Claire Valentin – Managing Director of Innovation and Advocacy, Children’s Law Center of Massachusetts (CLCM)

Claire Valentin started her career in legal services at the Children's Law Center of MA (CLCM) in 2013, representing unaccompanied children and youth in immigration and state child welfare matters. In 2019, Claire joined the Immigration Impact Unit of CPCS, the public defender agency in Massachusetts, where she advised public defenders on the immigration consequences of criminal conduct and on immigration-related matters in family defense/child welfare cases. Prior to re-joining CLCM in January 2025, Claire was Managing Director of the Boston Field Office of Kids in Need of Defense (KIND). Claire holds a BA in International Studies and Ethnic Studies from Brown University (2006) and a J.D. from Harvard Law School (2011). Claire is a naturalized US citizen, and believes more humane, equitable, and generous immigration laws would benefit us all.