Partner with Pro Bono Lawyers

Did you know?

• Each year more than 300 pro bono lawyers represent children and caregivers in adoption, guardianship, custody and special education cases.
• Seventy area law firms donate over 20,000 hours each year advocating on behalf of DC’s neediest children and families.
• Getting involved is easy – CLC regularly offers trainings at local law firms.
   

Why do we Partner with Pro Bono Attorneys?

There simply isn’t enough money to hire staff lawyers to represent all the children and caregivers who need our help. Pro bono lawyers step in to help fill the gap and provide much needed representation. Pro bono attorneys represent:

• Foster parents, grandparents, and other caregivers who wish to adopt or to obtain legal custody or guardianship of children trapped in the DC child welfare system and children at risk of entering the child welfare system.
• Children in contested custody cases.
• Parents of children with disabilities seeking appropriate education services for their children.

Children's Law Center also relies on pro bono lawyers to conduct research, serve as general counsel to the organization and assist with major policy projects.  

Learn what it takes to be a pro bono lawyer.