North Carolina Legal Services Providers

The NC ACLU mission is to preserve and defend the guarantees of individual liberty found in the North Carolina Constitution and the US Constitution, with particular emphasis on freedom of speech, freedom of association, freedom of religion, equal protection under law for all people, the right to privacy, the right to due process of law,...

CDPL is a non-profit firm that provides direct representation to inmates on North Carolina’s death row, as well as consulting with and training attorneys who practice capital litigation across the state.

The mission of the Children’s Law Center of Central North Carolina (CLC) is to provide children with quality legal advocacy focusing on domestic violence issues, high conflict custody cases and ensuring access to education. Our ultimate goal is to enable children to grow up in safe environments and to become emotionally healthy adults. We are committed...

Compass Center for Women and Families helps individuals and families prevent and end domestic violence and navigate their journey to self-sufficiency, safety, and health. We provide domestic violence crisis services, career and financial education, assistance with legal information and resources, as well as adolescent empowerment programs. Compass Center is the only Orange County resource for...

Council for Children’s Rights leads our community to stand up for every child’s right to be safe, healthy and educated. We do that through individual advocacy, legal representation, and addressing broad, community-wide issues through research and policy work.

Disability Rights North Carolina (DRNC) is the only organization dedicated to advancing and defending the rights of people with all types of disabilities, of all ages, statewide. We advocate using a wide array of legal and other strategies, from information and referral to systemic litigation. DRNC’s areas of practice include education, housing, health and mental...

The Financial Protection Law Center advocates for low income, disabled and elderly home owners to protect against predatory financial practices, to help avoid mortgage and property tax foreclosures or mobile home repossessions and to preserve family home equity. https://financialprotectionlawcenter.org/

JusticeMatters provides preventative and restorative legal services, specializing in trauma-informed immigration and family law services that protect kids and help survivors of human trafficking and other traumas rebuild their lives.

LLPP provides legal support and assistance to all financially distressed and limited resource farmers and landowners in North Carolina. LLPP’s advocacy involves action in three separate arenas: litigation, public policy, and promoting sustainable agriculture and environment.

La Coalición is a community of Latin Americans, immigrants and allies that promotes full and equal participation of all people in the civic, economic and cultural life of North Carolina through education, celebration and advocacy.

Legal Aid of North Carolina is a statewide, nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services in civil matters to low-income people in order to ensure equal access to justice and to remove legal barriers to economic opportunity It has multiple offices across the state, a statewide coverage area, and the following units: Advocates for...

Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy provides a wide range of civil legal assistance to eligible low-income persons in the Charlotte metropolitan area and west-central NC. It accomplishes its mission through a variety of legal advocacy strategies including individual advice and representation, community education and outreach, representation of groups, self-help remedies, collaboration with other agencies, community economic development,...

NCPLS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit law firm that contracts with the North Carolina Office of Indigent Defense Services to assist it in fulfilling the state’s statutory and constitutional obligations to provide inmates with meaningful access to the courts.

The North Carolina Bar Foundation is a voluntary statewide organization composed of more than 19,500 lawyers, paralegals and law students. It hosts some institutional pro bono opportunities, and its sections and divisions may also have opportunities to volunteer.

NCCADV leads the state’s movement to end domestic violence and to enhance work with survivors through collaborations, innovative trainings, prevention, technical assistance, state policy development and legal advocacy.

The North Carolina Guardian ad Litem Program represents the best interests of abused and neglected children in court.

The North Carolina Justice Center is one of the state’s preeminent voices for economic and social justice. As a leading progressive research and advocacy organization, our mission is to eliminate poverty in North Carolina by ensuring that every household in the state has access to the resources, services and fair treatment it needs to achieve...

Pisgah Legal Services is a nonprofit law firm founded in 1978 to provide free civil legal aid to help low-income people in Western North Carolina. In 2015, Pisgah Legal’s staff and volunteer attorneys helped more than 15,000 people in crisis to avoid homelessness, escape domestic violence, and secure income, health care, and other essential resources....

Safe Alliance is a non-profit that assists victims of sexual assault and domestic violence in Mecklenburg County.