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News Archive...
 (Continued from LANC Public homepage)

 

•   "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)
   
•   "Why not counsel in civil cases too?"
     (11/23/09 News & Observer Op-Ed by Gene Nichol)
   
•   "NC prime destination for human trafficking?"
     (11/18/09 WTVD-TV 11 article/video)
     [also see: 11/19/09 News & Observer article: "Slavery is with us in
      N.C"]
     [also see: 11/17/09 WRAL-TV 5 article/video:  "Fayetteville mother's
      arrest sheds light on human trafficking problem"
     [also see: 11/16/09 digtriad.com article on human trafficking in NC,
     "How You Can Blow the Whistle on Human Trafficking"]
   
•   "Could there be a right to counsel in civil cases?"
     (11/09/09 NC Lawyers Weekly article)
   
•   "Better Discipline"
    (11/09/09 News & Observer Op Ed by LANC staff attorneys Jason
      Langberg & Cary Brege)
    
•   Student's father credits LANC-ACS attorney for clearing his son's name
    ("Student cleared of wrongdoing in bomb threat," 11/05/09
      Fayetteville Observer article)
    
•   "Safe on Seven trying to replace grant money"
     (11/05/09 Winston-Salem Journal article)
   
•   "Abogados al servicio de la comunidad"
     (11/11/09 El Progreso Hispano article)
   
•   Gov. Perdue Issues Pro Bono Week Proclamation
    (proclaims October 25-31, 2009 “Pro Bono Week” in North Carolina)
    (10/17/09 NCBA article)
   
•   ACS's Cary Brege to represent Fayetteville student at suspension hearing
    ("Student denies Mac Williams bomb threat,"
       10/19/09 Fayetteville Observer article)
    [also see: "Student cleared of wrongdoing in bomb threat,"
       11/05/09 Fayetteville Observer article)
   
•   "California gives the poor a new legal right"
    (10/17/09 Los Angeles Times article)
   
•    Elon University School of Law opens Clinical Law Center
     (10/14/09 Elon University article)
   
•   "Police say calls over domestic violence tense"
     (10/12/09 Winston-Salem Journal article)
    
•   Legal Aid of NC 2008 Annual Report
    
•   "Teens become prey in Charlotte sex trade"
     (10/04/09  Charlotte Observer article)
    
•   "Help for saving homes"
     (09/20/09  News & Observer article)
   
  
•   "NC IOLTA Celebrates 25th Anniversary"
   (Three-part series, NC State Bar's JOURNAL, Spring/Summer/Fall 2009)
   
  
•   LSC on the Passing of Senator Edward M. Kennedy
    (08/26/09 LSC Media Release)
   
  
•   "Civil Legal Aid in the United States, An Update for 2009"
    [July 2009 report from the Center for Law And Social Policy (CLASP)]
   
  
•   LSC General Counsel responds to concerns about LSC
    (07/27/09 letter)
   
  
•   LANC celebrates 35th Anniversary of Legal Services Corporation
    (07/27/09 Media Release)
   
  
•   "A Test for Equal Justice"
    (07/23/09 New York Times editorial)
   
  
•   "Helping Lawyers Help the Poor"
    (07/22/09 Washington Post editorial)
   
  
•   "A Fair Shake for Legal Aid"
    (07/13/09 Washington Post editorial)
   
•   Charles R. Holton elected to board of directors of Legal Aid of NC
    (July 6, 2009 Media Release)
   
•   "Make sure you get your end of life planning done"
    (07/02/09 The Laurinburg Exchange article)
   
•   Wake County Bar Association raises $10,000 for Legal Aid of NC
    (07/02/09 Media Release)
   
•   Thomas S. "Tom" Berkau receives NC Bar Association's
    2009 William L. Thorp Pro Bono Award
    (05/04/09 NCBA article)
   
•   Lisa Morgan elected Chair of LANC Board of Directors
    (06/30/09 Media Release)
   
  
•   Janeen Gingrich named development director of Legal Aid of North 
    Carolina
    (05/06/09 Media Release)
   
  
•   "Majority of Americans hard-hit by recession, stand firm behind
    Federal funding for Legal Assistance"
    (04/20/09 News Release, American Bar Association)
   
  
•   Elon law students assist LANC with Tax Assistance Project
    ("Law school program brings real world into focus", News & Record,
     04/19/09)
   
  
•   LANC-Pittsboro Office offers free tax assistance on April 4, 2009
    (see 04/01/09 Chatham County Weekly article)
   
  
•   LANC celebrates pro bono efforts in Winston Salem on March 26
   
  
•   Forum focus: safe fair schools
    (03/25/09 Fayetteville Observer article)
   
  
•   Foreclosure prevention forum and clinic at NCCU School of Law on 
    Saturday April 4
  
  
•   LANC &WFU School of Law offer free tax preparation -
    March 21 & 24
     (03/22/09 article, WXII-TV12; also see VIDEO]
     [see also 03/19/09 article, Business Journal of the Triad]
     [see also: 03/13/09 LANC media release]
   
•   NCBA Presents $100,000 One-Time Gift To LANC
    (03/16/09, NC Bar Association)
   
  
•   NCBA's second statewide service day successful
      (03/19/09, NC Bar Association)
   
  
•   NCBA President Charles Becton issues call for LANC volunteers
    (03/10/09, NC Bar Association)
   
•   Recession spurs a need for legal help for the poor, just as money gets
    tighter  (02/10/09 News & Observer article)
   
  
•   Beaufort County Schools back in court on February 11
    (NC Court of Appeals, King v. Beaufort County Board of Education)
    (02/03/09 Beaufort Observer article)
   
  
•   Womble Justice Fund established to help LANC attorneys with
    student loan repayments for Duke Law School
    (11/17/08 NCBA article)
   
  
•   Legal Aid distributing domestic violence outreach posters to community
    (10/30/08 Media Release)
   
  
•   NCBA's LANC Fund tops $750,000
    [Donate to the LANC Fund]
   
  
•   Britt Justice Fund established to help LANC attorneys with
    student loan repayments for WFU Law School
    (09/09/08 NCBA article)
   
  
•   Inside poverty percentages are real people
    (09/16/08 op-ed column, News & Observer)
   
  
•   Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC supports Legal Aid of NC with lead
    corporate gift
    (08/18/08 Media Release)
   
  
•   Legal Aid helps the down and out"
    (08/07/08 The Herald-Sun article)
   
  
•   LANC Receives Check from Wake County Bar Association
    (article, Wake Bar Flier, August 2008 edition)
   
  
•   Report highlights poor, need for more funding
    (07/28/08 NC Lawyers Weekly article)
   
  
•   Crisis: Attorney helps those hurt by housing woes
    (07/23/08 Winston-Salem Journal article)
   
  
•   Human trafficking may be on the rise in North Carolina
    (07/22/08 The Charlotte Observer article)
   
  
•   Program seeks more attorneys to defend foreclosures
    (07/14/08 NC Lawyers Weekly article)
   

 

 

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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.