Justice For All Volunteers
LANC-Winston-Salem Office
LANC-Winston-Salem
Office
102 West Third Street, Suite 460, Liberty Plaza,
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
MAP
336-725-9162; FAX: 336-723-9140
1-800-660-6663
(toll-free; for clients only)
"Justice for All" Volunteers are needed to assist with a variety
of ongoing projects in the community. Your commitment to performing
any one of the following activities will allow our staff to focus our
limited resources on providing the best legal assistant for our clients.
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Presenting to groups and organizations about our mission
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Organizing community education events
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Office assistance work (copying, mailing, documents)
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Courthouse visits and courtroom observations
Qualifications
A sincere willingness to help others seek justice. Any person interested
in public interest or law-related matters. "Justice For All" (JFA) Volunteers
may be students, former clients, retirees, private legal practitioners,
disabled persons or any persons interested in helping us help others.
Training
All JFA Volunteers will receive a minimum of a one-hour
orientation. Orientation sessions are scheduled as needed.
Contact Information
Send a cover letter and a resume to:
Gricel Guerrero
Legal Aid of North Carolina
102 West Third Street, Suite 460
Winston-Salem, NC 27101.
You may also call the Winston-Salem Office, 725-9162, to reserve your
space for the next scheduled orientation.
About Winston-Salem Office
LANC of Winston-Salem provides
legal services in civil (not criminal) matters for eligible clients
who reside in a six-county area surrounding Winston-Salem, NC: Davie
County, Forsyth County, Iredell County, Stokes County, Surry County
and Yadkin County. LANC resources are very limited. Our local Winston-Salem
office (which has only six attorneys. Part of our mission is to help
empower people by educating them to represent themselves at forums that
are conducive to self-help. In the future, we plan to offer additional
self-help legal clinics, as well as provide the public with access to
several educational resources on different legal issues such as: unemployment
insurance, health care directives, wills, power of attorneys (POAs),
bankruptcy, domestic violence and child custody.
About Legal Aid of North Carolina
Legal
Aid of North Carolina, Inc. (LANC) is a statewide, nonprofit law
firm with 24 local offices across the state. LANC provides high quality,
civil legal services to low-income people in all 100 counties of North
Carolina, so that they will have equal access to justice and to economic
opportunity. LANC addresses the basic needs of the poor and low-income
families, including legal advice regarding healthcare benefits, consumer
law, protection from domestic violence and rights to decent, safe and
affordable housing. With less than 130 LANC attorneys statewide, serving
3.1 million eligible clients, we have only one attorney for every 19,000
poor people in North Carolina.
*Legal
Aid of North Carolina is an equal opportunity law firm.*
Minorities, women, the elderly and the disabled are encouraged to apply.
Disclaimer
The materials contained on this website are for information and educational
purposes only and do not constitute legal advice. Please contact your
Legal Aid of North Carolina office or a private attorney if you need to speak to
an attorney regarding your particular situation. See our complete
disclaimer.
Mission Statement
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.