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Since 2002, Partners for Women and Justice has provided legal assistance to thousands of deserving women striving to escape abusive relationships and secure safety for themselves and their children.
We have trained and worked with several hundred pro bono attorneys who have donated millions in free legal services to our clients as they seek protective orders, safe custody and visitation arrangements and fair awards of child support and spousal support.
"Reflections" from Partners' 2011 Summer Verizon Fellow -
Desiree Sedehi
On June 7, 2011, I woke up at five o’clock in the morning and spent two hours analyzing the text of a final restraining order, memorizing every word. The truth is that I did not know what to expect on my first day at Partners for Women and Justice. Somehow, in my third year law student mind, I thought that if I read and re-read the text of the FRO, I would be best prepared for my summer. I had no background in domestic violence law. I knew basic facts on domestic violence … and had read a few cases and statutes on child custody and divorce proceedings. I was not emotionally prepared, however, for the true, hard facts surrounding domestic violence: the repeated exploitation that breaks down a woman’s emotional and physical strength, buried tales of dreadful child abuse, and most of all, the startling cyclical nature of it all which posits that a woman will go back to her batterer an average of seven times before she finally leaves for good.
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SAVE THE DATE!
SPRING BENEFIT 2012!
Honoring
Betsy Bernard & Laurie Peter
Partner in Hope Award Recipients
Marsha Papanek, Esq.
Partner in Justice Award Recipient
Wednesday Evening May 9, 2012
The Westin Governor Morris
2 Whippany Road
Morristown, New Jersey
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