National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project

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    Molnar v. Margaret W. Wong Assocs. Co. L.P.A. (8th Cir. Apr. 22, 2021)

    The Court of Appeals found that in cases in which a crime victim is seeking civil damages and where the victim obtained the U visa due to the underlying criminal activities committed by victims’ former attorneys against the victims as part of defendant lawyers’ egregious legal malpractice, defendant attorneys were entitled to obtain that information…

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    How to Provide Comprehensive Services to Immigrant Survivors in the Justice System

    These slides were presented by Leslye Orloff in a keynote address entitled “Helping Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking Victims: Holding their Abusers Accountable” at Youngstown State University on March 31, 2016. For additional materials relevant to this training, please visit [www.niwap.org/go/Ohio2016](http://www.niwap.org/go/Ohio2016).

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    Expanding Legal Representation of Immigrant Survivors in Immigration and Family Law

    This presentation from March 30, 2016, Ohio, trained participants on ways to expand legal representation for Immigrant Survivors.

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    City of Cleveland Takes Important Steps to Ensure Citizen Safety: We All Should Follow its Lead

    This Op-ed article discusses the benefits of U-Visas and the first U Visa issued in Ohio.

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    Am. Online Dating Ass’n v. Gonzales (S.D. Ohio May 25, 2006)

    In the case of Am. Online Dating Assn v. Gonzales, plaintiffs requested a temporary restraining order prohibiting enforcement of some sections of the International Marriage Brokers Regulation Act of 2005 alleging violations of the First and Fifth Amendments. The court denied the temporary restraining order, finding that the law did not prohibit speech, did not…

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    Ohio: Family Law Jurisdiction and Service of Process

    This document contains texts of state family law statutes governing jurisdiction and service of process, including any alternative service rules, across all types of family law cases. in the state. Also available as an Excel spreadsheet: Ohio: Family Law Jurisdiction and Service of Process (Excel chart)

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    Ohio Public Benefits Screening Chart

    Ohio – This public benefits screening chart helps immigrants, refugees, judges, victim advocates and attorneys quickly understand which state and federal public benefits an immigrant or refugee qualifies for in each state. Eligibility varies by state, by immigration status, by victim-based legal immigration application filed, by date of entry into the U.S. and by benefits program. This tool is…

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    Access to State-Funded Public Benefits in Ohio for Survivors

    This public benefits chart/table with full citations helps immigrants, refugees, judges, victim advocates and attorneys quickly understand which state and federal public benefits an immigrant or refugee qualifies for in each state. Eligibility varies by state, by immigration status, by victim-based legal immigration application filed, by date of entry into the U.S. and by benefits program. This tool is…