North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

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 ...

Tagged with: access-to-justice

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 ...

Tagged with: coronavirus

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 ...

Tagged with: Pro Bono

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 ...

Tagged with: Pro Bono Corner

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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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 ...

Tagged with: Pro Bono Corner