Legal Aid of North Carolina to hold a community legal clinic in Rocky Mount

January 26, 2007 MEDIA RELEASE

(Rocky Mount, NC) – Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) will be holding a community legal clinic on education issues, in Rocky Mount on Thursday, February 8 in the Edgecombe Community College Auditorium.

Attorneys will be available to answer parents’ questions about their children’s education, including questions about school suspensions or expulsions, special education and getting help for children who are struggling academically.

“Our attorneys will be available to answer specific questions and offer advice,” says David Sapp, staff attorney for LANC’s Advocates for Children’s Services unit. “We will also help parents draft letters to their schools addressing their concerns. We will also provide a copy of our booklet ‘Parent’s Guide to Public Education’.”

The community clinic is a joint project of LANC, NC Care and REACH. Only four, half-hour time slots are available. The Edgecombe Community Auditorium is located at 225 Tarboro Street in Rocky Mount.

Parents who desire to attend the clinic will need to call in advance to reserve a time slot to talk with an attorney. To reserve a time slot to speak to an attorney, call Advocates for Children’s Services, 919-226-0052.

Legal Aid of North Carolina is a statewide, nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services in civil matters to eligible, low-income people in all 100 counties in North Carolina through 24, geographically located offices in North Carolina. LANC’s clients typically have an annual income of 125% or less of the federally established poverty levels.

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Parents!

Is your child having problems at school? Do you have questions about your child’s education?

Legal Aid of North Carolina
, in conjunction with NC CARE and REACH, will be holding a community legal clinic on Thursday, February 8, 2007, in Rocky Mount to answer any questions you may have about your child’s education, including:

· Suspensions or expulsions
· Special education
· Getting extra help if you child is struggling academically


What: Community Legal Clinic
When: Thursday, February 8, 2007, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Where: Edgecombe Community College Auditorium
225 Tarboro Street, Rocky Mount, NC


Several lawyers will be available to answer questions, offer advice, help you draft letters to the school addressing your concerns, and provide a “Parent’s Guide to Public Education” for your reference. There will be 4 half-hour time slots.


Let the attorneys from Advocates for Children’s Services help your child obtain the education he or she deserves.


Call now to reserve a time slot. You must call in advance
!

(919)-226-0052

 

 

 

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