About Our Organization

Children’s Law Center of California (CLC) provides skilled legal representation for abused, neglected, or abandoned children and youth under the jurisdiction of the dependency court. CLC is the largest children’s legal services organization in the nation, advocating for over 20,000 children and youth in foster care in Los Angeles, Sacramento, and Placer counties each year. 

CLC’s highly skilled, passionate and committed staff fight to ensure the well-being and future success of our clients through legal representation, multidisciplinary advocacy, and public policy. We seek the best possible long-term outcomes for every child. We believe that every child should be treated with dignity and have the ability to fully participate in the court process. We hold true to the ideal that every child deserves loving and permanent relationships.  

We are a powerful voice for our clients. In addition to our work on behalf of individual clients, CLC is proud to be a driving force in local, statewide, and national policy change and child welfare system reform. We strive to fundamentally improve the child welfare system and its impact on children and youth across the country.