Pace Womens Justice Center

The Pace Womens Justice Center envisions a community working together to create a just, safe and supportive environment for victims and survivors of domestic violence and abuse. We lead a coordinated effort to raise awareness, disseminate information, provide direct legal services and develop strategies with community partners for recognizing and eradicating abuse. By achieving this goal, victims and survivors of domestic violence can move forward in their lives with dignity, confidence and renewed strength. In 1991, the Battered Womens Justice Center was established as the first academic legal center in the country devoted to training attorneys and others in the community on domestic violence issues. Today, the Pace Womens Justice Center has grown to become the largest civil legal services and legal training provider in Westchester County, which specializes in domestic violence and elder abuse. Each year, the Center serves over 2,800 victims and survivors of domestic violence, imm...