Legal Aid of North Carolina
- To Volunteer, Contact:
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Location:
319 Chapanoke RoadSuite 104Raleigh, NC 27603
- Map: maps.google.com
- Phone: 919-861-2095
- Website: https://legalaidnc.org/pro-bono
- Email: probono@legalaidnc.org
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. We are an innovative, creative, progressive, and efficient civil legal service provider to the poor, working toward an inclusive justice system of equal access.
We have pro bono programs to fit all schedules, levels of experience, and interests in different areas of law. When you serve as a pro bono volunteer with Legal Aid of North Carolina, we stay with you every step of the way. Our Pro Bono Programs team is dedicated to helping you succeed. From the point you agree to take a case all the way until you complete it, we'll be by your side. Our pro bono volunteers received training, mentoring, and ample public recognition. Malpractice insurance is available.
- State(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: North Carolina
- Area of law: Disaster and Crisis Assistance, Education, Elder Law, Employment, Family & Juvenile, Housing, Immigration & Naturalization, Veterans, Criminal record expunction. Heir property issues.
- Populations Served: Children, Communities of Color, Domestic Violence Victims, Elderly, Farm workers, Human Trafficking Survivors, Immigrants, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Individuals with criminal histories, Individuals with physical/mental disabilities, Juveniles, Lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender, Low Income, Military/Veterans, Native Americans, Persons with Disabilities, State Residents, Women, Working poor and unemployed
- Opportunities For: Law school clinic, Law Students, Lawyers, Nonlitigation Projects, Paralegals, Senior Lawyers, Small and medium law firm attorneys
- Need for non-English services: Arabic, Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Levantine), Cambodian, Cantonese Chinese, Chinese, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Hmong, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Laotian, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese
- Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Evenings, Flexible, Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, Weekends
- Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: Yes
- Training Provided: Yes
- Training Required: Yes
- CLE credit for trainings: Yes
- CLE credit for pro bono: No
- Mentoring or supervision offered: Yes
- Volunteer lawyers need to meet a caseload or hours requirement: No
- Types of projects in need of Pro Bono help: Client counseling (e.g., brief advice), Draft legal documents (e.g., briefs), Legal Research, Litigation: Appellate, Litigation: Trial/Direct Representation, Prepare legal education materials
- Long Distance Opportunities: Conduct Research, Draft or Translate Legal Documents, Provide brief advice, Virtual/remote clinics
- Volunteers may participate long-distance: Yes