Understanding your legal rights and navigating the court system can be challenging.

Our court advocates can explain, in English or Spanish, your rights and options under legislation such as the Illinois Domestic Violence Act. They will explain how to obtain an Order of Protection, assist you with paperwork, and accompany you to court to provide emotional support, advocate on your behalf, and clarify complex legal information and processes. We can also assist teenagers, accompanied by an adult, who are applying for an Order of Protection.

Between Friends offers free legal clinics in which domestic violence survivors meet with volunteer family law attorneys who provide legal advice. In these one-on-one consultations, attorneys answer questions about Orders of Protection, divorce proceedings, child support, child custody, and other family law and immigration issues.

View a complete list of our current legal clinics.

To contact our court advocates:

• If you live in Chicago, call 773-274-5232. Chicago’s Domestic Violence Courthouse is located downtown at 555 W. Harrison St.
• If you live in the Northwest Suburbs, call 847-818-8900. The Rolling Meadows Courthouse is located at 2121 Euclid Ave.
• If you live anywhere else, please call our 24 Hour HelpLine for assistance at 1-800-603-4357. Or fill out our contact form below (please allow up to 48 hours for us to respond).