Legal Aid of North Carolina

Recent News

•   "NC Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts (IOLTA) implements
      comparability" (article, NC Lawyers Weekly, August 9, 2010 edition)
   
•   NC Justice Center's "Defenders of Justice Awards" ceremony & dinner
    scheduled for September 30 in Durham
   
  
•  "Under scrutiny, Wake County schools rethink long-term
     suspensions"
     (August 18, 2010 article, Independent Weekly, Durham, NC)
   
•   "The Fundamental Right to Educational Opportunities: Two
      Students' attempt to Enforce Their Constitutional Rights."
     (article, NCAJ's Trial Briefs, August 2010 edition)
   
•  "Wake schools hear ideas on discipline"
     (July 30, 2010 article, News & Observer, Raleigh, NC)
     [Also see report presented by ACS:  "Research-based
      Recommendations for Improving School Discipline in Wake County
      Public Schools"]
   
•   "Happy 20th Birthday, Americans with Disabilities Act"
     (July 26, 2010, wegohealth.com blog)
     [Also see ADA home page:  www.ada.gov]
   
•  "Legal Aid pioneer dies at 77"
    [July 25, 2010 Winston-Salem Journal article, regarding Carol L.
     Teeter, the founder of the Legal Aid Society in Winston-Salem]
   
•  Vigil honors Johnston County domestic violence,
   abuse victims (July 22, 2010 WRAL-TV-5 News article)
   [Also see"Residents respond to domestic violence"
   (July 29, 2010 Clayton News-Star article)]
   
•  WRAL-TV interviews LANC's George Hausen
   [30-min. video, On the Record, WRAL-TV-5,
    July 17, 2010]
   
  
•  
   Summer Law Interns making impact at LANC
   
   
   
   
  
•  "Alamance County facility will help domestic violence victims"
   (July 8, 2010 article, News 14 Carolina, Triad)
   [Also see:  "From dream to reality: Family Justice Center opens"
    (July 8, 2010 article, Times-News]
   
• 
    John L. Sarratt of Raleigh recognized by the LANC
    Board of Directors for work as Co-Chair of the 2009-10
    Triangle Region Access to Justice Campaign.
   
   
•   Framed Resolution presented to Willie C. Dawson
    Family at June 2010 LANC Board of Directors Meeting
   
   
•  "Replace program, Wake told"
     (May 11, 2010 article, News & Observer, Raleigh, NC)
     [Also see: "State finds Wake violated law for special-education
      students" (May 10, 2010 article, News & Observer, Raleigh, NC)]
     [Also see: May 10, 2010 Media Release, Advocates for Children's
      Services]
   
•  "Judge orders Guilford County officials and state board of education
     to report concerning failing elementary and middle schools" 
     [May 3, 2010 Media Release by Parents Supporting Parents
      (Greensboro, NC)]
     [Also see:  March 26,2010 Order by Superior Court Judge Howard
      Manning, Jr.] 
   
• 
    Thomas Holderness named UNC School of Law's
    2010 Alumnus of the Year for his pro bono work at LANC
    (April 26, 2010 article, www.probono.net/NC)
   
   
•   "Chief Justice: Funding, equal access among main
     challenges for N.C. courts in the future"
     [April 7, 2010 article, Times-News (Burlington, NC)]
   
   
•   LANC Board of Directors passes Resolution in
    honor/memory of Willie C. Dawson
    (Resolution passed by LANC BOD March 26, 2010)
   
   
•   "City of Raleigh Fair Housing Hearing Board Sets Fair
     Housing Conference for April 23-24"
     (03/31/10 Media Release, City of Raleigh Fair Housing
     Hearing Board; includes registration form)
      
•   "The Racial Achievement Gap in the Wake County Public School
     System"  (ACS Issue Brief, March 2010)
   
•   UNC Law School's Pro Bono Project to receive
    award for advance directives clinics implemented in
    partnership with Legal Aid of NC.
   
   
•   "School Suspensions lead to Legal Challenge"
    ...regarding case to be heard before NC Supreme Court on March 22
     (New York Times, page A14, March 19, 2010)
   
•   Willie C. Dawson passes
    ...founder of Pamlico Sound Legal Services
       (New Bern/Greenville, NC area)
   
   
   
•   "UNC law students connect, reconnect"
     (Sun Journal, March 15, 2010)
   
•   NCBA's 4ALL Statewide Service Day considered "Huge Success"
    [03/09/10 article, NC Bar Association]
   
   
   
•   ACS Annual Report - 2009
    [Advocates for Children's Services (ACS), a statewide project of
     Legal Aid of North Carolina]
   
•   "Introducing legal 'Boot Camp'"
    (02/16/10 article, Duke Law School, regarding the new
     LANC-Duke Law School summer internship program.)
   
•   LANC and UNC-School of Law to offer free advance directive clinics
    March 8, 9 and 11
    (02/15/10 Media releases, LANC-Greenville and LANC-New Bern
     offices)
   
•   NCBA's annual "4ALL Statewide Service Day" on Friday, March 5
    (02/09/10 NCBA News article)
    
•   LANC to help with new radio talk show in Raleigh to educate citizens
    about the City of Raleigh's Fair Housing Ordinance.
    (01/25/10 St. Augustine College press release, WAUG-AM)
   
•   "Goal is to keep houses occupied"
     (01/23/10 Winston-Salem Journal article)
   
•   Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation breathes life into fight against foreclosure
    epidemic (01/07/10 Media Release)
   
•   "Legal Services Corporation names Interim President"
     (12/30/09 Legal Services Corporation media release)
   
•   "Wake County Schools rethink discipline policies"
     (12/28/09 News and Observer article)
   
•   Senate Sends LSC Funding Increase to President for Signature
    (12/14/09 Legal Services Corporation media release)
   
•   "Zero Tolerance for the School-To-Prison Pipeline in Wake County:
     Magnitude of the Crisis" (ACS Issue Brief, December 2009)
   
•   LANC's Janeen Gingrich appointed to the NC Domestic Violence
    Commission
    (12/03/09 Herald Sun article, "Purdue names Durham Woman")
   
•   LANC Board of Directors passes Resolution in support of ABA's
    "Civil Gideon Resolution"
    (Resolution passed by LANC BOD, 12/04/09)
   
  
• 
    LANC Client Council passes Resolution in memory of
    Mary Ellen Flowers
    (12/03/09)
   
   
•  "Will Adoption of Rule 6.1 Make A Difference in North Carolina?"
     (NCBA's NC Lawyer article, November/December 2009)
   
•   "Thai farmers: We were tricked into forced labor"
     (11/30/09, CNN News; victims represented by
      LANC Farmerworker attorneys)
   
•   "Appeals Court Upholds Funding Restrictions"
     (11/23/09 Legal Services Corporation media release)

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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.