Juvenile Law Center
Riya Saha Shah is currently the Senior Managing Director at Juvenile Law Center. Previously, Riya held various positions within the organization such as Managing Director, Senior Supervising Attorney, Supervising Attorney, and Staff Attorney. Before their work at the Juvenile Law Center, Riya served as a Lecturer in Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and also worked as a 3rd Grade Bilingual Teacher at Katherine B. White Elementary School. Riya was a Corps Member for Teach For America and taught 2nd Grade at Public School #23. Riya obtained their Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and American Culture from the University of Michigan. Riya is admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar and the United States Supreme Court.
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Juvenile Law Center
Juvenile Law Center advocates for rights, dignity, equity and opportunity for youth in the child welfare and justice systems. Founded in 1975, Juvenile Law Center is the first non-profit, public interest law firm for children in the country. Through litigation, appellate advocacy and submission of amicus (friend-of-the-court) briefs, policy reform, public education, training, consulting, and strategic communications, we fight for children who come into contact with the child welfare and justice systems. Widely published and internationally recognized as leaders in the field, Juvenile Law Center has substantially shaped the development of law and policy on behalf of youth. We strive to ensure that laws, policies, and practices affecting youth advance racial and economic equity and are rooted in research, consistent with children’s unique developmental characteristics, and reflective of international human rights values.