LEGAL ADVOCACY

ATASK’s Legal Advocacy and Representation Program bridges the gap between the legal system and domestic violence and intimate partner trafficking victims of Asian heritage who do not have meaningful access to justice. We provide holistic legal services in a safe, compassionate environment while prioritizing Asian survivors’ cultural and linguistic needs.

With offices in Boston and Lowell, our managing attorney and legal staff collaborate as a multi-disciplinary team with ATASK Case Managers to deliver high-quality comprehensive and strategic legal services that complement our Asian clients’ shelter, family stabilization, income-maintenance and safety-planning strategies.

Languages We Speak:

• Arabic, Bangla, Cantonese, Chiu Chau/Teochew, Filipino, Gujarati, Hindi, Indonesian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Mandarin, Manipuri, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Thai, Taishanese, Taiwanese, Toisanese, Urdu, and Vietnamese (as of October 2022)

Legal Areas:

Divorce, Child Custody, Child / Spousal Support, Abuse and Harassment Prevention Restraining Orders, Victim Rights, Humanitarian Immigration Relief, “Green Card,” Relative Petitions, and Citizenship assistance for disabled, low-income or LEP survivors, Public Benefits, Housing Rights, Consumer Rights, and Language Access Rights.

Legal Services We Provide:

• Free comprehensive intake and case management to help identify and prioritize legal needs in a multilingual/multicultural safe space specifically designed for Asian survivors.
• Family law: document and hearing preparation, limited appearance representation in court, warm/managed referrals for full representation.
• Immigration matters: Full representation on humanitarian immigration applications and petitions before the US Citizenship and Immigration Services.
• Brief service and referrals in collateral poverty law areas including public benefits, tenant rights, and consumer rights.