Poonam Juneja

Poonam Juneja is the Senior Managing Director of the National Center for Youth Law's Legal Advocacy team and co-leads the organization’s impact litigation aimed at protecting children’s rights. Poonam has successfully brought litigation in a variety of areas affecting children, including related to the family regulation system, juvenile justice, school discipline, mental health, reproductive rights, and immigration.

Poonam has more than 15 years of experience working on issues related to children’s rights and litigation, including at the Southern Poverty Law Center, Public Counsel, and the National Council on Crime and Delinquency. Poonam clerked for the Honorable Marsha S. Berzon of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Honorable Claudia Wilken of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. She is a graduate of Yale Law School, the University of Cambridge, and the University of California, Berkeley.

Poonam enjoys trail running in the local redwoods, crocheting, and camping with her children.