Defenders of Children

Free and Low Cost Legal Services Throughout Arizona

Serving All of Arizona

Defenders of Children is Arizona’s only statewide civil legal services organization.
We actively represent clients in all 15 Arizona counties.

We help low-income and other vulnerable Arizonans in every corner of the state by providing them with free and low-cost expert legal services that they otherwise could never afford.

Who We Are

Defenders of Children is a Phoenix-based nonprofit law firm established in 2007 that provides legal education, advice, representation, and advocacy to children and families throughout Arizona, with an emphasis on protecting and promoting the legal rights and physical, emotional, and economic safety and healing of survivors of child abuse and neglect and their protective parents and guardians.

What We Do

We provide expert, comprehensive, trauma informed, dignity affirming, and culturally appropriate legal services to Arizona’s most vulnerable populations.

We serve as court-appointed representatives for minor children in a variety of civil and criminal matters.

We are licensed to practice and actively represent clients in federal, state, local, and Tribal courts in every region of Arizona.

We provide legal training and on-demand consultation to advocates, caseworkers, law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and others at government agencies and nonprofit organizations across the state.