Legal Services Community in North Carolina
Equal
Access to Justice Commission of NC
Equal
Justice Alliance NC (formerly "Planning Council")
Task
Forces
Community
Links
Awards
Also
on the National Scene...
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State Legislative Briefing:
Prepare for '09
An Overview of the
North Carolina
State Budget,
Economic Forecast, and Issues Affecting Your Community
NC Budget & Tax
Center
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NC Justice Center
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United Way of NC
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November 13 - Wilmington
December 11 - Hickory
November 14 -
Durham
December 15 - Fayetteville
December 3 -
Asheville
December 16 - Rocky Mount
December 5 -
Raleigh
Each session will discuss
hot issues in state public policy such as:
4Impacts
of current economic conditions on working families
4Updates
on key programs that support low-income workers and
their families, such as the EITC,
child-care subsidies, children’s
health insurance and foreclosure
prevention
4The
coming state budget shortfall – how deep it will be
and
how state leaders should respond
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NEW:
2008 NC Legislative Session Wrap-Up
[From: NC Justice
Center, November 5, 2008]
NEW:
2007 NC Legislative Session Overview
[From: NC Justice
Center, October 10, 2007]
In an effort to provide the most effective legal services to people
in poverty in North Carolina, Legal Aid of North Carolina networks with
several nonprofit legal services organizations in North Carolina through:
Equal Access to Justice Commission of North Carolina
The Equal Access to Justice Commission of North Carolina was established on November 3, 2005 by order of NC Supreme Court Justice
I. Beverly Lake, Jr. in recognition of the need to expand access
to civil legal representation for people of low-income and modest
means in North Carolina. The 25-member commission includes representative
stakeholders from across the state and is chaired by the Chief Justice.
Equal Justice Alliance - NC (formerly the "Planning Council")
Formerly referred to as the "NC Legal Services Planning Council"
(or "Planning Council"), the EAJ is the collaborative planning and coordination organization
of providers of civil legal assistance in North Carolina.
Task Forces
Task Forces meet periodically in to discuss and receive training on impact
issues in substantive areas of the law.
Community Links
Useful resource links relevant to the Legal Services
community.
Awards
Multiple awards have been established over the years to recognize
outstanding service to the legal services community in North
Carolina are are typically presented at the biennial North Carolina
Legal Services Statewide Conference
more...
Also on the National
Scene...
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"Documenting the Justice Gap in America: The Current Unmet Civil
Legal Needs of Low-Income Americans" (Report)
a 2005 documentation study by LSC regarding the extent to which
civil legal needs of low-income Americans are not being met. Concludes
that at least 80 percent of the civil legal needs of low-income
Americans are not being met.
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ABA passes "Civil Gideon resolution" - Resolution 112A
On Monday, August 7, 2006, at approximately 4:00 p.m. local time,
the American Bar Association's House of Delegates UNANIMOUSLY passed
Resolution
112A, proposed by the Presidential Task Force on Access to
Civil Justice, with one friendly amendment.
Click
here to view Resolution 112A and comments from Debra Gardner,
Unofficial Coordinator, National Coalition for a Civil Right to
Counsel.
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LSC Performance Criteria Referencing ABA Standards, 2007 Edition,
March 2007 (pdf document)
A Legal Services Corporation document that provides performance
criteria, which is intended to be a useful framework for internal
program self-evaluations, planning and program development, as well
as external peer reviews and expert assessments by other funding
sources.
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Standards for the Provision of Civil Legal Aid, August 2006, American
Bar Association (pdf document)
A document revised in August 2006 by the American Bar Association
Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants. The Standards
focus on the responsibilities of legal aid providers as organizations
which serve the civil legal needs of low-income persons and the
role of practitioners who serve low-income clients under the aegis
of such an organization.
Disclaimer
The materials contained on this website are for information and educational
purposes only and do not constitute legal advice. Please contact your
Legal Aid of North Carolina office or a private attorney if you need to speak to
an attorney regarding your particular situation. See our complete
disclaimer.
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.