Consumer Rights Screening Tool for Domestic Violence Advocates and Lawyers

This screening tool aims to: 1) provide a general overview of common consumer issues with which survivors grapple, and 2) offer concrete guidance on how to identify consumer law issues in the course of one's client work. Topics include: managing household income and expenses, credit reporting, debt collection, foreclosure and eviction, utilities access, credit cards and high cost credit, student loan debt, and auto access and ownership.

  • Attachment(s): LINK
  • Organization: Leah A. Plunkett, National Consumer Law Center & Erika A. Sussman, Center for Survivor Agency and Justice
  • Date Created: January 01, 2011
Topics:
  • Consumer
  • Family Law