Ways You Can Support Us

Volunteer

We are always looking for more attorneys and law students. Volunteering with us, you will:

  • Gain hands-on experience while supporting youth access to justice.

  • Support young people navigating legal challenges.

  • Learn, serve, and advocate alongside experienced legal professionals.

  • Turn your passion for justice into meaningful community impact.

Partner With Us

We especially value our law firm partners who help recruit attorneys to volunteer at our events and provide us with space to hold our clinics. Your firm can help ensure young people receive the legal support they need to build stable futures.

  • Join our law firm partners in providing high impact legal advocacy to youth in need, including full representation for legal name changes.

  • Engage your attorneys in impactful pro bono work that directly supports young people facing legal barriers.

  • Collaborate with us to deliver compassionate, high-quality legal services to underserved youth.

Sign up here

Sponsor An Event

We hold legal clinics multiple times each year and are always looking for accessible and affordable venues that are close to public transportation.

We also hold an annual fundraiser and showcase each year to raise money for our mission. Financial contributions from law firms and businesses as well as silent auction item donations are always welcome.

Intern/Extern

We recruit law students for paid internships and for-credit externships at Atlanta-based law schools. As an intern with us you will:

  • Gain hands-on experience to sharpen legal research, writing, and analytical skills.

  • Develop practical legal skills while advancing youth justice.

  • Work alongside local and national advocates and attorneys supporting youth experiencing homelessness.

  • Actively support LGBTQIA2S+ youth justice in Georgia.

Email us at hi@slcy.org to partner with us or sponsor an event. Sign up below to volunteer.

Former Intern Reflections

“My time at SLCY was impactful. I learned about the McKinney-Vento Act, legislation I’d never encountered in my 1L classes but that suddenly opened an entire framework for advocating for homeless youth through legal channels. I discovered how constitutional principles like due process–concepts I’d highlighted in my textbooks–directly applied to housing decisions, especially when it came to youth facing eviction from publicly funded homeless shelters.”

“I remember sitting in on a team meeting where a young adult, not much younger than I had been when I started college, described being kicked out of a shelter without warning or hearing. Suddenly, the abstract constitutional principles from my classes transformed into vital protections that could keep someone off the streets.”

“What I’ve come to understand during my time at SLCY is that the law isn’t separate from my passion for supporting unhoused communities—it’s actually one of the most powerful tools available for creating systemic change. Every day at the internship built upon this understanding, weaving together my personal commitment with growing professional skills.”