarding domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, dating violence and trafficking.

Technical Assistance

Contact the Commission to request Technical Assistance for legal professionals.

Workplace Policy

Learn more on the Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence's Model Workplace Policy on employer response to domestic violence, sexual violence, dating violence and/or stalking. 

Subpoena Defense Project

The ABA and the Confidentiality Institute partnered to develop the Protecting Privacy to Enhance Safety Pro Bono Project, designed to create a corps of attorneys nationwide who are knowledgeable in the area of advocate confidentiality and can provide pro bono assistance to programs to respond to subpoenas when they come in.

Trainings

Learn more about upcoming in-person and online trainings for attorneys representing victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence and/or stalking. Additionally, view past TeleConferences and Webinars. 

Supreme Court Round Up

Thanks to our friends at DV LEAP, we present this year's Supreme Court Round-Up, reporting on cases from the 2015-2016 term affecting the domestic violence field. Read it here. 

Teaching About Domestic Violence

View the article "Teaching about Domestic Violence" from the Violence Against Women Journal. Read it here.

WH Civil Legal Aid Research Workshop Report

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office for Access to Justice (ATJ) and National Institute of Justice (NIJ),  hosted a Civil Legal Aid Research Workshop designed to help create a civil legal aid research agenda and identify federal priorities on civil legal aid for the conveners and the White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable.

Useful Websites

A list of useful websites for lawyers representing victims of domestic & sexual violence.

Resources for Survivors

The Commission on Domestic Violence does not provide lawyer referrals nor do we give legal advice to survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

Persons seeking such advice should consultant these resources.

Domestic & Sexual Violence Statistics

View Domestic & Sexual Violence Statistics here.