Themis Youth Law ADvocacy
Protecting Forgotten Children and Youth
Legal Advocacy For Children and Youth
Founded by Dawn J. Post, a compassionate mediator and experienced trial attorney, Themis Youth Law Advocacy champions justice for children and youth using a child-centric approach. With Dawn’s widespread experience in child protective proceedings, high conflict custody, visitation, order of protection cases, and related, she found herself traveling to Jamaica to advocate for at risk youth in foster care. Themis Youth Law Advocacy was founded in response.
Meet the Founder,
Dawn J. Post
I decided to become a lawyer for children when I was only 10 due to a horrific murder that occurred in the state of Maine, where I grew up, when a child was returned to her mother from foster care. Maine didn’t even have attorneys for children, but I didn’t let that stop me. I left high school at age 16 and persuaded officials at the state University to accept me without a high school diploma to speed up my journey. As the youngest intern ever hired at Pine Tree Legal Assistance, I won my first administrative hearing when I was just 18.
While I have been based in NYC, my entire career has been dedicated to children’s rights, advocacy, and litigation in the non-profit sector. From this experience, I bring a child-focused attitude to every engagement as a litigator, child welfare expert and reformer, teacher, and author.
Themis Founder Dawn J. Post
Interview on the ground in Jamaica
Child Welfare Expert
Working at the intersection of social justice and the foster care system.
Legal Advocacy
Providing powerful advocacy and skills to imperiled children and youth locally, nationally and internationally.