AMY M. KARP is the training director for the Children and Family Law Division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services in Boston. She joined the Children and Family Law Program in 1995 as a staff attorney. From 1990 to 1995, she was in private practice.

As training director for the Children and Family Law Division, Ms. Karp develops training programs and resources for trial and appellate attorneys appointed to represent children and indigent parents in state intervention cases. She has served as co-chair for a number of multidisciplinary conferences, including the Children’s Justice Act Conference and MCLE’s annual Juvenile Delinquency and Child Welfare Conference. Ms. Karp has served on a number of boards and committees addressing issues related to children and families, including the Massachusetts Appleseed Center for Law and Justice and the Massachusetts Court Improvement Program Steering Committee. She is a graduate of Cornell University and Harvard Law School.