Making the Legal System Work for Children and Parents

Learn About High-Quality Representation

10 Years of FJI: Resources Created to Achieve High Quality Legal Representation for Children and Parents

The Family Justice Initiative is a national collaborative of children’s attorneys, parents’ attorneys, educators, researchers, national policy advocates, and lived experience experts who share a common goal: to increase access to high-quality legal representation for children and parents in child welfare cases. It’s led by the ABA Center on Children and the Law, the Children’s Law Center of California, and the Washington State Office of Public Defense.

Advocacy

What is high-quality legal representation and how can it help families?

Partnering for Families

We are a national initiative working to improve legal representation for families across the United States.

Connect

Support our cause and join the initiative.

Our Founders

American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law, Casey Family Programs, Center for Family Representation, and Children’s Law Center of California