To view all information regarding disaster relief efforts for Hurricane Florence, including information about registering to volunteer as an out-of-state attorney, visit ncprobono.org/disaster.
Pro Bono Volunteers Needed! As our neighbors in Eastern NC deal with devastating flooding and losses, many are thinking about ways to help, and we want to share two immediate ways for pro bono attorneys to help: Volunteer your time with the disaster response team led by Legal Aid of North Carolina and the NC...
The North Carolina Pro Bono Resource Center is proud to highlight the work of attorneys making a difference through pro bono. Since joining Hunton Andrews Kurth in 2008, Melissa has contributed more than 750 hours to pro bono service. Melissa leads the firm’s pro bono partnership with Wells Fargo’s Law Department, in which volunteer lawyers...
The NC Pro Bono Resource Center is excited to announce a new way in which it will be engaging volunteer communities across the state of North Carolina. The NC Pro Bono Resource Center Advisory Board is a group of eighteen members of the North Carolina legal community who will serve as a focus group for...
The North Carolina Pro Bono Resource Center is proud to highlight the work of attorneys making a difference through pro bono. Since he began practicing law in North Carolina in 1997, Todd has served community and faith-based organizations within the state. Todd joined the Board of Directors of Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy (CCLA) in...
Pro bono practice status allows inactive and out-of-state lawyers to serve their community by providing pro bono legal assistance to indigent clients through a nonprofit legal services corporation. Lawyers granted pro bono practice status will not incur membership dues from the North Carolina State Bar and will not be required to complete mandatory continuing legal...
Last year, 530,000 of North Carolina’s children lived in poverty, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT Project. This astonishing number means that nearly 1 in 4 children lived at or below the federal poverty level, limiting available resources for necessities like housing, food, health care, and transportation. While growing up in poverty...
Sent by email to North Carolina attorneys on March 23, 2018. Dear North Carolina Attorney, We are fortunate to be a part of a profession working toward the ideal of equal justice under law, which is one of the ultimate goals of our legal system. One integral way that we as North Carolina lawyers move...
PRESENTATION TO NCBA SENIOR LAWYERS DIVISION October 7, 2017 Blowing Rock, NC Gerald Kirksey Pro Bono Attorney Pisgah Legal Services Thank you, NCBA, for making it possible for this Tennessee lawyer to volunteer at Pisgah Legal Services. I am authorized by the NC Bar to work as an Out-of-State Attorney at Pisgah and Jim Barrett...
As Texas recovers from Hurricane Harvey, lawyers across the country are mobilizing to help. Here are some resources if you want to provide legal assistance: The Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation has set up a fund to support legal services in Texas in the wake of the storm. Lawyers admitted to practice in Texas can look here, here and here for...
