Civil Society

Providing comprehensive holistic direct legal services to most vulnerable, marginalized, and underserved populations

We are a Minnesota-based nonprofit organization providing culturally and linguistically specific legal and victim advocacy services to adult and youth victims/survivors of:

• human trafficking (sex and labor);
• sexual assault / exploitation including campus rape and sexting;
• domestic violence;
• dating violence; and
• stalking 

Civil Society, founded by Linda Miller in 1996, is a vital and unique link in the safety net of legal services for victims/survivors. All our comprehensive legal and victim advocacy services are free and address broad spectrum of legal issues victims/survivors encounter, including:

• Orders For Protection (OFP) 
• Harassment Restraining Orders (HRO)
• family matters including divorce, child custody / visitation, child / spousal support, or paternity 
• immigration (U-visa, T-visa, VAWA Self-Petition), educational, employment, consumer/finance, or housing matters
• crime victim rights