Yet thousands of victims of domestic violence go without representation every day in this country. A patchwork of services do their best to provide represent domestic violence victims. law school clinics. individual State domestic violence coalitions. legal services. and private attorneys. But there are obvious gaps and simply not enough lawyers for victims and their myriad legal needs due to the abuse. including protection orders. divorce and child custody. immigration adjustments. and bankruptcy declarations. Experts estimate that current legal services serve about 170.000 lowincome domestic violence victims each year and yet. there are at least 1 million victims each year. At best then. less than 1 out of 5 lowincome victims ever see a lawyer.
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