2021-08-31T11:19:57-00:00 2020-12-31 O'Leary & Anick 11933 W Burleigh Street Ste 100 Wauwatosa WI 53222 990 2020-01-01 475156371 LOTUS LEGAL CLINIC INC LOTU 4148757085 2515 N 124th St Room 201 Brookfield WI 53005 Erika Petty Executive Director 2021-08-31 true Erika Petty 999009999 Samantha L Berg P02394272 4147740300 2021-08-31 2 AAL1 IAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Barry Slagle 1231 N 44th St Milwaukee WI 53208 745939 false X lotuslegalclinic.org X 2015 WI LOTUS Legal Clinic empowers survivors of sexual violence and trafficking, by providing direct, comprehensive legal services, advocacy and community education, and invest in survivors as change agents. 17 17 10 0 514037 744698 0 967 311 4079 930 519083 745939 0 0 376206 533260 0 29561 199397 193786 575603 727046 -56520 18893 202633 288779 43516 110769 159117 178010 LOTUS Legal Clinic empowers survivors of sexual violence and trafficking, by providing direct, comprehensive legal services, advocacy and community education, and invest in survivors as change agents. The vision of the organization is to create a national model for restoring dignity, rights and survivors voices. false false 603443 LEGAL SERVICES LOTUS Legal Clinic provides free legal counsel to survivors of gender-based violence and human trafficking regardless of income. POLICY INITIATIVES LOTUS policy initiatives are to create systemic change in our laws and judicial systems to improve the lives and protect the legal interests of victims of gender-based violence and human trafficing. SURVIVOR EMPOWERMENT LOTUS believes that survivor empowerment is the core of what makes LOTUS unique as a legal clinic. Programs like Untold Stories help our clients live through the challenges of their cases and come through with hope and purpose. Using art, literature and other humanities gives power to the law and direct access to what survivors teach us and ask us to change about the status quo. LOTUS helps survivors meet their personal goals through scholarships and services to help them become change agents, nonprofit CEOs, peer mentors, writers and public speakers. 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Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Government documents, conflict of interest and financials statements are made available for public inspection upon request. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Annually the Board is required to complete a confilict of interest disclosure statement that outlines any potential confilcts. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a Board will meet to discuss compensation and approval of position