Asylumlaw.org was founded on March 1, 1999 with the sole purpose of using the Internet to help lawyers and other accredited representatives worldwide prepare the best asylum cases they can.

Every year, about half a million people around the globe seek safety from persecution by applying for asylum in a foreign country. These refugees are among the world's neediest people. Most of them are in desperate need of highly trained legal advocates.

Today, the community of lawyers using this site has grown to over 5,000. We continue to rely on this group of dedicated and experienced volunteers to meet the information needs of asylum lawyers and their clients on a global level.

Asylumlaw.org has one primary objective: helping lawyers around the world make the strongest case they can.

We do this by:

1. Increasing the number of asylum cases that are handled by volunteer attorneys by decreasing the amount of time each case requires.
2. Increasing the number of successful asylum cases by increasing the number of supporting documents that are accessible—and therefore submitted—in each case.
3. Raising the quality of asylum applications by providing ready access to model applications prepared by leading experts.
4. Facilitating international cooperation among attorneys handling asylum cases from the same countries of origin.
5. Educating novice asylum attorneys on the nuances of particular cases.