When domestic violence victims are turned away by legal services providers, they often have no place else to turn. Lawyers face pressure to diligently assess cases and to err on the side of providing essential advocacy. Legal services attorneys in particular must balance considerations of clients’ needs, the capacity of the firm, and the likelihood of accomplishing meaningful client outcomes. While a victim hospitalized for a broken leg may have compelling safety concerns that need to be addressed, a victim whose injuries are more difficult to prove and whose abuser has never been arrested may be more at risk of losing custody of her children to an abusive former partner. Balancing out competing needs for legal advocacy in the context of limited resources is challenging. It can also sometimes be a real challenge to assess cases without making personal judgments about clients who may seem unlikeable, angry, ungrateful, or uncooperative. Sometimes survivors facing the most complex legal needs do not present the most compelling narrative. And sometimes survivors facing the most danger do not expressly state that they fear the person who has abused them. Many survivors minimize their abuse by using language that inaccurately suggests mutuality of violence between the parties. To complicate matters even more, some victims who truly need legal help sabotage their own cases by not being honest with their attorneys about important negative facts that attorneys need to know about to prepare. Over time, a skilled interviewer will begin to catch these nuances and learn to investigate further so that victims in need of help are not turned away, and they are prepared to address unfavorable facts. The following sections contain tips for assessing a case for representation.