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Children and Youth Organizations
Organizations whose own description of their work names children and youth. The subject comes from what each organization has published about itself, not from a category anyone assigned to it.
Showing 1–24 of 31 organizations.
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A New Way of Life (Los Angeles)
Since our founding in 1998, A New Way of Life have helped transform the lives of more than 600 women and their children.
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Alliance for Children’s Rights
The Alliance for Children’s Rights protects the rights of impoverished, abused and neglected children and youth.
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Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach (APILO)
API Legal Outreach’s work for justice confronts the daily struggles of those with extraordinary needs.
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Asian Women’s Shelter
The mission of Asian Women’s Shelter (AWS) is to eliminate domestic violence by promoting the social, economic and political self-determination of women.
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California Indian Legal Services (CILS)
California Indian Legal Services (CILS) is one of the oldest non-profit law firms devoted exclusively to the cause of Native American rights.
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Center for Gender & Refugee Studies – California
CGRS serves women, children, LGBT, and other refugees fleeing gender-based violence and other harms.
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Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law
CHCRL’s work currently focuses on the following: 1. Federal litigation in support of abused, abandoned, and neglected immigrant and refugee children eligible to legalize status as Special Immigrant…
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Centro Legal De La Raza
Hires before the bar
Founded in 1969 by Latino law students from Boalt Hall at UC Berkeley, Centro Legal de la Raza is a comprehensive legal services agency protecting and advancing the rights of immigrant, low-income,…
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Child Care Law Center
The Child Care Law Center began in 1980 as the Bay Area Child Care Law Project.
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Children’s Law Center of California
CLC is the largest children’s legal services organization in the nation, advocating for over 30,000 children and youth in the Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Placer County foster care systems.
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Coalition of California Welfare Rights ORG., INC.
CCWRO has been providing advocacy in the public benefits field since the early 1980s.
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Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc. (DREDF)
Founded in 1979, DREDF is a leading national civil rights law and policy center directed by individuals with disabilities and parents who have children with disabilities.
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Family Violence Appellate Project (FVAP)
FVAP is the only organization in California dedicated to appealing cases on behalf of domestic violence survivors and their children.
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Family Violence Law Center (FVLC)
1 published placement, hires before the bar
FVLC seeks to end family violence in Alameda County by providing support and advocacy for survivors of domestic violence, changing individual and community perceptions about relationship abuse, and…
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Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law
The Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law (the Center) was founded in the early 1980s by the Black Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Bar, and the Women Lawyers…
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Justice and Diversity Center (JDC)
1 published placement, hires before the bar
The Justice & Diversity Center of The Bar Association of San Francisco (JDC), formerly Volunteer Legal Services Program (VLSP), has been serving the San Francisco community since 1977.
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Kids In Need of Defense
Hires before the bar
KIND serves as the leading organization for the protection of unaccompanied children who enter the US immigration system alone and strives to ensure that no such child appears in immigration court…
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LACBA Counsel For Justice
With a dedication to addressing equity and inclusion and being the conduit to underrepresented members of the legal community, LACBA is one of the first bar associations to have a Vice President for…
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Law Foundation of Silicon Valley
Hires before the bar
The Law Foundation, a non-profit agency, provides free legal services to Silicon Valley individuals in need.
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Learning Rights Law Center
Learning Rights Law Center is a legal services nonprofit that fights for a child’s right to education.
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Legal Aid of Marin
Legal Aid of Marin’s mission is to provide access to the civil justice system to low-income, vulnerable and otherwise underserved residents of Marin County.
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Legal Aid of Sonoma County
2 published placements, hires before the bar
Legal Aid of Sonoma County assists with a range of crisis needs, including family violence issues (domestic violence and civil harassment restraining orders), child abuse and neglect issues…
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Legal Services for Children
Hires before the bar
Since 1975, it has been LSC’s mission to ensure that all children and youth in San Francisco Bay Area have an opportunity to be raised in a safe environment with equal access to a meaningful education…
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Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center
Levitt Quinn provides family law legal services for poor and low-income families through legal representation at court hearings and trials and legal advice and counsel in cases impacting the safety…
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Organizations, descriptions and membership come from the Legal Aid Association of California's own directory. Placements come from LAAC's published fellowship rosters.