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Full-time Staff Attorney or Senior Attorney position at Youth Law Center advocating for youth in foster care and juvenile justice systems. Collaborating on systemic reform and policy advocacy utilizing diverse advocacy strategies.
Responsibilities:
- 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
Requirements:
- A minimum of one year of post-law school experience as a practicing attorney
- Experience using a variety of advocacy strategies, such as litigation, direct service, and/or policy advocacy
- Current active bar license or willingness to obtain California licensure, either by passing the California bar exam or applying for RLAA status
- Demonstrated ability as an advocate in juvenile justice, foster care, education, health, youth homelessness, or a closely-related field
- Substantive experience and knowledge of civil legal practices impacting systems-involved youth, including education, public benefits, health access, housing, foster care entries and extended care, and others
- Interest in and ability to engage with emerging issues related to technology, digital systems, data use, and artificial intelligence as they affect systems-impacted youth’s access to education, benefits, services, legal protections, and opportunity; familiarity with AI tools or governance issues is helpful but not required
- Creativity and thoughtfulness in challenging the status quo
- Ability to think strategically and analytically and to identify policy issues
- Excellent interpersonal, listening, and communication skills, including the ability to facilitate, write persuasively and clearly, and to build strong partnerships and coalitions
- Experience and ability to communicate and collaborate with diverse groups of people, including families and youth (especially older youth with lived experience) and a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace
- Deep commitment to elevating the voices of young people impacted by the foster care and juvenile justice systems and the voices of the organizations that work on their behalf
- Capacity to take initiative on identified goals, manage multiple tasks simultaneously, work independently, and meet deadlines
- Flexibility and adaptability in response to changing priorities and circumstances
- Ability to work individually and collaborate effectively with others in a fully remote environment
- Ability to travel regularly for a variety of meetings, events, and other activities
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance
- EAP
- healthcare and dependent care FSA plans
- pre-tax commuter benefits plan
- 401k with up to 4% employer match
- remote workstation equipment
- remote work expense reimbursement
- unlimited paid vacation
- 13 accrued sick days
- 11+ paid holidays annually
- paid parental leave after one year of service
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