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Legal Momentum produces materials on a range of issues facing women and families.  We produce legal resource kits on a range of topics, as well as sample letters to employers and landlords.  Please visit our Publications page to find the materials that best fit your needs. 

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For help finding local resources, please visit http://www.lawhelp.org/ to learn more about legal resources available in your state.  If you are in New York state, please review our New York State Resources, updated yearly. 

To contact Legal Momentum with a legal question, please fill out our Legal Assistance Form.  Legal Momentum takes on only a select number of cases each year. If your case does not meet our criteria, we can provide you with a referral to other organizations in your area. We receive many requests for assistance. Please be patient, we will answer your request as soon as possible.

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Did You Know...

Women at every level of education (except doctors and lawyers) earn less than men at the level of education below them.

Publication Highlight

Risk Assessment and Intimate Partner Sexual Abuse: The Hidden Dimension of Domestic violence
Article by Lynn Hecht Schafran for Judicature Magazine. Risk assessment is of critical concern to judges in every kind fo domestic violence case. Recent research documents the importance of a largely ignored sign of risk and potential lethality in these cases: intimate partner sexual abuse. More »

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