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About the Young Center The Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights (“the Young Center”) is the leading, national organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the rights and best interests—safety and well-being—of immigrant children in deportation proceedings in the United States. The Young Center’s goal is to change immigration practice, policy and the law so that immigrant children are recognized by immigration judges, asylum officers, custodial and enforcement officials as children and their best interests are considered in every decision. The Young Center works to achieve this goal through both its Child Advocate and Policy programs. Through the Young Center Child Advocate program, attorneys and social workers are appointed as Child Advocate (guardian ad litem) by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). Their role is to advocate for the children's best interests while they are subject to deportation. This includes...

The Coal Program at Earthjustice is now accepting applications for an Associate Attorney to join our team of lawyers and advocates who are working to end the U.S.’s dependence on coal-fired power, stop proposed gas-fired power plants, and advance  a just and equitable clean energy transformation. The position will be based in our Philadelphia, PA office, our New York, NY office, or our Chicago, IL office. As Earthjustice handles coal litigation around the country, the position may entail significant travel. Earthjustice is the premier nonprofit environmental law organization. We take on the biggest, most precedent-setting cases across the country. We wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people’s health; to preserve magnificent places and wildlife; to advance clean energy; and to combat climate change.  We partner with thousands of groups to engage on the critical environmental issues of our time and bring about positive change. We are here  because...