Suite 300
Washington DC 20001
Contact: Jennifer Di Toro , Legal Director
Phone: 202-467-4900
Fax: 202-467-4949
Email: jditoro@childrenslawcenter.org
Web address: www.childrenslawcenter.org
- Need nonlitigator volunteers?
- Yes.
- Malpractice insurance for volunteers:
- Yes.
- Intake hours:
- 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Call first)
- Non-english services?
- French, Persian, Hindi, Portuguese, Spanish
- Opportunities for attorneys not admitted in D.C.:
- Yes. Research
- Need paralegal/law students:
- Yes
- Screening:
- 300% of poverty level
- Training offered:
- Yes. We offer training for adoption and kinship custody matters and for GALs in private custody cases. We offer a referral and advice helpline for GALs in DC Family Court.
- Types of services:
- Provides free legal services to at-risk children, their families and foster and kinship caregivers.
- Volunteer needs:
- We refer adoption, guardianship, and custody cases to pro bono attorneys. Law students can volunteer as law clerks.
- Subject areas:
- Adoptions, Juvenile, Child Custody, Children, Education, Special Education, Family
