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Civil disobedience is principally defined as nonviolent political protests intended to condemn and bring about change in government laws or policy. It’s long been practiced by those seeking political change, but its practice appears to be picking up again in ...
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Clinic work providing aid to domestic violence survivors
Some survivors of domestic violence walk away from abusive relationships and begin rebuilding. But others doubt that they can safely walk away. Since 2016, Legal Aid of North Carolina and Campbell Law School’s Blanchard Community Law Clinic have provided free ...
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Read More »Pro bono program is helping fill a critical access-to-justice gap
In theory, all litigants have the right to appeal a trial court’s ruling in a civil case. In practice, appeals are expensive, so many people have no realistic way of exercising this right—unless they can find help. Take one typical ...
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Read More »Project seeks to protect lives of inmates most risk from COVID
Prisons are super-spreaders for COVID-19, but it’s actually the minimum-security prisons that pose the maximum risk of spreading the disease—and the inmates most at risk are often ones serving relatively short sentences for minor crimes. But thanks to volunteer attorneys ...
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Read More »Clinic aims to give veterans second chance
When Brandon Heffinger was a student at Wake Forest School of Law and a reserve company commander with Third Battalion, 25th Marines, he noticed an uptick in Marines, many of them combat veterans, who were facing legal problems and being ...
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Read More »Pro bono task force fighting for tenants
Even before COVID-19 hit, housing prices in Charlotte had been on the rise for years and wages, particularly those of low-income individuals, had failed to keep pace. The economic fallout caused by the pandemic has only made the situation more ...
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Read More »Pro bono initiative aims to keep businesses open
With the help of several firms working pro bono, the North Carolina Pro Bono Resource Center is doing its best to help small businesses and nonprofits keep their workers employed and their doors open. Soon after COVID-19 began wreaking economic ...
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Read More »Attorneys ensure COVID relief reaches the neediest
North Carolina’s Department of Revenue has extended an application deadline for coronavirus relief grants in response to a pro bono lawsuit filed on behalf of families who would have otherwise gone without dearly-needed support this winter because their incomes were ...
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