Volunteer Guide

Victim Rights Law Center

  • Location:
    610 SW Broadway St.
    Suite 308
    Portland, OR 97205
  • Phone:
    (503) 274-5477 ext. 6
  • Toll-free:
    (855) 411-5477
  • Fax:
    (503) 715-2183
  • Contact methods:
    Email, Fax, Mail/Letter, Phone calls, Website, Phone or online intake / services available
  • Appointments accepted:
    Yes

The Victim Rights Law Center provides free legal assistance with T and U visas (for victims of trafficking and other serious crimes) to sexual assault survivors who live in Oregon. We offer additional immigration legal services (like VAWA, SIJS, asylum, AOS, DACA, and naturalization) to sexual assault survivors who live, work, go to school, or were assaulted in the Oregon counties of Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington.

State served: Oregon

Services Provided

Are immigration legal services provided? Yes
Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Consular Processing, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment authorization, Family-based petitions, Naturalization/Citizenship, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), U visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Types of immigration legal services provided: Help completing forms, Filings with USCIS, Representation at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews), Representation before the Immigration Court, Representation before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Federal court appeals
Other areas of legal assistance: Education, Employment, Foreclosure, Housing, Prisoners, Public Benefits
Non-legal services: Referrals to other services
Populations served: Detained individuals, Domestic Violence Victims, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: Spanish, Interpreters provided
Access to a commercial interpreting service or language bank: Yes
Nominal fee charged? No
Other information: The VRLC provides free legal services to victims of sexual assault regardless of age, gender identity, or immigration status. We do not have income eligibility requirements.

Staffing Information

Number of attorneys on staff: 5
Is organization BIA recognized? No
Number of fully accredited BIA representatives on staff: 1
Number of partially accredited BIA representatives on staff: 0
Number of paralegals/legal workers on staff: 2

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes
Network affiliations: American Immigration Lawyers Association

Volunteering

Volunteer Coordinator
Malia Bennett
(503) 274-5477 x 9