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Children’s Rights is a national advocacy organization that has, for over 25 years, championed the legal rights of children impacted by government systems. Every day, children are harmed by America’s child welfare, juvenile justice, education, immigration, and healthcare systems. These systems disproportionately harm children of color, LGBTQ/TGNC, and other minority youth. Children’s Rights uses civil rights impact litigation, policy expertise, and public education to hold governments accountable for keeping all kids safe and healthy. Our work tackles a variety of historic and emerging social justice issues impacting children. Recent campaigns have targeted, for example, the unnecessary placement of youth in dangerous congregate care facilities, the lack of mental health services for Medicaid-eligible children, the unjust treatment of unaccompanied immigrant minors, the pervasive practice of administering powerful and dangerous psychotropic drugs to children in foster care...

The Policing Project at New York University School of Law is seeking an experienced legal professional to join our team as a Staff Attorney or Senior Staff Attorney initially focusing on legislative work. An ideal candidate will have both interest in and experience with legislative drafting; a passion for constitutional law, criminal procedure, racial justice, public safety, and related issues; and experience with managing a legal team. BACKGROUND ON THE POLICING PROJECT The Policing Project   partners with communities and police to promote public safety through transparency, equity, and democratic engagement. We bring a new approach to this fraught area, one grounded in democratic values. In particular, our work focuses on ensuring accountability on the front end. Front-end accountability involves promoting public voice in setting transparent, ethical, and effective policies and practices  before  the police act. The goal is achieving public safety in a manner that is...