NCBA
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Blosser In the legal field, the term “pro bono” refers to legal services provided voluntarily and without payment. While most people think of attorneys when they hear about pro bono work, paralegals play an equally important role in providing these services.
Attorney at Work
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
California, Michigan, North Carolina and Washington, D.C., Millions remain inadequately fed and housed, and there don’t seem to be nearly as many structural barriers in those areas as there are in the legal profession. Why should legal services be any different? Seems Like the Status Quo.
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The Crime Report
JUNE 25, 2021
Four nonprofit organizations in Western North Carolina–Helpmate, Our Voice, Pisgah Legal Services and the Mediation Center–will not be receiving a combined $2 million in state grant funding over the next two years, impacting the agencies’ abilities to serve more than 4,000 survivors of abuse, reports the Citizen Times.
Attorney at Work
OCTOBER 11, 2022
They provide the client with some certainty about the cost of legal services and lawyers with more financial stability and consistency in taking on client matters. When lawyers consider how they will charge for their legal services, the paramount benchmark of the analysis is Model Rule 1.5(a) When Are Legal Fees Earned?
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
The nine innovation sites designated by the RJC are: South Carolina Victim Assistance Network Reaching Rural Initiative. Lazarus Recovery Services in North Carolina. This program of Project Lazarus provides prevention and recovery support services to justice-involved individuals with substance use disorders.
LawSites
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
At a time when some 92% of the civil legal problems of low-income Americans receive no or inadequate legal help, innovative measures are needed to close the justice gap. Host Bob Ambrogi interviewed them live last week at the Legal Services Corporation’s Innovations in Technology Conference in Charlotte, N.C.
Attorney at Work
MARCH 25, 2022
Legal experts call these “legal deserts.” ” What Do Legal Deserts Mean for Citizens Who Need Help? A lawyer in rural North Carolina shared that his law firm was one of two in a 40-mile radius. Access to legal services is going down. have less than one lawyer per 1,000 residents.
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