National Center for Youth Law
Spring 2026 Policy Clerkship (Graduate student)
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Job Description
- Req#: 3659489
- Research novel issues within youth law and policy
- Analyze and interpret data related to youth systems
- Develop, collect, and disseminate policy briefs and other resources to state and local stakeholders
- Support legislative policy and/or budget campaigns
- Support with implementation of recently passed legislation, including community education
- Participate in state and local coalitions and provide technical assistance to community partners
National Center for Youth Law
NCYL is a national nonprofit that puts children — especially those pushed to society’s margins — at the center of every fight for justice. For more than 50 years, we have partnered with young people, families, and communities in efforts to dismantle racism, discrimination, and inequity wherever they appear. We recognize that harmful policies don’t affect children in isolation. Each young person’s well-being depends on their family’s stability, their community’s resources, and the opportunities they can access. By working across all systems that shape young people’s lives in a rapidly evolving society, we advance solutions that are holistic, intersectional, and transformative.
Position
NCYL seeks one (1) policy graduate student to support its policy advocacy during the spring of 2026. Under the mentorship of supervising policy staff, the policy clerk will work on projects impacting children and youth. This is a volunteer position and will be remote. NCYL is willing to work with graduate schools to facilitate course credit.
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Youth Law, center for youth law
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