The National Technology Assistance Project (NTAP) has developed a draft protocol to help legal aid programs protect their identities-online and offline-from misuse by fraudulent legal aid organizations.

The protocol provides practical advice to legal services programs on issues such as protecting domain names, monitoring online presence, registering trademarks, and more. The protocol was developed with feedback from LSC, the American Bar Association, the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, and Pro Bono Net.

The National Technology Assistance Project is partially funded through LSC's Technology Initiative Grants program. NTAP's mission is to help legal aid programs improve client services through effective and innovative use of technology.

Click here to download the draft protocol.