Helping Immigrant Women Break Free of Domestic Violence.For the past two years, Camille Carey has represented hundreds of abused immigrant women as an Equal Justice Works fellow at the Legal Aid Society in Brooklyn. "Battered immigrant women are particularly dependent upon their abuser because without the abuser's sponsorship, they may have no legal status of their own," said Camille. "Holistic" Approach Camille assists women under the Violence Against Women Act in obtaining self-petitions and battered spouse waivers, which allow certain battered immigrant women who are married to green card holders or citizens to seek legal status without their husband's sponsorship. Camille also provides legal services legal services n. the work performed by a lawyer for a client. to immigrant victims in the areas of family law, public benefits, immigration law This article or section contains information about scheduled or expected future events. It may contain tentative information; the content may change as the event approaches and more information becomes available. , and housing law. This often involves representing a woman in multiple cases. For example, one of her clients is a woman from Barbados who was stabbed by her husband. Camille assisted the woman in obtaining an order of protection, legal status, and with housing issues. She also is assisting the woman, who has Parkinson's Disease Parkinson's disease or Parkinsonism, degenerative brain disorder first described by the English surgeon James Parkinson in 1817. When there is no known cause, the disease usually appears after age 40 and is referred to as Parkinson's disease. , in applying for SSI (1) See server-side include and single-system image. (2) (Small-Scale Integration) Less than 100 transistors on a chip. See MSI, LSI, VLSI and ULSI. 1. (electronics) SSI - small scale integration. 2. benefits. Although Camille's fellowship was due to end this summer, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw has extended funding of the fellowship for another year. Partners Philip Lacovara and Andrew Schapiro have coordinated contact with the firm and support for the program. Associate Jennifer Mondino is working with Camille in representing a woman from Colombia and another woman from the Dominican Republic in immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. , divorce, and child custody The care, control, and maintenance of a child, which a court may award to one of the parents following a Divorce or separation proceeding. Under most circumstances, state laws provide that biological parents make all decisions that are involved in rearing their matters. "What Camille is doing is very innovative," said Jennifer. "She is taking a holistic approach holistic approach A term used in alternative health for a philosophical approach to health care, in which the entire Pt is evaluated and treated. See Alternative medicine, Holistic medicine. in working with her clients. I very much enjoy being part of it." Outreach and Education To reach clients, Camille conducts outreach to domestic violence shelters and agencies as well as community-based organizations that serve immigrant communities in Brooklyn. At these sites, she conducts training and presentations for domestic violence support group participants, staff members, and the larger community. The work includes conducting regular legal clinics at the Arab-American Family Support Center and the Brooklyn Chinese-American Association. Camille has developed relationships with New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. domestic violence agencies who refer clients. These agencies include the Park Slope Safe Homes Project, the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Asian Women's Center, and the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services. Camille says she is grateful for the firm funding the project. "Without this project funded by Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw there would be hundreds of poor immigrant women who would not be able to exercise their legal rights and who would fall through the cracks ... The clients keep me going and bring a lot of depth to my work as a lawyer." Copyright [c] 2003 Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol . 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