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Executive Transition

We want to share the news with our valued community about an upcoming shift to the leadership structure of the Center for Children’s Advocacy (CCA) that will enable us to intensify our legal advocacy for vulnerable children and youth. Low-income children and youth in Connecticut are facing new, unprecedented challenges to their health and well-being, safety, educational achievement, and successful transition to adulthood.

To position CCA to combat these challenges, our Executive Director, Martha Stone has decided to shift to the newly created role of Special Counsel. This new role will provide CCA with crucial capacity around innovative legal approaches to entrenched systemic problems. Our Board of Directors and Management Team are partnering with EOS Transition Partners to identify CCA’s next Executive Director and we invite candidate applications and nominations via email at njackson@eostransitions.com.

Employment Opportunities

CCA is an equal opportunity employer that actively seeks a diverse and vibrant work staff.  CCA does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, ethnicity, religion, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, sex, marital status, disability, or status as a U.S. veteran. Below is a list of all open positions with CCA.  Interested parties are invited to e-mail a cover letter and resume to employment@cca-ct.org. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

The Center’s Medical Legal Partnership is a collaborative project that provides on-site legal assistance, education, training, and policy advocacy to central Connecticut pediatric centers. We offer internships to one or two energetic and dedicated law students for the fall and spring semesters and each summer.

Applicants must have excellent writing and legal reasoning skills, and should be familiar with basic aspects of poverty and public interest law.

Interns must have access to a car, and will be expected to participate in client interviews, negotiations, litigation and legal research activities. In addition, students will participate in and assist attorneys on matters at the MLPP sites at Saint Francis Hospital, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Charter Oak Community Health Center, Community Health Services, and The Hospital of Central Connecticut.

More information about the Medical Legal Partnership Project is available here.

Application Deadlines
For fall must be received by June 1.
For spring must be received by November 1.
For summer must be received by February 15.

Please send cover letter and resume to broswig@cca-ct.org 

Volunteer Interpreter – Spanish/English

Support attorneys who provide legal services to Spanish-speaking clients. This unpaid position may be filled by a college or graduate student and requires a commitment of at least one day per week.  The Center for Children’s Advocacy will assist volunteers with work-study applications, service learning or clinical credit that is available from their schools. 

Volunteer will provide interpretation during client intake calls, meetings, and telephone follow-up. May assist with document translation and other administrative tasks, will learn basic interviewing skills and become familiar with immigration law, education and juvenile law. 

Qualifications

• Fluent in Spanish
• College or graduate student
• Good interpersonal and organizational skills, self-starter and highly motivated
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently

Your application should include a resume, cover letter and two references. 
To apply, please email Eileen Brennan.