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Area of law

Domestic & Gender-Based Violence Law

Legal protection and advocacy for survivors of abuse.

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What this area covers

Lawyers in this field help survivors obtain protective orders, custody, housing and immigration relief, and work to improve how the legal system responds to abuse.

Also called: Domestic Violence, Gender Violence, Sexual Violence Law.

Typical legal work

  • Obtaining protective orders
  • Representing survivors in family and immigration matters
  • Advocating for policy reform

Where lawyers work

  • Legal aid and public-interest organizations
  • Nonprofit and advocacy organizations
  • Prosecutors' offices

A setting is where you work; an area is what the work is about. The same area is practised in very different settings.

Schools with verified programs

A school is listed here only when its own website names a concentration, certificate, clinic, center or field placement in Domestic & Gender-Based Violence Law. Schools are in alphabetical order. The list is not a ranking, and a school that is absent may still teach the subject.

16 schools · 16 clinics · 1 center or institute

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Program types counted as evidence: clinics, certificates, concentrations and specializations, centers and institutes, externships and field placements. Joint degrees and advanced degrees are described under Degrees & program types.

Sources

These references informed what the area covers. The description above is PreLaw Advisor’s own and does not reproduce their text.

  1. 1.American Bar Association. Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence (opens in a new tab) Retrieved Sep 2026.

Description reviewed Sep 2026. Each school program links to the page it was verified against.