Recently updated on July 29th, 2026 at 11:36 am
Legal Interns can assist victims of domestic violence FREE
LegalAtoms helps people in Washington prepare and e-file domestic violence protection order forms.
LegalAtoms also allows lawyers, legal technicians, and legal interns to help victims during the process. This page is for legal interns.
Legal interns can start helping victims through the chat widget on the website. They can review the situation, understand how complex the case may be, and decide whether the person should speak with a lawyer.
When a lawyer consultation is not needed, legal interns can review the completed DVPO court forms and check the client’s answers for clarity and completeness.
How it works
Setup a profile similar to your linkedIn profile. Here are detailed step by step instructions
You can sign up to additionally also help visitors to Legalatoms. Usually they are deciding to qualify if their situation qualifies them for DVPO, and whether their
When clients hire you, you will receive a notification via email and on Legalatoms.com website. (For chat, you will receive notifications in the app)
View client documents online. Client can leave questions for you which you can address in one go
Productivity features for you!
LegalAtoms ideal is to let lawyers focus on practicing law only by cutting non-lawyerly tasks
Clients can receive reminders for important dates via email and text
Keep all client documents under their LegalAtoms account for self-service
Clients can book appointments directly on your calendar. You can specify rules e.g. min days in advance, min time between appointments, business hours etc.
Help your clients feel informed while reducing the time spent answering routine questions.
Create clear, custom infographics that explain common questions such as:
What happens next?
What is the process?
When will my case be finished?
Frequently Asked Questions
Setting up chat
We use Drift for website chat.
When someone clicks the chat link on our website, staff receive a clear notification sound.
Chat support can also be anonymous, so people do not have to share their name or personal information before asking for help.
Here's what interns have to do get started
Download the mobile app (iOS , Android). This is helpful in receiving notifications so you don't have to constantly monitor your laptop screen waiting for the client
E-mail help@legalatoms.com to get
credentials and access to on-call signup sheet (Its a shared Google sheet)
Login to the Drift chat app
Sign up for support hours the on-call sheet
Tip: When you get a chat request you can go to the website drift.com to chat with clients from your laptop. This is helpful e.g. for typing faster, and for copy pasting links and screenshots.
Key features for assisting clients
LegalAtoms uses simple online questions to collect client information.
After the questions are answered, LegalAtoms creates the court forms in both Word and PDF formats.
Friendly questionnaires
Inspired by Turbo-tax
Guided experience
Users get help throughout the process.
LegalAtoms explains important terms in plain language, shows the next steps, and provides detailed help topics from carefully selected trusted sources.
Notifications
Get simple notifications when clients complete their questionnaires or leave a question for you.
These alerts work like social media notifications, so you can quickly see when a client needs your attention.
Templates
Save common responses as templates.
You can create as many templates as you need and use them as a starting point for future replies.
Question level conversations
Clients can leave questions next to any question in the online questionnaire.
You can review each question with the related context and answer everything in one simple chat-style conversation.
Pleading Documents
Download official pleading versions with numbered lines