Jill R. Beck, JD, has served as the Director of Youth Services Institute at the University of Alabama's School of Social Work since 2014. In this role, she provides administrative oversight and management of the institute's contract programs, technical assistance and research initiatives, as well as program development. A 1996 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law, Ms. Beck began her career as a Staff Attorney at Legal Services Corporation of Alabama, a civil law clinic for low-income clients. In 2000, she joined the Tuscaloosa County District Attorney's Office, where she served as a Deputy District Attorney specializing in the prosecution of domestic violence, child abuse and sexual assault in adult and juvenile courts.