The Domestic Violence Clinic: Course Description

A description of the Domestic Violence Clinic at Lane County Legal Aid and Advocacy Center. Third-year law students at the University of Oregon School of Law, under the supervision of the clinic director, Pat Vallerand, represent Legal Aid clients in court cases involving restraining orders and stalking orders. The description includes the Clinic's structure, the training provided to participating law students, and the impact of the Clinic in the community.

The Domestic Violence Clinic: Addressing a Survivor's Legal Needs in a Holistic Manner

A report by former clinic director Marlene Drescher and former client advocate Cheryl O'Neill about this innovative civil legal services project at Lane County Legal Aid and Advocacy Center. Victim-service organizations, LCLAC attorneys and the U of O law school have partnered to establish this innovative new project that provides comprehensive legal and lay advocacy services, educates new lawyers, and utilizes a wealth of community and university resources. Case statistics support our tremendous success in representing an unprecedented number of abused individuals and their children in contested hearings and trials.

Summer / Fall 2008 Newsletter

Jan / Feb 2008 Newsletter

June 2007 Newsletter

"To Be Of Use" and "Reach Out"

Feature articles about the Domestic Violence Clinic from The Oregon Lawyer, published by the University of Oregon School of Law. Copyright ©  2001 The Oregon Lawyer. (Republished with permission.)

"Law Lessons in Life"

An article in the Oregon Daily Emerald describes the experience of University of Oregon law students in the Domestic Violence Clinic at Lane County Legal Aid and Advocacy Center. Copyright ©  2000 Oregon Daily Emerald.

"Domestic Violence and Custody: Importing the American Law Institute's Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution into Oregon Law"

An article by Merle H. Weiner, Associate Professor at the University of Oregon School of Law. Originally published in Willamette Law Review Fall 1999. Copyright © 1999 Willamette Law Review; Merle H. Weiner. (Republished with permission.)

"International Child Abduction and the Escape from Domestic Violence"

An article by Merle H. Weiner, Associate Professor at the University of Oregon School of Law. Originally published in Fordham Law Review.  Copyright ©  2000 Fordham Law Review; Merle H. Weiner. (Republished with permission.)

Womenspace

        Womenspace has been providing services to battered women and their children for almost twenty-five years. The organization has grown from a confidentially located shelter and twenty-four hour crisis line to a multi-faceted organization that in addition to basic crisis services supports a strong, county-wide domestic violence council, a publicly located drop-in Advocacy Center, legal advocacy via a collaborative legal clinic, transitional year-long case management services, domestic violence specialists housed in local welfare and child protective service offices, three rural outreach offices, an extensive community education program offering training from the most basic to highly specialized curricula, and a host of collaborative relationships with local and federal partners.

SASS -- Sexual Assault Support Services

SASS provides 24-hour crisis and support lines, advocacy for victims of sexual assault, community education, support groups and self-defense classes.

Lane County Domestic Violence Council

The Council is a coalition of survivors, service providers, and agency staff. It was founded with the mission of creating a community forum for developing, implementing and assessing a coordinated response to domestic violence in Lane County. The Council's current mission is to reduce and prevent domestic violence through a coordinated community response.

Domestic Violence Assistance Program

        The Domestic Violence Assistance Program through the Greenhill Humane Society assists victims of domestic violence whose pets are endangered. The program provides a network of foster homes which will take any companion animal from gerbils to horses, and extends care until victims can accommodate their pet's safety either on their own or by placing their pets with friends. More information