Youth Law Center

Attorney

• Supporting CA civil legal aid providers through technical assistance, training, and advocacy support to address the individual legal needs of youth impacted by systems and their families
• Supporting community advocates, organizers, and directly-impacted young people and their families in their efforts to address the unique needs of systems-impacted children, youth, and young adults, with a focus on ensuring that, whenever possible, young people have every opportunity to live in the community with family with appropriate supports
• Conducting advocacy at the local, state, and systems levels on issues affecting systems-impacted youth, including the role of technology, access to mental health and other community-based services, and related priorities
• Educating stakeholders on new legal and policy opportunities to better meet the needs of systems-impacted youth
• Collaborating across YLC’s legal, policy, and program teams to advance organization-wide advocacy goals
• Using a variety of tools—such as litigation, legislation, media, and narrative change work—to improve outcomes for students impacted by the foster care and juvenile justice systems

Staff Attorney, Senior Attorney