Standpoint (formerly the Battered Women's Legal Advocacy Project) is a private, non-profit organization that serves as a statewide agency providing legal consultation, training, and resources to domestic and sexual violence victims and their advocates, attorneys, and other professionals. 

The Labor Trafficking Project at Standpoint is able to represent clients that qualify for its services or provide legal advice as needed. For the purposes of qualifying for the project, sex trafficking is considered a form of labor trafficking. If a person has been forced to perform labor such that a reasonable person would not be able to refuse for fear that their abuser would seriously harm them or people they love, that person may be a victim of labor trafficking.

The labor trafficking project is typically called upon to provide family law services, help survivors apply for protection orders, and provide immigration law services. Attorney volunteers for Standpoint’s Labor Trafficking Project should be proficient in at least one of these areas. 

Attorney volunteers at Standpoint generally are needed to work on special cases or research projects, some of which are related to litigation and some to general issues and problems arising on a regular basis around the state. Also needed are attorneys who are willing to consult on an as-needed basis with domestic or sexual violence advocates who have questions on the applicability of the law to an individual’s problem. Volunteers are needed who have experience working with domestic or sexual violence victim/survivors, as well as substantive law experience in family law, immigration, employment law, civil litigation, juvenile court, and criminal law experience prosecuting domestic abuse cases or defending women who assault in self-defense. Volunteers are provided with some training and the opportunity to consult with staff attorneys. Attorneys need not be licensed to practice law in Minnesota. Law students may do research projects. Attorneys are always needed who are willing to work with clients whose primary language is not English or is American Sign Language.