Please see full job description here: Staff Attorney (Confinement & Re-Entry)

WHO WE ARE

TeamChild achieves impact through three main program strategies: civil legal services, community engagement, and policy advocacy. Our broad impact goals include (1) decriminalization, decarceration, and abolition, (2) expanding and investing in community-led and community-based alternatives and resources, (3) increasing equitable access to education, healthcare and housing supports, and (4) shifting power and repairing harm in BIPOC communities.

At the core of our work is our legal services program, which reaches youth 12-24 years old in four of Washington’s largest counties as well as youth incarcerated in our state’s juvenile prison and detention facilities. Our clients are youth and young adults entangled in our juvenile court and child welfare systems who deserve quality civil legal advocacy to achieve housing security, access education and employment, and get their basic health and other needs met.

THE ROLE

The Confinement and Reentry Team Staff Attorneys work as part of a collaborative statewide team that is dedicated to youth-centered legal advocacy and working to continually reflect and improve our client services and office and program practices. Primary job duties include providing holistic legal representation to young people (ages 12-24) statewide who have been impacted by incarceration in our state’s juvenile prison system. The legal work includes: post-conviction (resentencing, record sealing, restitution), conditions of confinement, education, reentry, and other civil rights needs of youth who are incarcerated. The work also includes outreach, education, and policy work. An essential part of the role is to have multiple in person (not virtual) contacts with clients who are incarcerated on a monthly basis.

The staff attorney is also responsible for developing a network of relationships/partnerships with impacted community, social service programs, and institutions staff. The attorney participates in other advocacy activities, including community training, outreach, and policy work on behalf of our client base. An essential part of the job is to represent TeamChild in workgroups and community meetings with key partners, stakeholders, and resource providers.

TeamChild can support candidates who live in near proximity to TeamChild offices in Pierce or King Counties between Snohomish County and Lewis County and can expect to travel regularly in person to JR facilities. People in this position travel, typically twice a month, to North Bend and Chehalis to the main prisons and periodic travel around the state to Community Facilities, and to support organizational work.

Salary & Benefits

$80,000 - $110,000/year Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage, generous PTO, long/short term disability, 403b, $1,000 wellbeing benefit, work flexibility, $5,000 relocation costs (if applicable), & language bump for Spanish fluency

TO APPLY

Please email a concise letter of interest, resume, and legal writing sample to jobs@teamchild.org using the following file naming convention: “[Last Name] - Letter” and “[Last Name] - Resume” and “[Last Name] - Writing Sample.” Please write “Attorney – Confinement and Re-entry.”

Position open until filled, with review of all submitted applications beginning on June 15, 2026.

All interested individuals, including people of color, women, persons with disabilities, and persons who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or intersex are particularly urged to apply. TeamChild is an Equal Opportunity Employer. TeamChild is committed to promoting an environment free of barriers and discriminatory practices for its clients, Board, and staff.

Please see full job description here: Staff Attorney (Confinement & Re-Entry)