Steering Committee on the Unmet
Legal Needs of Children

District of Columbia

District of Columbia

American Bar Association
Center on Children and the Law
740 15th St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: 202-662-1740
Fax: 202-662-1755
Email: davidsonha@staff.abanet.org
Contact: Howard Davidson, Director
Website: www.abanet.org/child/home.html

Substantive areas in which volunteer lawyers are needed: The Center on Children and the Law is a resource center for child advocates in the field of abuse and neglect, adoption, custody, and kinship care and permanency planning.

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American Bar Association
Juvenile Justice Center
740 15th St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: 202-662-1515
Fax: 202-662-1501
Email: juvjus@abanet.org
Contact: Patty Puritz, Executive Director
Website: www.abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus/home.html

Substantive areas in which volunteer lawyers are needed: The Juvenile Justice Center is a resource center for advocates working in juvenile justice.

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Children's Law Center
717 D St., N.W., Suite 210
Washington, D.C. 20004-2807
Phone: 202-783-9404
Fax: 202-783-9403
Email: n/a
Contact: n/a/

Substantive areas in which volunteer lawyers are needed: abuse and neglect, adoption, civil rights, family law custody disputes, government benefits, immigration, Medicaid, mental health, special education, and Supplemental Security Income

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Covington & Burling
1201 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
P.O. Box 7566
Washington, D.C. 20044
Phone: 202-662-5044
Fax: 202-778-5044
Email: n/a
Contact: Jan LeMessurier Flack, Coordinator, Public Service Activities

Substantive areas in which volunteer lawyers are needed: The law firm created a program to handle custody and adoption cases.

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Juvenile Justice Clinic
Georgetown University Law Center
111 F St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone: 202-662-9590
Fax: 202-662-9681
Email: jjc@law.georgetown.edu

Substantive areas in which volunteer lawyers are needed: law school program with cases in juvenile court

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Lawyers for Children America
2445 M St., N.W., Suite 490
Washington, D.C. 20037-1420
Phone: 202-663-6818
Fax: 202-663-6363
Email: n/a
Contact: n/a

Substantive areas in which volunteer lawyers are needed: abuse and neglect and peer mediation programs at schools