Legal Aid to provide “free” CLE program for
attorneys on October 29 in Hillsborough
October 8, 2010 Media Release
(Pittsboro, NC) – In recognition of the National Pro Bono
Celebration Week,
Legal Aid of
North Carolina (LANC) and
Disability Rights NC (DRNC) will offer “free” legal training for
its volunteer attorneys on October 29, 10:30 AM-2:00 PM at the
Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough, NC.
Attendees will receive three hours of continuing legal education
(CLE) credits (pending approval from The NC State Bar), including
one hour ethics credit.
“This event is being offered free to attorneys have done pro bono
work for Legal Aid clients during the past 12 months,” said Kari Hamel,
managing attorney of the
LANC-Pittsboro Office. "For those attorneys who have not
volunteered recently, they can agree to take one or two pro
bono telephone consultation during the next four months.
“We also encourage any attorney who cannot attend the CLE program to
still consider volunteering in the spirit of
National Pro Bono Celebration Week,” Hamel added.
Three CLE sessions will be offered:
4 Special Needs Trust Tools for
Practitioners, which discusses using, drafting, funding,
administering trust distributions, including avoiding the
jeopardizing of government benefits such as SSI and Medicaid. This
session will be lead by Anthony D. Nicholson and Timothy A. Nordgren,
who are partners with the law firm of
McPherson, Rocamora, Nicholson
& Nordgren, PLLC, of Durham, NC.
4 The Lesser Known Advance Directive in
NC, which addresses what you should know about the advance
instruction for mental health treatment (statutory requirements,
limitations and form). This session will be lead by Kari L. Hamel,
managing attorney of the
LANC-Pittsboro Office.
4 Clients with Disabilities: Ethical
Considerations, which will be presented by Adrienne E. Allison, lead
attorney for
Disability Rights North Carolina of Durham, NC.
Lunch and refreshments will also be included in partnership with the
Orange County Department on Aging.
Registration for the event can be made by calling the
LANC-Pittsboro Office toll-free at 1-800-672-5834 or the
LANC-Durham Office at 1-800-331-7594; or by going to the
LANC-Pittsboro Office’s Internet website,
www.legalaidnc.org/pittsboro.
National Pro Bono Celebration Week is scheduled for October 24
through 30, 2010 and is sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on
Pro Bono and Public Service. The celebration is a coordinated
national effort to showcase the great difference that pro bono
lawyers make to the nation, its system of justice, its communities
and, most of all, to the clients they serve. The week is also
dedicated to the quest for more pro bono volunteers to meet the
ever-growing legal needs of this country's most vulnerable citizens.
Disability Rights North Carolina (DRNC) is the North Carolina's
federally mandated protection and advocacy (P&A) system for people
with disabilities and is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with
offices in Raleigh and Asheville. One of the P&A's primary federal
mandates is to protect and advocate against the abuse and neglect of
people with disabilities. For additional information on DRNC, go to
the DRNC website,
www.disabilityrightsnc.org.
Legal Aid of
North Carolina (LANC) 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. For additional
information, visit LANC's website,
www.legalaidnc.org.
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CONTACTS:
Kari L Hamel (Managing Attorney, Legal Aid of NC-Pittsboro Office),
Pittsboro, NC, 919-542-0475
Debbie Herndon (Private Attorney Coordinator, Legal Aid of
NC-Pittsboro Office), Pittsboro, NC, 919-542-0475
Dock Kornegay (Director, Public Relations & Development, Legal Aid
of NC), Raleigh, NC, 919-856-2564
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Attachment:
CLE Registration/Brochure, October 29, 2010
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