OF BROWARD COUNTY
About Legal Aid
Services
IMMIGRATION
Legal Aid Service of Broward County's Immigration Unit provides assistance to the community's vulnerable immigrant population in the following areas:
- We assist immigrant victims of domestic violence, victims of trafficking in persons, and victims of other violent crimes, in obtaining lawful immigration status.
- We represent abused, abandoned, or neglected immigrant children in their applications for lawful permanent residence.
- We litigate complex political asylum claims before the Department of Justice Executive Office of Immigration Review.
Intake:
Links to Helpful Websites:
Immigration Legal Resource Center
National Immigration Project
Women in Distress, Inc.
Broward Sheriff's Office
Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women
Equal Justice Works:
The mission of Equal Justice Works is to create a just society by mobilizing the next generation of lawyers committed to equal justice. Thousands of idealistic law students pursue legal careers in order to combat injustice and solve social problems such as domestic violence, unfairly rationed health care, lack of affordable housing, employment discrimination, consumer fraud, or environmental degradation. Lawyers can make a significant difference in the lives of vulnerable people and communities that desperately need legal intervention to obtain justice. But, scarce entry-level job opportunities and overwhelming student debt combine to discourage many law graduates from pursuing public interest careers.
Equal Justice Works (formerly the National Association for Public Interest Law) was founded in 1986 by law students dedicated to working for equal justice on behalf of underserved communities and causes. Today, Equal Justice Works is the national leader in creating summer and postgraduate public interest opportunities for law students and lawyers as well as in urging more public interest programming at law schools.
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