"Court Observation" (CO) Volunteers are asked to attend Small Claims Court
hearing at the Forsyth County Hall of Justice and fill out a court observation
form. Hearings are held Monday-Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. The feed back from this form will allow us to adjust our educational
clinics to the need of our participants. Court Observation Volunteers
will receive a minimum of one hour orientation/training prior to participating
in the program. After orientation/training, LANC will need a commitment
from each individual volunteer for this project of at least one hour
per month for three months.
[NOTE: Due to staff changes, the
CO program has been suspended until further notice.]
Qualifications
A sincere willingness to help others seek justice. Any person interested
in public interest or law-related matters. The time flexibility of this
project appears to be well-suited for college and graduate students.
Training
A resume or a letter of interest is required. Solicitation
for volunteers will remain open until the needs of the program are
met.
Contact Information
[NOTE: Due to staff changes,
the CO program has been suspended until further notice.]
Send a cover letter and a resume to:
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.
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constitute legal advice.
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North Carolina office or a private attorney if you need to speak
to an attorney regarding your particular situation.
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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.