Beth Baltimore is the deputy director of The Door’s Legal Services Center (LSC), where she directs the Pro Bono, Runaway and Homeless Youth, and Civil Legal Services programs. She also manages strategic litigation for the LSC and has litigated multiple habeas petitions challenging the detention of youth with Special Immigrant Juvenile Status.
Beth was previously the legal manager/immigration specialist at Justice in Motion (JiM), where she worked with human rights defenders from Mexico and Central America and participated in the Steering Committee for Ms. L v. ICE. Prior to JiM, Beth spent over a decade as a senior staff attorney and immigration specialist at Legal Services NYC, where she provided holistic civil legal services to low-income New Yorkers. Her practice focused on working with survivors of violence and LGBTQ and HIV-affected people.
Beth was a Fellow with the Shriver Center’s Racial Justice Institute and is a member of the Advisory Committee of the ABA’s Children’s Immigration Law Academy (CILA). She is a graduate of Smith College and Brooklyn Law School.