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THE CENTER FOR THE RIGHTS OF ABUSED CHILDREN
HAS HELPED 775,000 CHILDREN AND COUNTING.
Join our mission to ensure every child has a safe and loving home.
Attorney, Children’s Law Clinic
Award-winning legal advocacy organization for abused children seeks attorney for its Arizona-based pro bono Children’s Law Clinic.
Job Summary: The Center for the Rights of Abused Children seeks a driven, creative, and collaborative attorney to join its Arizona-based pro bono Children’s Law Clinic. This role offers the opportunity to provide direct legal representation to foster children, foster parents, kinship placements, and biological parents. You will handle a diverse caseload, advocating both in and out of court to secure children safe and loving homes as swiftly as possible. Responsibilities include removing barriers to educational success and safeguarding children's constitutional and legal rights. The attorney will also engage in training programs for legal professionals and the broader community to improve child welfare practices and outcomes. The ideal candidate will have experience in child welfare law and a passion for reforming the foster care system. While the position requires a presence in the Center’s Phoenix office, it offers flexible scheduling in a family-friendly environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide direct legal representation in foster care cases, including clients who are foster children, foster parents, kinship caregivers, and biological parents.
- Represent clients in juvenile court, managing all phases of litigation, including intake, hearings, motions, trials, and appeals.
- Conduct client interviews, legal research, and case preparation.
- Participate in training and educational initiatives for attorneys, law students, and community stakeholders involved in child welfare.
- Engage in community outreach to raise awareness of foster care and advocate for systemic reforms in child welfare law.
Qualifications:
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school and active bar membership.
- Experience in child welfare law, family law, or a related field is preferred.
- Excellent legal research, writing, and oral advocacy skills.
- Ability to handle a diverse caseload, prioritize work, and meet deadlines.
- Demonstrated commitment to public interest law and protecting children’s rights.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively with a team.
Internships
For information on internships, please contact Christy du Mee at christy@thecenterforchildren.org.
Law Clerks
At The Center for the Rights of Abused Children, you will receive hands-on experience working alongside our legal and policy teams to defend children’s rights in Arizona’s juvenile court through our pro bono Children’s Law Clinic, litigate civil rights cases nationally, and develop impactful legislation for Arizona and beyond. The Center for the Rights of Abused Children law clerks work with our associates to research federal and state child welfare laws, draft pleadings and memos, conduct policy research, participate in legal trainings, and attend court hearings and legislative debates when possible.
Our clerkship program offerings vary by semester.
Summer: Paid law clerk opportunities for second and third year students.
For-credit or volunteer externships for first year students.
Fall & Spring: For-credit or volunteer externships to all students.
Contact Christy du Mee with questions or to submit an application: christy@thecenterforchildren.org. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and must include a letter of interest, résumé including GPA, and a writing sample.
