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Sample Client Cases
Legal Aid of North Carolina
Legal Aid of North Carolina provides free legal representation
in civil matters (non-criminal) in all 100 counties in North
Carolina through 24 geographically based offices and six statewide
projects. We help children, families, and individuals solve
problems that affect their basic needs, which such as in the areas listed
below.
These case narratives provide examples of actual legal
assistance cases involving LANC attorneys and/or pro bono
attorneys. [Due to confidentiality and/or settlement agreements,
the clients’ actual names are not included and/or cannot be published.
To review these narratives, simply click on the titles listed
below.]
Public Benefits:
"Assistance for a Lee County woman…"
"Medicaid gives Ashe County woman a second chance
"Legal Aid helps Hurricane Floyd victim recover…"
Consumer Law:
"Legal Aid helps Spanish-speaking client…"
"Car dealer’s practices challenged…"
Domestic Violence:
"Legal Aid helps mother and her children…"
"Domestic violence victim fights for custody of her
children…"
"Protection of a Grandmother…"
Family Law:
"Court rules in best interests of the child…"
"Mother contests custody suit by non-biological father…"
"Providing legal representation to low-income parents…"
Housing:
"Right to stay in subsidized housing…"
"Pasquotank woman appeals notice…"
"Legal Aid assists lonesome widow…"
If you need legal assistance and meet the
eligibility guidelines for free legal services, contact your
nearest
Legal Aid of North Carolina office to speak with an attorney.
Or if you are an attorney and want to volunteer to help Legal Aid of
NC clients, contact your local
PAI ("Private Attorney Involvement") coordinator.
Thank you for your interest in Legal Aid of North Carolina.
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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.