Non-Board Committee Application

Children’s Law Center of Minnesota (CLC) Board of Director is seeking volunteers to serve on CLC’s standing Committees for a one-year term from January 1, 2027– December 31, 2027. .

Application Deadline is Friday, November 18, 2026.

Selection and Notification: December 2026

At Children’s Law Center of Minnesota, we believe every child deserves to be heard, supported, and empowered—especially in their most challenging moments. We’re here to stand by youth in foster care, offering trusted legal advocacy and compassionate guidance when it’s needed most. Children’s Law Center of Minnesota, provides free legal representation, advocacy, and resources to children and youth in foster care. Through compassionate, client-centered support, CLC helps young people navigate the child welfare system and build a path toward stability, safety, and success.

Children’s Law Center of Minnesota, impact is measured in voices empowered, futures transformed, and lives changed. Each year, over 200 dedicated volunteer attorneys provide free legal representation to more than 400 children and youth in foster care—helping them navigate complex legal systems and access the resources they need to thrive.

CLC’s DEI Mission Statement: CLC will work to amplify our clients’ voices through consistent and intentional engagement in DEI work and through fostering an awareness of diverse cultural and community backgrounds and understandings throughout all levels of CLC’s organization. We will also work to address bias and barriers within all levels of CLC and within our hiring and staff retention processes to promote equality for all. As we work towards creating a more equitable and diverse organization, we recognize that a true commitment to diversity and equity is a continuous and intentional process.

Non-Board committee volunteers are individuals who are invited by the CLC Board to serve on particular CLC Board Committees as voting members of those Committees consistent with the following conditions:

• No more than 50% of any CLC Board committee may be composed of non- Board members; except where the CLC Board approves the establishment of a special advisory committee in order to provide focused oversight surrounding a specific project or issue area where Board members may be in a minority role.
• Non-Board Committee volunteers may not serve as chair of the Board committee, except on an interim basis when approved by a majority of the CLC Board or as designated by the current chair of the committee.
• Non-Board committee volunteers bring a background and expertise relevant to the purpose and workings of that Committee.
• The non-Board committee volunteer who serves as an advisory member to a CLC Board committee is willing to commit to membership and participation on a committee for at least one year.
• The non-Board committee volunteer agrees that, if requested by CLC, she/he/they will make the same conflict of interest declaration as Board members and perform consistent with the Board’s conflict of interest policy.

CLC Committees currently seeking volunteers include Development & Marketing Committee, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee, Finance Committee, and Policy Committee.

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply online through the Children's Law Center's website at www.clcmn.org.