Legal Aid of NC to have "Open House" at its Gastonia office on October 27

October 22, 2009 Media Release

 

(Gastonia, NC) – In recognition of the National Pro Bono Celebration Week, Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC) will have an open house for attorneys at its new Gastonia office on Tuesday, October 27, 5:00-6:30 pm.  Refreshments will be served.

"Although we actually moved in June to our new office at 1508 S. York Road, it has taken several months to properly up fit the office while continuing to provide legal services to our clients," said Sharon Dove, managing attorney. "National Pro Bono Celebration Week provides an ideal time to invite and thank our pro bono attorneys for their support of our clients and our mission to provide free legal advice to low-income persons in civil matters."

A formal invitation has been mailed to members of the Bars and Judiciary of Judicial Districts 27A (Gaston County) and 27B (Cleveland County and Lincoln County).

National Pro Bono Celebration Week is scheduled for October 25 through 31, 2009 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.

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.  The LANC-Gastonia Office serves eligible clients in the three-county area encompassing Cleveland County, Gaston County and Lincoln County, and is located at 1508 South York Road, Gastonia, NC 28052.  For additional information, visit LANC's website, www.legalaidnc.org/Gastonia.

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CONTACTS:

Sharon Dove (Managing Attorney, Legal Aid of NC-Gastonia Office), Gastonia, NC,
704-865-2357

Becki Lowder (Private Attorney Coordinator, Legal Aid of NC-Gastonia Office), Gastonia, NC,
704-865-2357

Dock Kornegay (Director, Public Relations & Development, LANC),
Raleigh, NC,
919-856-2564

ALSO SEE:

Open House Tuesday, October 27, 5:00-6:30 PM, LANC-Gastonia Office
(Invitation)
  

"Legal Aid to provide 'free' workshop for attorneys in Sanford on
  October 29"
(October 21, 2009 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.

 

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