Job o' the Day: Staff Attorney at Committee for Public Counsel Services in Salem, MA!
The Youth Advocacy Department (YAD) is pleased to announce that it is hiring a staff attorney to be part of its YAD office based in Salem that provides representation of juveniles in Essex County. 
The Youth Advocacy Department, the juvenile defender department of CPCS, is committed to ensuring that every indigent child in Massachusetts has access to zealous legal representation in delinquency and youthful offender cases from a diverse and ever improving community of juvenile defenders consisting of both private appointed counsel and staff public defenders. YAD provides leadership, training, support, and oversight to the indigent juvenile defense bar in Massachusetts. Each trial office integrates the work of attorneys, a social service advocate, and an administrative assistant to fully address the legal and developmental needs of our clients.
Staff attorneys provide zealous legal representation on delinquency, and youthful offender, cases using the Youth Development Approach. As appropriate, they provide post dispositional advocacy and support to DYS committed youth, as well as school based advocacy. Staff attorneys also work on projects related to improving legal representation and outcomes for court involved children
To learn how to apply, see the listing at PSLawNet!