Volunteer Guide

Kids in Need of Defense (Los Angeles Office)

  • Location:
    801 S Grand Avenue
    Suite 550
    Los Angeles, CA 90017
  • Phone:
    (213) 274-0170
  • Fax:
    (213) 274-0169

KIND was founded by Angelina Jolie and the Microsoft Corporation to create a pro bono movement of law firms, corporations, nongovernmental organizations, universities, and volunteers to provide quality and compassionate legal counsel to unaccompanied refugee and immigrant children in the United States. KIND serves as the leading organization for the protection of unaccompanied children who enter the US immigration system alone and strives to ensure that no such child appears in immigration court without representation. We achieve fundamental fairness through high-quality legal representation and by advancing the child's best interests, safety, and well-being. KIND has offices in ten cities in the United States: Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Houston, Newark, New York City, Los Angeles, Washington DC, San Francisco, and Seattle. KIND finds pro bono attorneys in highly regarded law firms and corporations who agree to represent KIND's child clients in their immigration proceedings. KIND pro bono coordinators in each office provide training on representing unaccompanied children in the US immigration system and comprehensive mentorship until the case is completed.

Counties served: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino

Services Provided

Areas of immigration legal assistance: Adjustment of Status, Asylum applications, Removal hearings, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, T visas, U visas
Populations served: Human Trafficking Survivors, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Torture survivors
Languages spoken: English, Spanish

Additional Details

Pro Bono opportunities? Yes