Hale '94 received a $10,000 Wall Service Award that will fund and provide legal services for geographically and linguistically islated victims of domestic violence in the rural areas of Pierce County, Washington. Through this project operating under the YWCA of Pierce County, she will reach more isolated survivors of domestic violence and educate them as to their legal rights and options; provide court support and advocacy for these clients to asist them in navigating the complexitites of the civil legal system.
This project will also create and develop a "bank" of pro bono/low cost interpreters and translators to assist monoligual women in accessing the court system and increase the numbers of victims of domestic violence from isolated rural areas and/or non-English speaking backgrounds on the caseloads of the program's 2 attorneys. She will closely work with Northwest Women's Law Center, Columbia Legal Services, The Northwest Immigrant Rights Projects, and the Tacoma/Pierce County Bar Association.
